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title: "Buy Me a Coffee vs Memberful: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Buy Me a Coffee or Memberful? 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."
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# Buy Me a Coffee vs Memberful: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Buy Me a Coffee or Memberful? 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 Memberful
- **Competitive set**: Creator membership platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Buy Me a Coffee Share of Search**: 3.4%
- **Memberful Share of Search**: 0.03%

## Which is more popular in search, Buy Me a Coffee or Memberful?

- In August 2026, Buy Me a Coffee had more branded searches than Memberful among creator membership platforms worldwide. Buy Me a Coffee was estimated to have 165K branded searches compared to Memberful’s 1.3K, and held a 3.4% Share of Search versus Memberful’s 0.03%.
- Buy Me a Coffee was ahead of Memberful in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Buy Me a Coffee’s estimated Share of Search among creator membership platforms worldwide moved from 2.8% to 3.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 110K to 165K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Memberful’s estimated Share of Search among creator membership platforms worldwide moved from 0.06% to 0.03%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.4K to 1.3K.

## How did search popularity change for creator membership platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Buy Me a Coffee gained estimated Share of Search among creator membership platforms worldwide, from 2.7% to 3.4%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Memberful worldwide fell 45.8% over 11 measured months, from 2.4K to 1.3K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Buy Me a Coffee estimated searches | Buy Me a Coffee Share of Search | Buy Me a Coffee rank | Memberful estimated searches | Memberful Share of Search | Memberful rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 110K | 2.8% | 3 | 2.4K | 0.06% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 110K | 2.8% | 3 | 1.9K | 0.05% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 110K | 2.8% | 3 | 2.4K | 0.06% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 135K | 2.8% | 3 | 2.4K | 0.05% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 110K | 2.8% | 3 | 2.4K | 0.06% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 135K | 2.8% | 3 | 2.4K | 0.05% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 110K | 2.7% | 3 | 1.9K | 0.05% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 135K | 2.8% | 3 | 1.9K | 0.04% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 110K | 2.3% | 3 | 1.9K | 0.04% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 110K | 2.7% | 3 | 1.6K | 0.04% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 165K | 3.4% | 3 | 1.3K | 0.03% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Buy Me a Coffee’s and Memberful’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”.
- **Memberful**: Measured on the search term “memberful”.

- [Buy Me a Coffee profile](/demand/global-en/brands/buy-me-a-coffee)
- [Memberful profile](/demand/global-en/brands/memberful)
- [All creator membership platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/creator-membership-platforms): 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, Buy Me a Coffee or Memberful?

In August 2026, Buy Me a Coffee had more branded searches than Memberful among creator membership platforms worldwide. Buy Me a Coffee was estimated to have 165K branded searches compared to Memberful’s 1.3K, and held a 3.4% Share of Search versus Memberful’s 0.03%.

## Cite this page

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