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title: "Circle vs Ko-fi: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Circle or Ko-fi? 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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# Circle vs Ko-fi: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Circle or Ko-fi? 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**: Circle and Ko-fi
- **Competitive set**: Creator membership platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Circle Share of Search**: 0.27%
- **Ko-fi Share of Search**: 20.5%

## Which is more popular in search, Circle or Ko-fi?

- In August 2026, Ko-fi had more branded searches than Circle among creator membership platforms worldwide. Ko-fi was estimated to have 1.1M branded searches compared to Circle’s 14.4K, and held a 20.5% Share of Search versus Circle’s 0.27%.
- Ko-fi was ahead of Circle in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Circle’s estimated Share of Search among creator membership platforms worldwide moved from 0.38% to 0.27%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 16.6K to 14.4K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Ko-fi’s estimated Share of Search among creator membership platforms worldwide moved from 20.6% to 20.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 900K to 1.1M.

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

- In August 2026, Ko-fi lost estimated Share of Search among creator membership platforms worldwide, from 24% to 20.5%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Circle worldwide fell 13.3% over 11 measured months, from 16.6K to 14.4K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Circle estimated searches | Circle Share of Search | Circle rank | Ko-fi estimated searches | Ko-fi Share of Search | Ko-fi rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 16.6K | 0.38% | 4 | 900K | 20.6% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | 15.4K | 0.35% | 4 | 900K | 20.6% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 12.6K | 0.29% | 4 | 900K | 20.6% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 17.7K | 0.33% | 4 | 1.1M | 20.6% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 15.9K | 0.36% | 4 | 900K | 20.6% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 16.4K | 0.31% | 4 | 1.1M | 20.6% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 15.9K | 0.35% | 4 | 1.1M | 24% | 2 |
| May 2026 | 14.9K | 0.28% | 4 | 1.1M | 20.6% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 14.9K | 0.28% | 4 | 1.1M | 20.7% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 14.1K | 0.31% | 4 | 1.1M | 24% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 14.4K | 0.27% | 4 | 1.1M | 20.5% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Circle’s and Ko-fi’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.

- **Circle**: Measured on the search terms “circle community”, “circle community platform” and “circle.so”, summed into one figure.
- **Ko-fi**: Measured on the search terms “ko-fi” and “kofi”, summed into one figure.

- [Circle profile](/demand/global-en/brands/circle)
- [Ko-fi profile](/demand/global-en/brands/ko-fi)
- [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, Circle or Ko-fi?

In August 2026, Ko-fi had more branded searches than Circle among creator membership platforms worldwide. Ko-fi was estimated to have 1.1M branded searches compared to Circle’s 14.4K, and held a 20.5% Share of Search versus Circle’s 0.27%.

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