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title: "Freetrade vs Webull: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Freetrade or Webull? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Retail investing and trading apps 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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# Freetrade vs Webull: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Freetrade or Webull? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Retail investing and trading apps 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**: Freetrade and Webull
- **Competitive set**: Retail investing and trading apps
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Freetrade Share of Search**: 0.62%
- **Webull Share of Search**: 5.3%

## Which is more popular in search, Freetrade or Webull?

- In August 2026, Webull had more branded searches than Freetrade among retail investing and trading apps worldwide. Webull was estimated to have 279K branded searches compared to Freetrade’s 32.7K, and held a 5.3% Share of Search versus Freetrade’s 0.62%.
- Webull was ahead of Freetrade in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Freetrade’s estimated Share of Search among retail investing and trading apps worldwide moved from 0.87% to 0.62%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 56.1K to 32.7K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Webull’s estimated Share of Search among retail investing and trading apps worldwide moved from 7.6% to 5.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 490K to 279K.

## How did search popularity change for retail investing and trading apps worldwide in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Webull worldwide fell 43.1% over 11 measured months, from 490K to 279K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Freetrade worldwide fell 41.7% over 11 measured months, from 56.1K to 32.7K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Freetrade estimated searches | Freetrade Share of Search | Freetrade rank | Webull estimated searches | Webull Share of Search | Webull rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 56.1K | 0.87% | 7 | 490K | 7.6% | 6 |
| Nov 2025 | 45.7K | 0.81% | 7 | 336K | 6% | 6 |
| Dec 2025 | 38.5K | 0.75% | 7 | 339K | 6.6% | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | 69.6K | 1.1% | 7 | 410K | 6.6% | 6 |
| Feb 2026 | 57.6K | 0.98% | 7 | 335K | 5.7% | 6 |
| Mar 2026 | 57.9K | 0.85% | 7 | 337K | 5% | 6 |
| Apr 2026 | 56.7K | 0.89% | 7 | 338K | 5.3% | 6 |
| May 2026 | 46.1K | 0.85% | 7 | 339K | 6.2% | 6 |
| Jun 2026 | 39.1K | 0.65% | 7 | 338K | 5.6% | 6 |
| Jul 2026 | 26.9K | 0.54% | 7 | 285K | 5.7% | 6 |
| Aug 2026 | 32.7K | 0.62% | 7 | 279K | 5.3% | 6 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Freetrade’s and Webull’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.

- **Freetrade**: Measured on the search terms “Freetrade”, “freetrade app”, “freetrade investing”, “freetrade isa”, “freetrade sipp”, “freetrade stocks and shares isa”, “freetrade uk” and “freetrade uk app”, summed into one figure.
- **Webull**: Measured on the search terms “Webull”, “webull account”, “webull app”, “webull au”, “webull brokerage”, “webull canada”, “webull charts”, “webull crypto”, “webull download”, “webull fees”, “webull financial”, “webull options”, “webull paper trading”, “webull paper trading app”, “webull trading”, “webull trading platform”, “webull uk”, “webull web”, “webull website”, “webull.com” and “webullcom”, summed into one figure.

- [Freetrade profile](/demand/global-en/brands/freetrade)
- [Webull profile](/demand/global-en/brands/webull)
- [All retail investing and trading apps worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/retail-investing-apps): The set both shares are measured inside, 8 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, Freetrade or Webull?

In August 2026, Webull had more branded searches than Freetrade among retail investing and trading apps worldwide. Webull was estimated to have 279K branded searches compared to Freetrade’s 32.7K, and held a 5.3% Share of Search versus Freetrade’s 0.62%.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Freetrade vs Webull: Which is more popular by branded search?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/freetrade-vs-webull

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