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title: "Kicking Horse Coffee vs Moccona: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Kicking Horse Coffee or Moccona more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Coffee brands 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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# Kicking Horse Coffee vs Moccona: Which is searched more?

Is Kicking Horse Coffee or Moccona more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Coffee brands 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**: Kicking Horse Coffee and Moccona
- **Competitive set**: Coffee brands
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Kicking Horse Coffee Share of Search**: 1.4%
- **Moccona Share of Search**: 1.4%

## Is Kicking Horse Coffee or Moccona more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Kicking Horse Coffee and Moccona were level in searches among coffee brands worldwide, with an estimated 33.1K branded searches each, at 1.4% of the total each.
- Kicking Horse Coffee was ahead of Moccona in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Kicking Horse Coffee’s share of searches among coffee brands worldwide moved from 1.1% to 1.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 27.1K to 33.1K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Moccona’s share of searches among coffee brands worldwide moved from 0.9% to 1.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 22.2K to 33.1K.

## Top coffee brands in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Kicking Horse Coffee was mentioned in two out of five: in two of the three ChatGPT answers, but not in either of the two Google AI Overviews. Moccona 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Peet's Coffee | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Lavazza | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Café Bustelo | 2nd | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Stumptown | 4th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Nescafé | 5th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| La Colombe | 5th | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Kicking Horse Coffee | 7th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Illy | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Moccona | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about coffee brands

- Asked ChatGPT "Which coffee brand should I buy?": 1. Peet's Coffee, 2. Lavazza, 3. Café Bustelo, 4. La Colombe
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best coffee brands?": 1. Peet's Coffee, 2. Stumptown, 3. Lavazza, 4. La Colombe, 5. Café Bustelo, 6. Kicking Horse Coffee
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best coffee brand for everyday drinking?": 1. Peet's Coffee, 2. Lavazza, 3. Kicking Horse Coffee
- Searched Google, AI Overview "coffee brands": 1. Peet's Coffee, 2. Café Bustelo, 3. Stumptown, 4. La Colombe
- Searched Google, AI Overview "instant coffee brands": 1. Nescafé, 2. Café Bustelo

Not named in any answer: Illy and Moccona.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 20, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for coffee brands worldwide in September 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Moccona worldwide rose 49.1% over 12 measured months, from 22.2K to 33.1K in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Kicking Horse Coffee worldwide rose 22.1% over 12 measured months, from 27.1K to 33.1K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Kicking Horse Coffee estimated searches | Kicking Horse Coffee Share of Search | Kicking Horse Coffee rank | Moccona estimated searches | Moccona Share of Search | Moccona rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 27.1K | 1.1% | 8 | 22.2K | 0.9% | 9 |
| Nov 2025 | 27.1K | 1.1% | 8 | 22.2K | 0.92% | 9 |
| Dec 2025 | 49.5K | 2.1% | 8 | 22.2K | 0.93% | 9 |
| Jan 2026 | 40.5K | 1.6% | 8 | 22.2K | 0.88% | 9 |
| Feb 2026 | 33.1K | 1.6% | 8 | 18.1K | 0.89% | 9 |
| Mar 2026 | 33.1K | 1.5% | 8 | 22.2K | 1% | 9 |
| Apr 2026 | 33.1K | 1.5% | 8 | 22.2K | 1% | 9 |
| May 2026 | 27.1K | 1.1% | 8 | 27.1K | 1.1% | 9 |
| Jun 2026 | 27.1K | 1.2% | 8 | 27.1K | 1.2% | 9 |
| Jul 2026 | 27.1K | 1.2% | 8 | 27.1K | 1.2% | 9 |
| Aug 2026 | 33.1K | 1.4% | 8 | 27.1K | 1.2% | 9 |
| Sep 2026 | 33.1K | 1.4% | 8 | 33.1K | 1.4% | 9 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Kicking Horse Coffee’s and Moccona’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.

- **Kicking Horse Coffee**: Measured on the search term “kicking horse coffee”.
- **Moccona**: Measured on the search term “moccona”.

- [Kicking Horse Coffee profile](/demand/global-en/brands/kicking-horse-coffee)
- [Moccona profile](/demand/global-en/brands/moccona)
- [All coffee brands worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/coffee-brands): 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 Kicking Horse Coffee or Moccona more popular in search?

In September 2026, Kicking Horse Coffee and Moccona were level in searches among coffee brands worldwide, with an estimated 33.1K branded searches each, at 1.4% of the total each.

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