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title: "BigCommerce vs Square: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is BigCommerce or Square more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Ecommerce 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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publisher: "Brandwave"
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# BigCommerce vs Square: Which is searched more?

Is BigCommerce or Square more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Ecommerce 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**: BigCommerce and Square
- **Competitive set**: Ecommerce platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **BigCommerce Share of Search**: 0.34%
- **Square Share of Search**: 0.23%

## Is BigCommerce or Square more popular in search?

- In September 2026, BigCommerce had more branded searches than Square among ecommerce platforms worldwide. BigCommerce had about 33,300 branded searches, while Square had 22,200. BigCommerce made up 0.34% of all ecommerce platform searches we track, and Square accounted for 0.23%.
- BigCommerce was ahead of Square in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, BigCommerce’s share of searches among ecommerce platforms worldwide moved from 0.57% to 0.34%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 60.9K to 33.3K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Square’s share of searches among ecommerce platforms worldwide moved from 0.21% to 0.23%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 22.2K.

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

- In September 2026, BigCommerce fell from 7th to 8th among ecommerce platforms worldwide.

## Month by month

| Month | BigCommerce estimated searches | BigCommerce Share of Search | BigCommerce rank | Square estimated searches | Square Share of Search | Square rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 60.9K | 0.57% | 7 | 22.2K | 0.21% | 12 |
| Nov 2025 | 49.7K | 0.49% | 8 | 22.2K | 0.22% | 12 |
| Dec 2025 | 49.7K | 0.52% | 8 | 22.2K | 0.23% | 11 |
| Jan 2026 | 49.8K | 0.47% | 8 | 27.1K | 0.26% | 10 |
| Feb 2026 | 33.4K | 0.32% | 8 | 22.2K | 0.21% | 12 |
| Mar 2026 | 33.4K | 0.31% | 8 | 27.1K | 0.25% | 9 |
| Apr 2026 | 33.5K | 0.32% | 8 | 27.1K | 0.26% | 9 |
| May 2026 | 27.5K | 0.26% | 8 | 22.2K | 0.21% | 9 |
| Jun 2026 | 40.7K | 0.41% | 7 | 18.1K | 0.18% | 11 |
| Jul 2026 | 33.3K | 0.34% | 8 | 22.2K | 0.23% | 9 |
| Aug 2026 | 33.4K | 0.35% | 7 | 27.1K | 0.29% | 9 |
| Sep 2026 | 33.3K | 0.34% | 8 | 22.2K | 0.23% | 9 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using BigCommerce’s and Square’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.

- **BigCommerce**: Measured on the search terms “big commerce”, “bigcommerce” and “bigcommerce ecommerce”, summed into one figure.
- **Square**: Measured on the search term “square online”.

- [BigCommerce profile](/demand/global-en/brands/bigcommerce)
- [Square profile](/demand/global-en/brands/square)
- [All ecommerce platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/ecommerce-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 13 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 BigCommerce or Square more popular in search?

In September 2026, BigCommerce had more branded searches than Square among ecommerce platforms worldwide. BigCommerce had about 33,300 branded searches, while Square had 22,200. BigCommerce made up 0.34% of all ecommerce platform searches we track, and Square accounted for 0.23%.

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