Popularity

Popularity is used to interpret overall trends in data regarding the quantities of ratings of products in the Payroll industry. While this page does not look into user satisfaction, product affordability, competition dynamics, or language support - Yummy will have pages on those subject matters too.

Overall Popularity

Payroll is currently the 11th most used software solutions category based on our data with 2,981 ratings last year. Year over year, Payroll's user base expanded by 84 customer reviews to its all time high popularity ranking. On the other hand, Payroll was at its lowest popularity in 2017 coming in 14th place with 2,695 customer reviews. Since Workday HCM went to market, the category has accrued 20,894 total reviews. As the 11th most reviewed software category globally, Payroll is a very popular category which has been in the top 25 since at least 2016. Additionally, Payroll breached the top ten in 2020.

The Changing of the Guard

The earliest Payroll product on our list is Workday HCM given its earliest tracked customer review landing 10 years ago. The newest Payroll product in the category is Heartland Payroll with its first tracked review appearing in 2018.

Lets Take a Trip

The United States uses Payroll software more than any other nation and currently boasts 19,494 customer reviews. The United States is followed by Canada, India, Kenya, and the United Kingdom which have a collective average of 199 reviews. During the past year Payroll category gained popularity in the United States to become the United States' 9th most reviewed category over the last year. The most frequently used Payroll products are ADP Workforce Now with 3,629 reviews, Paylocity with 2,077 customer reviews, and Paychex Flex with 1,525 reviews.

Size Matters

Many patrons of Payroll technology products are medium businesses, making up 44% of all clients. They are trailed by small business customers (34%), and large businesses (22%). The influence of Payroll software for medium businesses appears to be growing currently, increasing by 3% over the last year. Payroll software for large businesses are experiencing a recession this year, shrinking 103% of the previous year's value.

What Is Your Favorite Industry?

The top industries for Payroll are hospital and health care, information technology and services, non profit organization management, computer software, and retail.