Popularity

Popularity demonstrates the overall trends regarding the volume of reviews of software solutions in the Legal Research space. While our popularity section doesn't discuss user satisfaction, product affordability, competition dynamics, or language support - we will have pages on those subjects too.

Overall Popularity

Legal Research is currently the 360th most popular software category according to our figures with 23 reviews last year. Year over year, Legal Research's popularity expanded by 10 customer reviews. It reached its top popularity level in 2017 coming in 220th place with 88 ratings. However, it's presently at its smallest relative popularity ranking. Since Westlaw came out, the category has collected 312 total reviews. Ranking as the 360th most reviewed software category globally, Legal Research is a very niche category.

Oldest and Newest Products in the Market

The earliest Legal Research product in our records is Westlaw with its first known customer review appearing in 2013. The most recent Legal Research product to the market is Lexis with its earliest tracked review occurring in 2014.

Around the World

The United States uses Legal Research software more than any other country and has 296 reviews. The most heavily used Legal Research product is Westlaw with 177 customer reviews.

Big and Small

Many businesses using Legal Research products are small businesses, accounting for 57% of all reviews. They are trailed by medium businesses (33%), and large businesses (10%). The influence of Legal Research software solutions for small businesses is growing currently, increasing by 43% in the last year. Legal Research software products for large businesses have experienced diminishing popularity this year, decreasing 143% of the prior year's value.

Industry Makes All Things Easy

The top industries for Legal Research are law practice, legal services, higher education, and research.