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title: "Funding Circle vs LendingClub: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Funding Circle or LendingClub? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Lending 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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# Funding Circle vs LendingClub: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Funding Circle or LendingClub? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Lending 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**: Funding Circle and LendingClub
- **Competitive set**: Lending platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Funding Circle Share of Search**: 12.7%
- **LendingClub Share of Search**: 51.7%

## Which is more popular in search, Funding Circle or LendingClub?

- In August 2026, LendingClub had more branded searches than Funding Circle among lending platforms worldwide. LendingClub was estimated to have 135K branded searches compared to Funding Circle’s 33.1K, and held a 51.7% Share of Search versus Funding Circle’s 12.7%.
- LendingClub was ahead of Funding Circle in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Funding Circle’s estimated Share of Search among lending platforms worldwide moved from 9.5% to 12.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 40.5K to 33.1K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, LendingClub’s estimated Share of Search among lending platforms worldwide moved from 70.3% to 51.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 301K to 135K.

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

- In August 2026, Funding Circle gained estimated Share of Search among lending platforms worldwide, from 9.5% to 12.7%.
- In August 2026, LendingClub lost estimated Share of Search among lending platforms worldwide, from 57.9% to 51.7%.

## Month by month

| Month | Funding Circle estimated searches | Funding Circle Share of Search | Funding Circle rank | LendingClub estimated searches | LendingClub Share of Search | LendingClub rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 40.5K | 9.5% | 2 | 301K | 70.3% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 33.1K | 9.3% | 3 | 246K | 68.9% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 27.1K | 7.6% | 4 | 246K | 68.6% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 40.5K | 10.6% | 3 | 246K | 64.6% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 33.1K | 9.1% | 4 | 246K | 67.6% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 40.5K | 9.3% | 3 | 301K | 69.2% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 33.1K | 7.7% | 4 | 301K | 70.4% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 33.1K | 8.9% | 4 | 246K | 66% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 40.5K | 9.3% | 3 | 301K | 69.2% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 33.1K | 9.5% | 4 | 201K | 57.9% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 33.1K | 12.7% | 4 | 135K | 51.7% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Funding Circle’s and LendingClub’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.

- **Funding Circle**: Measured on the search term “funding circle”.
- **LendingClub**: Measured on the search term “lendingclub”.

- [Funding Circle profile](/demand/global-en/brands/funding-circle)
- [LendingClub profile](/demand/global-en/brands/lendingclub)
- [All lending platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/lending-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, Funding Circle or LendingClub?

In August 2026, LendingClub had more branded searches than Funding Circle among lending platforms worldwide. LendingClub was estimated to have 135K branded searches compared to Funding Circle’s 33.1K, and held a 51.7% Share of Search versus Funding Circle’s 12.7%.

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