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title: "Bright Starts vs Manhattan Toy: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Bright Starts or Manhattan Toy? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Baby toys 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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# Bright Starts vs Manhattan Toy: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Bright Starts or Manhattan Toy? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Baby toys 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**: Bright Starts and Manhattan Toy
- **Competitive set**: Baby toys
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Bright Starts Share of Search**: 5.3%
- **Manhattan Toy Share of Search**: 1.3%

## Which is more popular in search, Bright Starts or Manhattan Toy?

- In August 2026, Bright Starts had more branded searches than Manhattan Toy among baby toys worldwide. Bright Starts was estimated to have 27.1K branded searches compared to Manhattan Toy’s 6.6K, and held a 5.3% Share of Search versus Manhattan Toy’s 1.3%.
- Bright Starts was ahead of Manhattan Toy in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Bright Starts’ estimated Share of Search among baby toys worldwide moved from 4.3% to 5.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 27.1K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Manhattan Toy’s estimated Share of Search among baby toys worldwide moved from 1% to 1.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 6.6K.

## How did search popularity change for baby toys worldwide in August 2026?

Neither Bright Starts nor Manhattan Toy moved beyond provider rounding among baby toys in Aug 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Bright Starts estimated searches | Bright Starts Share of Search | Bright Starts rank | Manhattan Toy estimated searches | Manhattan Toy Share of Search | Manhattan Toy rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 27.1K | 4.3% | 4 | 6.6K | 1% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 27.1K | 3.2% | 4 | 9.9K | 1.2% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 33.1K | 3.9% | 4 | 8.1K | 0.96% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 33.1K | 5.5% | 4 | 6.6K | 1.1% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 27.1K | 6% | 4 | 5.4K | 1.2% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 27.1K | 5.4% | 4 | 6.6K | 1.3% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 27.1K | 5.4% | 4 | 5.4K | 1.1% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 22.2K | 4.5% | 4 | 5.4K | 1.1% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 22.2K | 5.3% | 4 | 5.4K | 1.3% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 27.1K | 5.4% | 4 | 6.6K | 1.3% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 27.1K | 5.3% | 4 | 6.6K | 1.3% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Bright Starts’ and Manhattan Toy’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.

- **Bright Starts**: Measured on the search term “bright starts”.
- **Manhattan Toy**: Measured on the search term “manhattan toy”.

- [Bright Starts profile](/demand/global-en/brands/bright-starts)
- [Manhattan Toy profile](/demand/global-en/brands/manhattan-toy)
- [All baby toys worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/baby-toys): 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, Bright Starts or Manhattan Toy?

In August 2026, Bright Starts had more branded searches than Manhattan Toy among baby toys worldwide. Bright Starts was estimated to have 27.1K branded searches compared to Manhattan Toy’s 6.6K, and held a 5.3% Share of Search versus Manhattan Toy’s 1.3%.

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