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title: "ANZ vs ubank: Which is searched more in Australia?"
description: "Is ANZ or ubank more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Banks set in Australia. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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publisher: "Brandwave"
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# ANZ vs ubank: Which is searched more in Australia?

Is ANZ or ubank more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Banks set in Australia. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: ANZ and ubank
- **Competitive set**: Banks
- **Market**: Australia
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **ANZ Share of Search**: 21%
- **ubank Share of Search**: 1.3%

## Is ANZ or ubank more popular in search?

- In September 2026, ANZ had more branded searches than ubank among banks in Australia. ANZ had about 1.2 million branded searches, while ubank had 74,000. ANZ made up 21% of all bank searches we track, and ubank accounted for 1.3%.
- ANZ was ahead of ubank in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, ANZ’s share of searches among banks in Australia moved from 20.6% to 21%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 1.5M to 1.2M.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, ubank’s share of searches among banks in Australia moved from 1% to 1.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 74K.

## Top banks in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, ANZ and ubank were each mentioned in two out of five: in one of the three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. ANZ was listed before ubank in two out of three answers that named either.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ING | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Macquarie Bank | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| CommBank | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Up | 4th | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| NAB | 5th | 1 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Westpac | 6th | 1 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| ANZ | 7th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| ubank | 8th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Bendigo Bank | 9th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about banks

- Asked ChatGPT "Which bank should I use in Australia?": 1. Macquarie Bank, 2. Up, 3. ING, 4. ubank, 5. CommBank
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best banks in Australia?": 1. CommBank, 2. Macquarie Bank, 3. ING, 4. NAB, 5. Westpac, 6. ANZ, 7. Bendigo Bank
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best bank in Australia for a high interest savings account?": 1. ING, 2. Up, 3. Macquarie Bank
- Searched Google, AI Overview "bank account": 1. CommBank, 2. Westpac, 3. NAB
- Searched Google, AI Overview "best bank australia": 1. CommBank, 2. Westpac, 3. NAB, 4. ANZ, 5. ING, 6. ubank, 7. Up, 8. Bendigo Bank, 9. Macquarie Bank

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in Australia on October 22, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for Australia banks in September 2026?

- In September 2026, ANZ overtook Westpac and NAB to rank 2nd among banks in Australia, with 21% of the searches.

## Month by month

| Month | ANZ estimated searches | ANZ Share of Search | ANZ rank | ubank estimated searches | ubank Share of Search | ubank rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 1.5M | 20.6% | 2 | 74K | 1% | 7 |
| Nov 2025 | 1.5M | 21.3% | 2 | 60.5K | 0.86% | 7 |
| Dec 2025 | 1.5M | 22.2% | 2 | 60.5K | 0.9% | 7 |
| Jan 2026 | 1.5M | 22.4% | 2 | 74K | 1.1% | 7 |
| Feb 2026 | 1.2M | 19% | 3 | 74K | 1.2% | 7 |
| Mar 2026 | 1.5M | 21.4% | 2 | 74K | 1.1% | 7 |
| Apr 2026 | 1.5M | 23.5% | 2 | 60.5K | 0.95% | 7 |
| May 2026 | 1.5M | 23.2% | 2 | 74K | 1.1% | 7 |
| Jun 2026 | 1.5M | 23.7% | 2 | 74K | 1.2% | 7 |
| Jul 2026 | 1.5M | 23.7% | 2 | 60.5K | 0.96% | 7 |
| Aug 2026 | 1.2M | 18.7% | 4 | 74K | 1.1% | 7 |
| Sep 2026 | 1.2M | 21% | 2 | 74K | 1.3% | 7 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using ANZ’s and ubank’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **ANZ**: Measured on the search term “anz”.
- **ubank**: Measured on the search term “ubank”.

- [ANZ profile](/demand/au/brands/anz)
- [ubank profile](/demand/au/brands/ubank)
- [All banks in Australia](/demand/au/categories/au-banks): The set both shares are measured inside, 9 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is ANZ or ubank more popular in search?

In September 2026, ANZ had more branded searches than ubank among banks in Australia. ANZ had about 1.2 million branded searches, while ubank had 74,000. ANZ made up 21% of all bank searches we track, and ubank accounted for 1.3%.

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