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title: "Change Healthcare vs Optum: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Change Healthcare or Optum? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Revenue cycle management 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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# Change Healthcare vs Optum: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Change Healthcare or Optum? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Revenue cycle management 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**: Change Healthcare and Optum
- **Competitive set**: Revenue cycle management platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Change Healthcare Share of Search**: 1.5%
- **Optum Share of Search**: 81%

## Which is more popular in search, Change Healthcare or Optum?

- In August 2026, Optum had more branded searches than Change Healthcare among revenue cycle management platforms worldwide. Optum was estimated to have 450K branded searches compared to Change Healthcare’s 8.1K, and held an 81% Share of Search versus Change Healthcare’s 1.5%.
- Optum was ahead of Change Healthcare in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Change Healthcare’s estimated Share of Search among revenue cycle management platforms worldwide moved from 4.6% to 1.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 27.1K to 8.1K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Optum’s estimated Share of Search among revenue cycle management platforms worldwide moved from 76.1% to 81%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 450K.

## How did search popularity change for revenue cycle management platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Change Healthcare worldwide fell 70.1% over 11 measured months, from 27.1K to 8.1K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Change Healthcare estimated searches | Change Healthcare Share of Search | Change Healthcare rank | Optum estimated searches | Optum Share of Search | Optum rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 27.1K | 4.6% | 3 | 450K | 76.1% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 22.2K | 3.9% | 3 | 450K | 79% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 14.8K | 2.6% | 4 | 450K | 77.7% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 14.8K | 2.2% | 4 | 550K | 81% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 12.1K | 2.1% | 4 | 450K | 78.6% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 12.1K | 1.8% | 4 | 550K | 81.8% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 12.1K | 2.1% | 4 | 450K | 78.7% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 9.9K | 1.8% | 4 | 450K | 81.3% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 9.9K | 1.7% | 4 | 450K | 78.4% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 9.9K | 1.8% | 4 | 450K | 80.7% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 8.1K | 1.5% | 4 | 450K | 81% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Change Healthcare’s and Optum’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.

- **Change Healthcare**: Measured on the search term “change healthcare”.
- **Optum**: Measured on the search term “optum”.

- [Change Healthcare profile](/demand/global-en/brands/change-healthcare)
- [Optum profile](/demand/global-en/brands/optum)
- [All revenue cycle management platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/revenue-cycle-management-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, Change Healthcare or Optum?

In August 2026, Optum had more branded searches than Change Healthcare among revenue cycle management platforms worldwide. Optum was estimated to have 450K branded searches compared to Change Healthcare’s 8.1K, and held an 81% Share of Search versus Change Healthcare’s 1.5%.

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