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title: "ClearScore vs TransUnion: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, ClearScore or TransUnion? 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 TransUnion: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, ClearScore or TransUnion? 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 TransUnion
- **Competitive set**: Credit monitoring brands
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **ClearScore Share of Search**: 9.5%
- **TransUnion Share of Search**: 11.6%

## Which is more popular in search, ClearScore or TransUnion?

- In August 2026, TransUnion had more branded searches than ClearScore among credit monitoring brands worldwide. TransUnion was estimated to have 1.2M branded searches compared to ClearScore’s 1M, and held an 11.6% Share of Search versus ClearScore’s 9.5%.
- TransUnion 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, TransUnion’s estimated Share of Search among credit monitoring brands worldwide held steady at 11.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 1.2M.

## 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%.

## Month by month

| Month | ClearScore estimated searches | ClearScore Share of Search | ClearScore rank | TransUnion estimated searches | TransUnion Share of Search | TransUnion rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 1M | 9.5% | 5 | 1.2M | 11.6% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | 1M | 10.3% | 4 | 1M | 10.3% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 823K | 9.3% | 5 | 1M | 11.2% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | 1M | 9.5% | 5 | 1.2M | 11.6% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | 1M | 9.5% | 5 | 1.2M | 11.6% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | 1M | 8.6% | 5 | 1.2M | 10.5% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | 1M | 9.5% | 5 | 1.2M | 11.6% | 4 |
| May 2026 | 1M | 9.7% | 4 | 1M | 9.7% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 1M | 9.7% | 4 | 1M | 9.7% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 1M | 9.7% | 4 | 1M | 9.7% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 1M | 9.5% | 5 | 1.2M | 11.6% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using ClearScore’s and TransUnion’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”.
- **TransUnion**: Measured on the search term “transunion”.

- [ClearScore profile](/demand/global-en/brands/clearscore)
- [TransUnion profile](/demand/global-en/brands/transunion)
- [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 TransUnion?

In August 2026, TransUnion had more branded searches than ClearScore among credit monitoring brands worldwide. TransUnion was estimated to have 1.2M branded searches compared to ClearScore’s 1M, and held an 11.6% Share of Search versus ClearScore’s 9.5%.

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