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title: "Kicking Horse Coffee: search popularity worldwide"
description: "A Canadian organic coffee roaster. 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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# Kicking Horse Coffee: search popularity worldwide

A Canadian organic coffee roaster. 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**: Kicking Horse Coffee
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Sep 2026
- **Share of Search among coffee brands**: 1.4%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Coffee brands | 8 | 1.4% | 33.1K |

- [Coffee brands](/demand/global-en/categories/coffee-brands)

## Top coffee brands in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Kicking Horse Coffee was mentioned in two out of five: in two of the three ChatGPT answers, but not in either of the two Google AI Overviews. Kicking Horse Coffee is the seventh most recommended of the nine.

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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Peet's Coffee | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Lavazza | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Café Bustelo | 2nd | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Stumptown | 4th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Nescafé | 5th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| La Colombe | 5th | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Kicking Horse Coffee | 7th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Illy | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Moccona | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about coffee brands

- Asked ChatGPT "Which coffee brand should I buy?": 1. Peet's Coffee, 2. Lavazza, 3. Café Bustelo, 4. La Colombe
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best coffee brands?": 1. Peet's Coffee, 2. Stumptown, 3. Lavazza, 4. La Colombe, 5. Café Bustelo, 6. Kicking Horse Coffee
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best coffee brand for everyday drinking?": 1. Peet's Coffee, 2. Lavazza, 3. Kicking Horse Coffee
- Searched Google, AI Overview "coffee brands": 1. Peet's Coffee, 2. Café Bustelo, 3. Stumptown, 4. La Colombe
- Searched Google, AI Overview "instant coffee brands": 1. Nescafé, 2. Café Bustelo

Not named in any answer: Illy and Moccona.

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 Kicking Horse Coffee changed worldwide over the last 12 months?

- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Kicking Horse Coffee worldwide rose from 27.1K to 33.1K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Kicking Horse Coffee’s share of searches among coffee brands worldwide held steady, from 1.1% to 1.4%.

## How did search popularity change for coffee brands worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Café Bustelo overtook Illy and Stumptown to rank 5th among coffee brands worldwide, with 5.9% of the searches.
- In September 2026, La Colombe lost share of searches among coffee brands worldwide, from 8% to 6.9%.
- Nescafé’s share of searches among coffee brands worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 43.3% to 35.7% in September 2026.
- Illy’s share of searches among coffee brands worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 7.1% to 5.9% in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Moccona worldwide rose 49.1% over 12 measured months, from 22.2K to 33.1K in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Kicking Horse Coffee worldwide rose 22.1% over 12 measured months, from 27.1K to 33.1K in September 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Coffee brands | 27.1K | 1.1% | 8 |
| Nov 2025 | Coffee brands | 27.1K | 1.1% | 8 |
| Dec 2025 | Coffee brands | 49.5K | 2.1% | 8 |
| Jan 2026 | Coffee brands | 40.5K | 1.6% | 8 |
| Feb 2026 | Coffee brands | 33.1K | 1.6% | 8 |
| Mar 2026 | Coffee brands | 33.1K | 1.5% | 8 |
| Apr 2026 | Coffee brands | 33.1K | 1.5% | 8 |
| May 2026 | Coffee brands | 27.1K | 1.1% | 8 |
| Jun 2026 | Coffee brands | 27.1K | 1.2% | 8 |
| Jul 2026 | Coffee brands | 27.1K | 1.2% | 8 |
| Aug 2026 | Coffee brands | 33.1K | 1.4% | 8 |
| Sep 2026 | Coffee brands | 33.1K | 1.4% | 8 |

## How are Kicking Horse Coffee’s branded searches counted?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Kicking Horse Coffee’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.

- “kicking horse coffee”

## Which coffee brands compete with Kicking Horse Coffee?

- [Nescafé](/demand/global-en/brands/nescafe)
- [Peet's Coffee](/demand/global-en/brands/peets-coffee)
- [Lavazza](/demand/global-en/brands/lavazza)
- [La Colombe](/demand/global-en/brands/la-colombe): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/kicking-horse-coffee-vs-la-colombe
- [Café Bustelo](/demand/global-en/brands/cafe-bustelo): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/cafe-bustelo-vs-kicking-horse-coffee
- [Illy](/demand/global-en/brands/illy): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/illy-vs-kicking-horse-coffee
- [Stumptown](/demand/global-en/brands/stumptown): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/kicking-horse-coffee-vs-stumptown
- [Moccona](/demand/global-en/brands/moccona): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/kicking-horse-coffee-vs-moccona

## 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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