Motion Graphics Software Market Share
School of Motion polled their community and received over 1,000 responses. The survey included two questions about software, asking what their most, and second most, used software were.
Most Used Software
- 77% Adobe After Effects
- 10% Cinema 4D
- 6% Adobe Illustrator
- 5% Adobe Photoshop
- 4% Adobe Premiere Pro
Second Most Used Software
- 29% Adobe Illustrator
- 21% Adobe After Effects
- 17% Adobe Photoshop
- 17% Cinema 4D
- 15% Adobe Premiere Pro
Just like when I looked at Motiongrapher’s survey from 2015, my biggest surprise is that Apple’s Motion doesn’t show up anywhere on these lists. This is an industry that’s completely controlled by Adobe, albeit a smaller one than other areas where Adobe competes like photography and video editing.