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title: "Canva vs PicMonkey: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Canva or PicMonkey more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Social media template 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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# Canva vs PicMonkey: Which is searched more?

Is Canva or PicMonkey more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Social media template 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**: Canva and PicMonkey
- **Competitive set**: Social media template platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Canva Share of Search**: 98.6%
- **PicMonkey Share of Search**: 0.03%

## Is Canva or PicMonkey more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Canva had more branded searches than PicMonkey among social media template platforms worldwide. Canva had about 186.9 million branded searches, while PicMonkey had 60,500. Canva made up 98.6% of all social media template platform searches we track, and PicMonkey accounted for 0.03%.
- Canva was ahead of PicMonkey in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Canva’s share of searches among social media template platforms worldwide moved from 98.5% to 98.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 229M to 187M.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, PicMonkey’s share of searches among social media template platforms worldwide moved from 0.04% to 0.03%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 90.5K to 60.5K.

## Top social media template platforms in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Canva appeared in all five answers. PicMonkey 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Canva | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Adobe Express | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| VistaCreate | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Envato Elements | 4th | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Kittl | 5th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Placeit | 6th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Visme | 7th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| PicMonkey | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Creatopy | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about social media template platforms

- Asked ChatGPT "Which social media template platform should I use?": 1. Canva, 2. Adobe Express
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best social media template platforms?": 1. Canva, 2. Adobe Express, 3. VistaCreate, 4. Envato Elements, 5. Placeit, 6. Visme
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best social media template platform for post graphics?": 1. Canva, 2. Adobe Express, 3. VistaCreate, 4. Kittl, 5. Envato Elements
- Searched Google, AI Overview "social media templates": 1. Canva, 2. Adobe Express, 3. Envato Elements
- Searched Google, AI Overview "instagram post templates": 1. Canva, 2. Adobe Express

Not named in any answer: PicMonkey and Creatopy.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 19, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for social media template platforms worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, PicMonkey fell from 5th to 6th among social media template platforms worldwide.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Canva worldwide fell 18.3% over 12 measured months, from 229M to 187M in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Canva estimated searches | Canva Share of Search | Canva rank | PicMonkey estimated searches | PicMonkey Share of Search | PicMonkey rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 229M | 98.5% | 1 | 90.5K | 0.04% | 8 |
| Nov 2025 | 187M | 98.3% | 1 | 90.5K | 0.05% | 8 |
| Dec 2025 | 153M | 98.2% | 1 | 90.5K | 0.06% | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | 187M | 98.4% | 1 | 90.5K | 0.05% | 7 |
| Feb 2026 | 188M | 98.4% | 1 | 74K | 0.04% | 7 |
| Mar 2026 | 188M | 98.2% | 1 | 550K | 0.29% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 188M | 98.4% | 1 | 110K | 0.06% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 188M | 98.5% | 1 | 74K | 0.04% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 153M | 98.5% | 1 | 74K | 0.05% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 127M | 98.3% | 1 | 90.5K | 0.07% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 153M | 98.5% | 1 | 74K | 0.05% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | 187M | 98.6% | 1 | 60.5K | 0.03% | 6 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Canva’s and PicMonkey’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.

- **Canva**: Measured on the search terms “business card canva”, “business card on canva”, “business cards canva”, “business cards on canva”, “canva”, “canva app”, “canva application”, “canva apps”, “canva artificial intelligence”, “canva background remover”, “canva barcode generator”, “canva bg remover”, “canva business card”, “canva business cards”, “canva collage maker”, “canva collage photo”, “canva color wheel”, “canva colors wheel”, “canva cv maker”, “canva cv template”, “canva design”, “canva face swap”, “canva faceswap”, “canva for education”, “canva for educators”, “canva logos”, “canva pdf edit”, “canva pdf editable”, “canva photo collages”, “canva pic collage”, “canva print”, “canva printable”, “canva printers”, “canva printing”, “canva prints”, “canva pro”, “canva resume”, “canva resume builder”, “canva resume maker”, “canva resume template”, “canva resume templates”, “canva resumes”, “canva template”, “canva templates”, “canva video edit”, “collage photo canva”, “collage photos canva”, “design of canva”, “edit photo canva”, “edit photos canva”, “logos on canva”, “photo collage canva”, “photo collage on canva”, “photo editing canva”, “print in canva”, “resume in canva”, “resume maker canva”, “resume template canva”, “resume templates canva” and “templates by canva”, summed into one figure.
- **PicMonkey**: Measured on the search term “picmonkey”.

- [Canva profile](/demand/global-en/brands/canva)
- [PicMonkey profile](/demand/global-en/brands/picmonkey)
- [All social media template platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/social-media-template-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 Canva or PicMonkey more popular in search?

In September 2026, Canva had more branded searches than PicMonkey among social media template platforms worldwide. Canva had about 186.9 million branded searches, while PicMonkey had 60,500. Canva made up 98.6% of all social media template platform searches we track, and PicMonkey accounted for 0.03%.

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