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title: "Code Institute vs freeCodeCamp: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Code Institute or freeCodeCamp more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Coding bootcamps 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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# Code Institute vs freeCodeCamp: Which is searched more?

Is Code Institute or freeCodeCamp more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Coding bootcamps 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**: Code Institute and freeCodeCamp
- **Competitive set**: Coding bootcamps
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Code Institute Share of Search**: 0.3%
- **freeCodeCamp Share of Search**: 67.9%

## Is Code Institute or freeCodeCamp more popular in search?

- In September 2026, freeCodeCamp had more branded searches than Code Institute among coding bootcamps worldwide. freeCodeCamp had about 368,000 branded searches, while Code Institute had 1,600. freeCodeCamp made up 67.9% of all coding bootcamp searches we track, and Code Institute accounted for 0.3%.
- freeCodeCamp was ahead of Code Institute in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Code Institute’s share of searches among coding bootcamps worldwide moved from 0.67% to 0.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 3.6K to 1.6K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, freeCodeCamp’s share of searches among coding bootcamps worldwide moved from 56.3% to 67.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 301K to 368K.

## How did search popularity change for coding bootcamps worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, freeCodeCamp gained share of searches among coding bootcamps worldwide, from 66.8% to 67.9%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Code Institute worldwide fell 55.6% over 12 measured months, from 3.6K to 1.6K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Code Institute estimated searches | Code Institute Share of Search | Code Institute rank | freeCodeCamp estimated searches | freeCodeCamp Share of Search | freeCodeCamp rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 3.6K | 0.67% | 10 | 301K | 56.3% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 2.9K | 0.57% | 9 | 301K | 59.5% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 2.4K | 0.5% | 10 | 301K | 62.8% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 2.9K | 0.48% | 10 | 368K | 61.3% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 2.4K | 0.43% | 10 | 368K | 65.8% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 2.4K | 0.36% | 10 | 450K | 66.6% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 2.4K | 0.43% | 10 | 368K | 65.5% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 2.4K | 0.43% | 10 | 368K | 65.2% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 2.4K | 0.43% | 9 | 368K | 66.2% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 1.9K | 0.35% | 11 | 368K | 67.3% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 1.6K | 0.29% | 11 | 368K | 66.8% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | 1.6K | 0.3% | 11 | 368K | 67.9% | 1 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Code Institute’s and freeCodeCamp’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.

- **Code Institute**: Measured on the search term “code institute”.
- **freeCodeCamp**: Measured on the search term “freecodecamp”.

- [Code Institute profile](/demand/global-en/brands/code-institute)
- [freeCodeCamp profile](/demand/global-en/brands/freecodecamp)
- [All coding bootcamps worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/coding-bootcamps): The set both shares are measured inside, 11 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Code Institute or freeCodeCamp more popular in search?

In September 2026, freeCodeCamp had more branded searches than Code Institute among coding bootcamps worldwide. freeCodeCamp had about 368,000 branded searches, while Code Institute had 1,600. freeCodeCamp made up 67.9% of all coding bootcamp searches we track, and Code Institute accounted for 0.3%.

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