--- title: "GrowSurf vs Mention Me: Which is searched more?" description: "Is GrowSurf or Mention Me more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Referral marketing 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." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/growsurf-vs-mention-me" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # GrowSurf vs Mention Me: Which is searched more? Is GrowSurf or Mention Me more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Referral marketing 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**: GrowSurf and Mention Me - **Competitive set**: Referral marketing platforms - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **GrowSurf Share of Search**: 6.5% - **Mention Me Share of Search**: 28.7% ## Is GrowSurf or Mention Me more popular in search? - In September 2026, Mention Me had more branded searches than GrowSurf among referral marketing platforms worldwide. Mention Me had about 4,400 branded searches, while GrowSurf had 1,000. Mention Me made up 28.7% of all referral marketing platform searches we track, and GrowSurf accounted for 6.5%. - Mention Me was ahead of GrowSurf in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, GrowSurf’s share of searches among referral marketing platforms worldwide moved from 5% to 6.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 1K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Mention Me’s share of searches among referral marketing platforms worldwide moved from 18% to 28.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 3.6K to 4.4K. ## Top referral marketing platforms in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, GrowSurf was mentioned in four out of five: in two of the three ChatGPT answers and in both Google AI Overviews. Mention Me did not appear in any of the five answers. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ReferralCandy | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Referral Factory | 2nd | 1 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | Referral Rock | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | GrowSurf | 4th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Friendbuy | 5th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Viral Loops | 6th | 0 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Talkable | 7th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | Mention Me | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | Extole | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about referral marketing platforms - Asked ChatGPT "Which referral marketing platform should I use?": 1. ReferralCandy, 2. Referral Factory - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best referral marketing platforms?": 1. ReferralCandy, 2. Referral Rock, 3. Friendbuy, 4. GrowSurf - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best referral marketing platform for customer referrals?": 1. ReferralCandy, 2. Referral Rock, 3. Friendbuy, 4. Talkable, 5. GrowSurf - Searched Google, AI Overview "referral marketing platform": 1. Referral Factory, 2. ReferralCandy, 3. GrowSurf, 4. Viral Loops - Searched Google, AI Overview "customer referral software": 1. ReferralCandy, 2. Referral Factory, 3. GrowSurf, 4. Referral Rock, 5. Viral Loops Not named in any answer: Mention Me and Extole. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 21, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for referral marketing platforms worldwide in September 2026? - In September 2026, Mention Me lost share of searches among referral marketing platforms worldwide, from 34.7% to 28.7%. ## Month by month | Month | GrowSurf estimated searches | GrowSurf Share of Search | GrowSurf rank | Mention Me estimated searches | Mention Me Share of Search | Mention Me rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 1K | 5% | 9 | 3.6K | 18% | 1 | | Nov 2025 | 1K | 5.2% | 9 | 3.6K | 18.8% | 2 | | Dec 2025 | 880 | 5.5% | 9 | 2.9K | 18.2% | 1 | | Jan 2026 | 1K | 5.1% | 9 | 5.4K | 27.7% | 1 | | Feb 2026 | 1K | 2.8% | 9 | 22.2K | 62.2% | 1 | | Mar 2026 | 880 | 3.8% | 9 | 9.9K | 42.5% | 1 | | Apr 2026 | 880 | 4.7% | 9 | 6.6K | 35.4% | 1 | | May 2026 | 1K | 5.4% | 8 | 6.6K | 35.7% | 1 | | Jun 2026 | 1.3K | 7.7% | 7 | 5.4K | 32.2% | 1 | | Jul 2026 | 1K | 6.1% | 7 | 5.4K | 32.8% | 1 | | Aug 2026 | 1K | 6.4% | 7 | 5.4K | 34.7% | 1 | | Sep 2026 | 1K | 6.5% | 7 | 4.4K | 28.7% | 1 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using GrowSurf’s and Mention Me’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. - **GrowSurf**: Measured on the search term “growsurf”. - **Mention Me**: Measured on the search term “mention me”. - [GrowSurf profile](/demand/global-en/brands/growsurf) - [Mention Me profile](/demand/global-en/brands/mention-me) - [All referral marketing platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/referral-marketing-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 9 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 GrowSurf or Mention Me more popular in search? In September 2026, Mention Me had more branded searches than GrowSurf among referral marketing platforms worldwide. Mention Me had about 4,400 branded searches, while GrowSurf had 1,000. Mention Me made up 28.7% of all referral marketing platform searches we track, and GrowSurf accounted for 6.5%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "GrowSurf vs Mention Me: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/growsurf-vs-mention-me This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/growsurf-vs-mention-me. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.