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title: "99designs vs Fiverr: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is 99designs or Fiverr more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Creative freelance platforms set worldwide. 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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# 99designs vs Fiverr: Which is searched more?

Is 99designs or Fiverr more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Creative freelance platforms set worldwide. 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**: 99designs and Fiverr
- **Competitive set**: Creative freelance platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **99designs Share of Search**: 0.56%
- **Fiverr Share of Search**: 38.2%

## Is 99designs or Fiverr more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Fiverr had more branded searches than 99designs among creative freelance platforms worldwide. Fiverr had about 3.4 million branded searches, while 99designs had 49,500. Fiverr made up 38.2% of all creative freelance platform searches we track, and 99designs accounted for 0.56%.
- Fiverr was ahead of 99designs in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, 99designs’ share of searches among creative freelance platforms worldwide moved from 0.69% to 0.56%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 74K to 49.5K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Fiverr’s share of searches among creative freelance platforms worldwide moved from 46.8% to 38.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 5M to 3.4M.

## Top creative freelance platforms in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Fiverr appeared in all five answers. 99designs was mentioned in four out of five: in all three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. Fiverr was listed before 99designs in four out of 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Upwork | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Fiverr | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Contra | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Dribbble | 4th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Toptal | 5th | 1 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Behance | 6th | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| 99designs | 7th | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| PeoplePerHour | 8th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about creative freelance platforms

- Asked ChatGPT "Which creative freelance platform should I use?": 1. Upwork, 2. Fiverr, 3. Contra, 4. 99designs, 5. Behance
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best creative freelance platforms?": 1. Upwork, 2. Contra, 3. Behance, 4. Fiverr, 5. Dribbble, 6. 99designs, 7. Toptal
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best creative freelance platform for finding freelance design work?": 1. Upwork, 2. Contra, 3. Dribbble, 4. Fiverr, 5. 99designs
- Searched Google, AI Overview "freelance design work": 1. Upwork, 2. Dribbble, 3. Toptal, 4. 99designs, 5. Fiverr
- Searched Google, AI Overview "best freelance platform": 1. Upwork, 2. Fiverr, 3. Toptal, 4. Contra, 5. Behance, 6. Dribbble, 7. PeoplePerHour

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

## How did search popularity change for creative freelance platforms worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Fiverr lost share of searches among creative freelance platforms worldwide, from 44.3% to 38.2%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for 99designs worldwide fell 33.1% over 12 measured months, from 74K to 49.5K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | 99designs estimated searches | 99designs Share of Search | 99designs rank | Fiverr estimated searches | Fiverr Share of Search | Fiverr rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 74K | 0.69% | 7 | 5M | 46.8% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 74K | 0.7% | 7 | 5M | 47.1% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 60.5K | 0.65% | 7 | 4.1M | 44.2% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 74K | 0.65% | 7 | 5M | 44.2% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 74K | 0.76% | 7 | 4.1M | 42.1% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 60.5K | 0.53% | 7 | 5M | 43.9% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 60.5K | 0.53% | 7 | 5M | 43.8% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 60.5K | 0.62% | 7 | 4.1M | 42% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 60.5K | 0.65% | 7 | 4.1M | 43.6% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 49.5K | 0.53% | 7 | 4.1M | 43.7% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 49.5K | 0.54% | 7 | 4.1M | 44.3% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | 49.5K | 0.56% | 7 | 3.4M | 38.2% | 1 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using 99designs’ and Fiverr’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.

- **99designs**: Measured on the search term “99designs”.
- **Fiverr**: Measured on the search term “fiverr”.

- [99designs profile](/demand/global-en/brands/99designs)
- [Fiverr profile](/demand/global-en/brands/fiverr)
- [All creative freelance platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/creative-freelance-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 8 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 99designs or Fiverr more popular in search?

In September 2026, Fiverr had more branded searches than 99designs among creative freelance platforms worldwide. Fiverr had about 3.4 million branded searches, while 99designs had 49,500. Fiverr made up 38.2% of all creative freelance platform searches we track, and 99designs accounted for 0.56%.

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