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title: "Funding Circle: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "Funding Circle is a business lending 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/funding-circle"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# Funding Circle: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

Funding Circle is a business lending 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**: Funding Circle
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among lending platforms**: 12.7%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lending platforms | 4 | 12.7% | 33.1K |

- [Lending platforms](/demand/global-en/categories/lending-platforms)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Funding Circle worldwide fell from 40.5K to 33.1K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Funding Circle’s estimated Share of Search among lending platforms worldwide increased from 9.5% to 12.7%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Funding Circle’s estimated Share of Search among lending platforms worldwide peaked at 12.7% in August 2026 and was lowest at 7.6% in December 2025.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Funding Circle fell from 2nd to 4th among lending platforms worldwide.

## How did search popularity change for lending platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Funding Circle gained estimated Share of Search among lending platforms worldwide, from 9.5% to 12.7%.
- In August 2026, OnDeck gained estimated Share of Search among lending platforms worldwide, from 17.4% to 19%.
- In August 2026, Prosper gained estimated Share of Search among lending platforms worldwide, from 14.3% to 15.5%.
- In August 2026, LendingClub lost estimated Share of Search among lending platforms worldwide, from 57.9% to 51.7%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Kabbage worldwide fell 46.3% over 11 measured months, from 5.4K to 2.9K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Lending platforms | 40.5K | 9.5% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | Lending platforms | 33.1K | 9.3% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | Lending platforms | 27.1K | 7.6% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | Lending platforms | 40.5K | 10.6% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | Lending platforms | 33.1K | 9.1% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | Lending platforms | 40.5K | 9.3% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | Lending platforms | 33.1K | 7.7% | 4 |
| May 2026 | Lending platforms | 33.1K | 8.9% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | Lending platforms | 40.5K | 9.3% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | Lending platforms | 33.1K | 9.5% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | Lending platforms | 33.1K | 12.7% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | Lending platforms | — | — | — |

## How is Funding Circle measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Funding Circle’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.

- “funding circle”

## Which lending platforms compete with Funding Circle?

- [LendingClub](/demand/global-en/brands/lendingclub): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/funding-circle-vs-lendingclub
- [OnDeck](/demand/global-en/brands/ondeck): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/funding-circle-vs-ondeck
- [Prosper](/demand/global-en/brands/prosper): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/funding-circle-vs-prosper
- [Kabbage](/demand/global-en/brands/kabbage): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/funding-circle-vs-kabbage

## Methodology

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

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Funding Circle: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/funding-circle

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