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title: "ClearScore vs Credit Karma: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, ClearScore or Credit Karma? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Credit monitoring brands 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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# ClearScore vs Credit Karma: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, ClearScore or Credit Karma? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Credit monitoring brands 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**: ClearScore and Credit Karma
- **Competitive set**: Credit monitoring brands
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **ClearScore Share of Search**: 9.5%
- **Credit Karma Share of Search**: 31.9%

## Which is more popular in search, ClearScore or Credit Karma?

- In August 2026, Credit Karma had more branded searches than ClearScore among credit monitoring brands worldwide. Credit Karma was estimated to have 3.4M branded searches compared to ClearScore’s 1M, and held a 31.9% Share of Search versus ClearScore’s 9.5%.
- Credit Karma was ahead of ClearScore in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, ClearScore’s estimated Share of Search among credit monitoring brands worldwide held steady at 9.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 1M.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Credit Karma’s estimated Share of Search among credit monitoring brands worldwide moved from 31.8% to 31.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 3.4M.

## How did search popularity change for credit monitoring brands worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, TransUnion overtook ClearScore to rank 4th among credit monitoring brands worldwide, at 11.6%.
- In August 2026, Credit Karma lost estimated Share of Search among credit monitoring brands worldwide, from 32.6% to 31.9%.

## Month by month

| Month | ClearScore estimated searches | ClearScore Share of Search | ClearScore rank | Credit Karma estimated searches | Credit Karma Share of Search | Credit Karma rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 1M | 9.5% | 5 | 3.4M | 31.8% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 1M | 10.3% | 4 | 3.4M | 34.6% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 823K | 9.3% | 5 | 2.7M | 30.8% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 1M | 9.5% | 5 | 3.4M | 31.8% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 1M | 9.5% | 5 | 3.4M | 31.8% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 1M | 8.6% | 5 | 4.1M | 35.3% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 1M | 9.5% | 5 | 3.4M | 31.9% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 1M | 9.7% | 4 | 3.4M | 32.6% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 1M | 9.7% | 4 | 3.4M | 32.6% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 1M | 9.7% | 4 | 3.4M | 32.6% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 1M | 9.5% | 5 | 3.4M | 31.9% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using ClearScore’s and Credit Karma’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.

- **ClearScore**: Measured on the search term “clearscore”.
- **Credit Karma**: Measured on the search term “credit karma”.

- [ClearScore profile](/demand/global-en/brands/clearscore)
- [Credit Karma profile](/demand/global-en/brands/credit-karma)
- [All credit monitoring brands worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/credit-monitoring-brands): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 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, ClearScore or Credit Karma?

In August 2026, Credit Karma had more branded searches than ClearScore among credit monitoring brands worldwide. Credit Karma was estimated to have 3.4M branded searches compared to ClearScore’s 1M, and held a 31.9% Share of Search versus ClearScore’s 9.5%.

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