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title: "Influencity vs #paid: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Influencity or #paid? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Brand deal 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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# Influencity vs #paid: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Influencity or #paid? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Brand deal 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**: Influencity and #paid
- **Competitive set**: Brand deal platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Influencity Share of Search**: 0.48%
- **#paid Share of Search**: 49.4%

## Which is more popular in search, Influencity or #paid?

- In August 2026, #paid had more branded searches than Influencity among brand deal platforms worldwide. #paid was estimated to have 368K branded searches compared to Influencity’s 3.6K, and held a 49.4% Share of Search versus Influencity’s 0.48%.
- #paid was ahead of Influencity in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Influencity’s estimated Share of Search among brand deal platforms worldwide moved from 1.2% to 0.48%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 8.1K to 3.6K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, #paid’s estimated Share of Search among brand deal platforms worldwide moved from 44% to 49.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 301K to 368K.

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

- #paid’s estimated Share of Search among brand deal platforms worldwide has gained ground for 3 months in a row, from 44.3% to 49.4% in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Influencity worldwide fell 55.5% over 11 measured months, from 8.1K to 3.6K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Influencity estimated searches | Influencity Share of Search | Influencity rank | #paid estimated searches | #paid Share of Search | #paid rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 8.1K | 1.2% | 3 | 301K | 44% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | 6.6K | 0.97% | 3 | 301K | 44.1% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 5.4K | 0.8% | 3 | 301K | 44.3% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 6.6K | 0.97% | 3 | 301K | 44.1% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 5.4K | 0.8% | 3 | 301K | 44.2% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 6.6K | 0.87% | 3 | 301K | 39.4% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 5.4K | 0.8% | 3 | 301K | 44.2% | 2 |
| May 2026 | 4.4K | 0.65% | 3 | 301K | 44.3% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 4.4K | 0.59% | 3 | 368K | 49.4% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 4.4K | 0.59% | 3 | 368K | 49.4% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 3.6K | 0.48% | 3 | 368K | 49.4% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Influencity’s and #paid’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.

- **Influencity**: Measured on the search terms “influencity” and “influencity.com”, summed into one figure.
- **#paid**: Measured on the search term “#paid”.

- [Influencity profile](/demand/global-en/brands/influencity)
- [#paid profile](/demand/global-en/brands/paid)
- [All brand deal platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/brand-deal-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, Influencity or #paid?

In August 2026, #paid had more branded searches than Influencity among brand deal platforms worldwide. #paid was estimated to have 368K branded searches compared to Influencity’s 3.6K, and held a 49.4% Share of Search versus Influencity’s 0.48%.

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