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title: "Interactive Brokers vs Plus500: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Interactive Brokers or Plus500? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Online trading 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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# Interactive Brokers vs Plus500: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Interactive Brokers or Plus500? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Online trading 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**: Interactive Brokers and Plus500
- **Competitive set**: Online trading platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Interactive Brokers Share of Search**: 16.2%
- **Plus500 Share of Search**: 0.07%

## Which is more popular in search, Interactive Brokers or Plus500?

- In August 2026, Interactive Brokers had more branded searches than Plus500 among online trading platforms worldwide. Interactive Brokers was estimated to have 673K branded searches compared to Plus500’s 2.9K, and held a 16.2% Share of Search versus Plus500’s 0.07%.
- Interactive Brokers was ahead of Plus500 in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Interactive Brokers’ estimated Share of Search among online trading platforms worldwide moved from 14.8% to 16.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 823K to 673K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Plus500’s estimated Share of Search among online trading platforms worldwide moved from 0.04% to 0.07%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.4K to 2.9K.

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

- In August 2026, Interactive Brokers lost estimated Share of Search among online trading platforms worldwide, from 17.5% to 16.2%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Plus500 worldwide rose 20.8% over 11 measured months, from 2.4K to 2.9K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Interactive Brokers estimated searches | Interactive Brokers Share of Search | Interactive Brokers rank | Plus500 estimated searches | Plus500 Share of Search | Plus500 rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 823K | 14.8% | 4 | 2.4K | 0.04% | 6 |
| Nov 2025 | 673K | 13.7% | 4 | 1.9K | 0.04% | 6 |
| Dec 2025 | 673K | 15.9% | 2 | 2.4K | 0.06% | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | 823K | 16.1% | 4 | 3.6K | 0.07% | 6 |
| Feb 2026 | 673K | 14.8% | 4 | 2.9K | 0.06% | 6 |
| Mar 2026 | 673K | 14.1% | 4 | 3.6K | 0.08% | 6 |
| Apr 2026 | 673K | 15.1% | 3 | 2.4K | 0.05% | 6 |
| May 2026 | 823K | 19.1% | 2 | 2.4K | 0.06% | 6 |
| Jun 2026 | 673K | 14.9% | 3 | 2.4K | 0.05% | 6 |
| Jul 2026 | 673K | 17.5% | 2 | 2.4K | 0.06% | 6 |
| Aug 2026 | 673K | 16.2% | 2 | 2.9K | 0.07% | 6 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Interactive Brokers’ and Plus500’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.

- **Interactive Brokers**: Measured on the search term “interactive brokers”.
- **Plus500**: Measured on the search term “plus500 trading”.

- [Interactive Brokers profile](/demand/global-en/brands/interactive-brokers)
- [Plus500 profile](/demand/global-en/brands/plus500)
- [All online trading platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/online-trading-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 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, Interactive Brokers or Plus500?

In August 2026, Interactive Brokers had more branded searches than Plus500 among online trading platforms worldwide. Interactive Brokers was estimated to have 673K branded searches compared to Plus500’s 2.9K, and held a 16.2% Share of Search versus Plus500’s 0.07%.

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