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title: "Bonds vs Stayfree: Which is searched more in Australia?"
description: "Is Bonds or Stayfree more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Period care brands 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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# Bonds vs Stayfree: Which is searched more in Australia?

Is Bonds or Stayfree more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Period care brands 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**: Bonds and Stayfree
- **Competitive set**: Period care brands
- **Market**: Australia
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Bonds Share of Search**: 6%
- **Stayfree Share of Search**: 6%

## Is Bonds or Stayfree more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Bonds and Stayfree were level in searches among period care brands in Australia, with an estimated 3.6K branded searches each, at 6% of the total each.
- Bonds was ahead of Stayfree in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Bonds’ share of searches among period care brands in Australia moved from 7.2% to 6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 4.4K to 3.6K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Stayfree’s share of searches among period care brands in Australia moved from 3.9% to 6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.4K to 3.6K.

## Top period care brands in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Bonds was mentioned in two out of five: in one of the three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. Stayfree did not appear in any of the five answers.

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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Modibodi | 1st | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| TOM Organic | 1st | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| U by Kotex | 3rd | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Libra | 4th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Bonds | 5th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Tsuno | 6th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Carefree | 7th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Cottons | 7th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Always | 9th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Stayfree | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Moxie | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Thinx | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about period care brands

- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best pads and tampons in Australia?": 1. U by Kotex, 2. Libra, 3. TOM Organic, 4. Cottons, 5. Modibodi
- Asked ChatGPT "Which period underwear brand is best in Australia?": 1. Modibodi, 2. Bonds
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best organic tampon brands?": 1. TOM Organic, 2. Tsuno
- Searched Google, AI Overview "period underwear": 1. Modibodi, 2. Bonds
- Searched Google, AI Overview "tampons": 1. U by Kotex, 2. Libra, 3. TOM Organic, 4. Carefree, 5. Always

Not named in any answer: Stayfree, Moxie and Thinx.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in Australia on October 26, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for Australia period care brands in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Bonds lost share of searches among period care brands in Australia, from 7.2% to 6%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Stayfree in Australia rose 50% over 12 measured months, from 2.4K to 3.6K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Bonds estimated searches | Bonds Share of Search | Bonds rank | Stayfree estimated searches | Stayfree Share of Search | Stayfree rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 4.4K | 7.2% | 4 | 2.4K | 3.9% | 6 |
| Nov 2025 | 4.4K | 6.4% | 4 | 1.9K | 2.8% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 3.6K | 6.8% | 4 | 1.9K | 3.6% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 4.4K | 7.1% | 4 | 2.4K | 3.9% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 3.6K | 7.4% | 4 | 1.6K | 3.3% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 3.6K | 7.4% | 4 | 2.4K | 4.9% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 3.6K | 7.6% | 4 | 2.4K | 5.1% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 4.4K | 8.3% | 4 | 2.9K | 5.5% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 4.4K | 7.6% | 4 | 3.6K | 6.2% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 4.4K | 7.1% | 4 | 3.6K | 5.8% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 4.4K | 7.2% | 4 | 3.6K | 5.9% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | 3.6K | 6% | 4 | 3.6K | 6% | 5 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Bonds’ and Stayfree’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.

- **Bonds**: Measured on the search term “bonds period undies”.
- **Stayfree**: Measured on the search term “stayfree pads”.

- [Bonds profile](/demand/au/brands/bonds)
- [Stayfree profile](/demand/au/brands/stayfree)
- [All period care brands in Australia](/demand/au/categories/au-period-care-brands): The set both shares are measured inside, 12 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 Bonds or Stayfree more popular in search?

In September 2026, Bonds and Stayfree were level in searches among period care brands in Australia, with an estimated 3.6K branded searches each, at 6% of the total each.

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