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title: "CB Insights vs Crunchbase: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, CB Insights or Crunchbase? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Business data 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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# CB Insights vs Crunchbase: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, CB Insights or Crunchbase? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Business data 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**: CB Insights and Crunchbase
- **Competitive set**: Business data platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **CB Insights Share of Search**: 1.6%
- **Crunchbase Share of Search**: 14.6%

## Which is more popular in search, CB Insights or Crunchbase?

- In August 2026, Crunchbase had more branded searches than CB Insights among business data platforms worldwide. Crunchbase was estimated to have 90.5K branded searches compared to CB Insights’ 9.9K, and held a 14.6% Share of Search versus CB Insights’ 1.6%.
- Crunchbase was ahead of CB Insights in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, CB Insights’ estimated Share of Search among business data platforms worldwide moved from 2.3% to 1.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 18.1K to 9.9K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Crunchbase’s estimated Share of Search among business data platforms worldwide moved from 21.1% to 14.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 165K to 90.5K.

## How did search popularity change for business data platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Crunchbase lost estimated Share of Search among business data platforms worldwide, from 16.1% to 14.6%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for CB Insights worldwide fell 45.3% over 11 measured months, from 18.1K to 9.9K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | CB Insights estimated searches | CB Insights Share of Search | CB Insights rank | Crunchbase estimated searches | Crunchbase Share of Search | Crunchbase rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 18.1K | 2.3% | 5 | 165K | 21.1% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 14.8K | 2.1% | 5 | 135K | 19.3% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 12.1K | 2% | 5 | 110K | 18.4% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 14.8K | 2% | 5 | 135K | 18.1% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 14.8K | 2% | 5 | 135K | 18% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 14.8K | 1.5% | 5 | 246K | 25.7% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 14.8K | 1.8% | 5 | 165K | 20.3% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 12.1K | 1.7% | 5 | 135K | 18.9% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 12.1K | 1.7% | 5 | 110K | 15.7% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 9.9K | 1.4% | 5 | 110K | 16.1% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 9.9K | 1.6% | 5 | 90.5K | 14.6% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using CB Insights’ and Crunchbase’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.

- **CB Insights**: Measured on the search term “cb insights”.
- **Crunchbase**: Measured on the search term “crunchbase”.

- [CB Insights profile](/demand/global-en/brands/cb-insights)
- [Crunchbase profile](/demand/global-en/brands/crunchbase)
- [All business data platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/business-data-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, CB Insights or Crunchbase?

In August 2026, Crunchbase had more branded searches than CB Insights among business data platforms worldwide. Crunchbase was estimated to have 90.5K branded searches compared to CB Insights’ 9.9K, and held a 14.6% Share of Search versus CB Insights’ 1.6%.

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