--- title: "Buy Me a Coffee vs Kajabi: Which is searched more?" description: "Is Buy Me a Coffee or Kajabi more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Creator membership 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." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/buy-me-a-coffee-vs-kajabi" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Buy Me a Coffee vs Kajabi: Which is searched more? Is Buy Me a Coffee or Kajabi more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Creator membership 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**: Buy Me a Coffee and Kajabi - **Competitive set**: Creator membership platforms - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Buy Me a Coffee Share of Search**: 1.7% - **Kajabi Share of Search**: 1.4% ## Is Buy Me a Coffee or Kajabi more popular in search? - In September 2026, Buy Me a Coffee had more branded searches than Kajabi among creator membership platforms worldwide. Buy Me a Coffee had about 110,000 branded searches, while Kajabi had 90,500. Buy Me a Coffee made up 1.7% of all creator membership platform searches we track, and Kajabi accounted for 1.4%. - The lead changed hands once in the 12 months ending September 2026: Buy Me a Coffee took it in August 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Buy Me a Coffee’s share of searches among creator membership platforms worldwide moved from 2% to 1.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 110K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Kajabi’s share of searches among creator membership platforms worldwide moved from 2.5% to 1.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 135K to 90.5K. ## Top creator membership platforms in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Kajabi was mentioned in two out of five: not in any of the three ChatGPT answers, but in both Google AI Overviews. Buy Me a Coffee did not appear in any of the 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Patreon | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Circle | 2nd | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | Ko-fi | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | Substack | 4th | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | Mighty Networks | 5th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Fourthwall | 6th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Memberful | 7th | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | Kajabi | 8th | 0 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Buy Me a Coffee | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about creator membership platforms - Asked ChatGPT "Which creator membership platform should I use?": 1. Patreon, 2. Substack, 3. Ko-fi, 4. Circle, 5. Memberful - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best creator membership platforms?": 1. Patreon, 2. Circle, 3. Substack, 4. Ko-fi, 5. Fourthwall, 6. Memberful - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best creator membership platform for paid fan memberships?": 1. Patreon, 2. Ko-fi, 3. Fourthwall, 4. Substack, 5. Mighty Networks - Searched Google, AI Overview "creator membership platform": 1. Patreon, 2. Mighty Networks, 3. Memberful, 4. Kajabi - Searched Google, AI Overview "best membership platform": 1. Circle, 2. Kajabi Not named in any answer: Buy Me a Coffee. 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 creator membership platforms worldwide in September 2026? - In September 2026, Buy Me a Coffee lost share of searches among creator membership platforms worldwide, from 2.2% to 1.7%. - In September 2026, Kajabi fell from 5th to 6th among creator membership platforms worldwide. ## Month by month | Month | Buy Me a Coffee estimated searches | Buy Me a Coffee Share of Search | Buy Me a Coffee rank | Kajabi estimated searches | Kajabi Share of Search | Kajabi rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 110K | 2% | 5 | 135K | 2.5% | 4 | | Nov 2025 | 110K | 2% | 5 | 135K | 2.5% | 4 | | Dec 2025 | 110K | 1.9% | 5 | 135K | 2.4% | 4 | | Jan 2026 | 135K | 1.9% | 5 | 165K | 2.4% | 4 | | Feb 2026 | 110K | 1.9% | 5 | 165K | 2.9% | 4 | | Mar 2026 | 135K | 1.9% | 5 | 135K | 1.9% | 6 | | Apr 2026 | 110K | 1.8% | 5 | 135K | 2.2% | 4 | | May 2026 | 135K | 2% | 4 | 135K | 2% | 5 | | Jun 2026 | 110K | 1.6% | 4 | 110K | 1.6% | 5 | | Jul 2026 | 110K | 1.8% | 4 | 110K | 1.8% | 5 | | Aug 2026 | 165K | 2.2% | 4 | 110K | 1.5% | 5 | | Sep 2026 | 110K | 1.7% | 4 | 90.5K | 1.4% | 6 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Buy Me a Coffee’s and Kajabi’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. - **Buy Me a Coffee**: Measured on the search term “buy me a coffee”. - **Kajabi**: Measured on the search term “kajabi”. - [Buy Me a Coffee profile](/demand/global-en/brands/buy-me-a-coffee) - [Kajabi profile](/demand/global-en/brands/kajabi) - [All creator membership platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/creator-membership-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 9 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 Buy Me a Coffee or Kajabi more popular in search? In September 2026, Buy Me a Coffee had more branded searches than Kajabi among creator membership platforms worldwide. Buy Me a Coffee had about 110,000 branded searches, while Kajabi had 90,500. Buy Me a Coffee made up 1.7% of all creator membership platform searches we track, and Kajabi accounted for 1.4%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Buy Me a Coffee vs Kajabi: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/buy-me-a-coffee-vs-kajabi This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/buy-me-a-coffee-vs-kajabi. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.