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title: "Blackboard vs Canvas LMS: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Blackboard or Canvas LMS? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Learning management systems 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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# Blackboard vs Canvas LMS: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Blackboard or Canvas LMS? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Learning management systems 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**: Blackboard and Canvas LMS
- **Competitive set**: Learning management systems
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Blackboard Share of Search**: 0.11%
- **Canvas LMS Share of Search**: 1.9%

## Which is more popular in search, Blackboard or Canvas LMS?

- In August 2026, Canvas LMS had more branded searches than Blackboard among learning management systems worldwide. Canvas LMS was estimated to have 148K branded searches compared to Blackboard’s 8.1K, and held a 1.9% Share of Search versus Blackboard’s 0.11%.
- Canvas LMS was ahead of Blackboard in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Blackboard’s estimated Share of Search among learning management systems worldwide moved from 0.07% to 0.11%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 9.9K to 8.1K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Canvas LMS’s estimated Share of Search among learning management systems worldwide moved from 2.4% to 1.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 330K to 148K.

## How did search popularity change for learning management systems worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Canvas LMS lost estimated Share of Search among learning management systems worldwide, from 4.1% to 1.9%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Blackboard worldwide fell 18.2% over 11 measured months, from 9.9K to 8.1K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Blackboard estimated searches | Blackboard Share of Search | Blackboard rank | Canvas LMS estimated searches | Canvas LMS Share of Search | Canvas LMS rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 9.9K | 0.07% | 5 | 330K | 2.4% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | 12.1K | 0.11% | 5 | 181K | 1.7% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 12.1K | 0.14% | 5 | 330K | 3.7% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | 9.9K | 0.1% | 5 | 330K | 3.3% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | 8.1K | 0.08% | 5 | 181K | 1.9% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | 6.6K | 0.06% | 5 | 220K | 2.1% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | 5.4K | 0.05% | 5 | 220K | 2.2% | 4 |
| May 2026 | 5.4K | 0.06% | 5 | 220K | 2.5% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | 3.6K | 0.06% | 5 | 148K | 2.4% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | 3.6K | 0.1% | 5 | 148K | 4.1% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | 8.1K | 0.11% | 5 | 148K | 1.9% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Blackboard’s and Canvas LMS’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.

- **Blackboard**: Measured on the search term “blackboard lms”.
- **Canvas LMS**: Measured on the search terms “canvas lms” and “canvaslms”, summed into one figure.

- [Blackboard profile](/demand/global-en/brands/blackboard)
- [Canvas LMS profile](/demand/global-en/brands/canvas-lms)
- [All learning management systems worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/learning-management-systems): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 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, Blackboard or Canvas LMS?

In August 2026, Canvas LMS had more branded searches than Blackboard among learning management systems worldwide. Canvas LMS was estimated to have 148K branded searches compared to Blackboard’s 8.1K, and held a 1.9% Share of Search versus Blackboard’s 0.11%.

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