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title: "ERIN: search popularity worldwide"
description: "ERIN is an employee referral platform. 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."
canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/erin-referrals"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# ERIN: search popularity worldwide

ERIN is an employee referral platform. 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

- **Brand**: ERIN
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Sep 2026
- **Share of Search among employee referral platforms**: 0.03%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Employee referral platforms | 8 | 0.03% | 50 |

- [Employee referral platforms](/demand/global-en/categories/employee-referral-platforms)

## Top employee referral platforms in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, ERIN was mentioned in four out of five: in all three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. ERIN is the most recommended of the eight.

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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ERIN | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Teamable | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Greenhouse | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Workable | 4th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Jobvite | 5th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Lever | 6th | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Teamtailor | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| SmartRecruiters | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about employee referral platforms

- Asked ChatGPT "Which employee referral platform should I use?": 1. ERIN, 2. Teamable, 3. Greenhouse, 4. Lever
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best employee referral platforms?": 1. ERIN, 2. Teamable, 3. Jobvite, 4. Greenhouse
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best employee referral platform for referral hires?": 1. ERIN, 2. Teamable, 3. Workable, 4. Greenhouse, 5. Lever
- Searched Google, AI Overview "employee referral software": 1. ERIN, 2. Workable, 3. Jobvite, 4. Greenhouse, 5. Lever
- Searched Google, AI Overview "referral program software": named none of the brands we track

Not named in any answer: Teamtailor and SmartRecruiters.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 20, 2026.

## How has branded search demand for ERIN changed worldwide over the last 12 months?

- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for ERIN worldwide fell from 90 to 50.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, ERIN’s share of searches among employee referral platforms worldwide held steady, from 0.04% to 0.03%.

## How did search popularity change for employee referral platforms worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Teamtailor overtook Workable to become the leader among employee referral platforms worldwide, with 30.4% of the searches.
- In September 2026, SmartRecruiters gained share of searches among employee referral platforms worldwide, from 22.4% to 24.9%.
- In September 2026, Workable lost share of searches among employee referral platforms worldwide, from 33.4% to 30.4%.
- In September 2026, Greenhouse lost share of searches among employee referral platforms worldwide, from 3.6% to 2.2%.
- In September 2026, Jobvite lost share of searches among employee referral platforms worldwide, from 12.3% to 11.2%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Lever worldwide fell 45.8% over 12 measured months, from 2.4K to 1.3K in September 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Employee referral platforms | 90 | 0.04% | 8 |
| Nov 2025 | Employee referral platforms | 50 | 0.03% | 8 |
| Dec 2025 | Employee referral platforms | 50 | 0.03% | 8 |
| Jan 2026 | Employee referral platforms | 70 | 0.03% | 8 |
| Feb 2026 | Employee referral platforms | 70 | 0.03% | 8 |
| Mar 2026 | Employee referral platforms | 70 | 0.03% | 8 |
| Apr 2026 | Employee referral platforms | 70 | 0.03% | 8 |
| May 2026 | Employee referral platforms | 70 | 0.03% | 8 |
| Jun 2026 | Employee referral platforms | 70 | 0.03% | 8 |
| Jul 2026 | Employee referral platforms | 50 | 0.03% | 8 |
| Aug 2026 | Employee referral platforms | 50 | 0.03% | 8 |
| Sep 2026 | Employee referral platforms | 50 | 0.03% | 8 |

## How are ERIN’s branded searches counted?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using ERIN’s name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for this branded term can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “erin referral”

## Which employee referral platforms compete with ERIN?

- [Teamtailor](/demand/global-en/brands/teamtailor)
- [Workable](/demand/global-en/brands/workable)
- [SmartRecruiters](/demand/global-en/brands/smartrecruiters): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/erin-referrals-vs-smartrecruiters
- [Jobvite](/demand/global-en/brands/jobvite): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/erin-referrals-vs-jobvite
- [Greenhouse](/demand/global-en/brands/greenhouse): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/erin-referrals-vs-greenhouse
- [Lever](/demand/global-en/brands/lever): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/erin-referrals-vs-lever
- [Teamable](/demand/global-en/brands/teamable): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/erin-referrals-vs-teamable

## Methodology

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

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