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title: "Betterment vs Wealthsimple: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Betterment or Wealthsimple? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Robo advisors 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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# Betterment vs Wealthsimple: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Betterment or Wealthsimple? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Robo advisors 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**: Betterment and Wealthsimple
- **Competitive set**: Robo advisors
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Betterment Share of Search**: 13.4%
- **Wealthsimple Share of Search**: 64.5%

## Which is more popular in search, Betterment or Wealthsimple?

- In August 2026, Wealthsimple had more branded searches than Betterment among robo advisors worldwide. Wealthsimple was estimated to have 529K branded searches compared to Betterment’s 110K, and held a 64.5% Share of Search versus Betterment’s 13.4%.
- Wealthsimple was ahead of Betterment in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Betterment’s estimated Share of Search among robo advisors worldwide moved from 14% to 13.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 135K to 110K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Wealthsimple’s estimated Share of Search among robo advisors worldwide moved from 63.2% to 64.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 609K to 529K.

## How did search popularity change for robo advisors worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Wealthsimple lost estimated Share of Search among robo advisors worldwide, from 65.1% to 64.5%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Betterment worldwide fell 18.5% over 11 measured months, from 135K to 110K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Betterment estimated searches | Betterment Share of Search | Betterment rank | Wealthsimple estimated searches | Wealthsimple Share of Search | Wealthsimple rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 135K | 14% | 3 | 609K | 63.2% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 110K | 13.8% | 3 | 503K | 63% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 110K | 13.2% | 3 | 502K | 60.1% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 165K | 15.2% | 3 | 650K | 59.9% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 165K | 11.9% | 3 | 954K | 68.9% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 165K | 8.2% | 3 | 1.6M | 78.5% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 165K | 8.6% | 3 | 1.5M | 77.5% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 110K | 11.4% | 3 | 664K | 68.8% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 110K | 11.7% | 3 | 646K | 68.9% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 110K | 13.5% | 3 | 532K | 65.1% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 110K | 13.4% | 3 | 529K | 64.5% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Betterment’s and Wealthsimple’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.

- **Betterment**: Measured on the search term “betterment”.
- **Wealthsimple**: Measured on the search terms “invest wealthsimple”, “tfsa wealthsimple”, “Wealthsimple”, “wealthsimple account”, “wealthsimple app”, “wealthsimple business account”, “wealthsimple chequing account”, “wealthsimple crypto”, “wealthsimple fees”, “wealthsimple invest”, “wealthsimple investing”, “wealthsimple rrsp”, “wealthsimple savings account”, “wealthsimple smart investing”, “wealthsimple tax”, “wealthsimple tfsa”, “wealthsimple trade”, “wealthsimple visa” and “wealthsimple.com”, summed into one figure.

- [Betterment profile](/demand/global-en/brands/betterment)
- [Wealthsimple profile](/demand/global-en/brands/wealthsimple)
- [All robo advisors worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/robo-advisors): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 brands.

## Methodology

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

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is more popular in search, Betterment or Wealthsimple?

In August 2026, Wealthsimple had more branded searches than Betterment among robo advisors worldwide. Wealthsimple was estimated to have 529K branded searches compared to Betterment’s 110K, and held a 64.5% Share of Search versus Betterment’s 13.4%.

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