--- title: "Linear vs monday.com: Which is searched more?" description: "Is Linear or monday.com more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Project management software 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/linear-vs-monday-com" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Linear vs monday.com: Which is searched more? Is Linear or monday.com more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Project management software 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**: Linear and monday.com - **Competitive set**: Project management software - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Linear Share of Search**: 0.54% - **monday.com Share of Search**: 2.3% ## Is Linear or monday.com more popular in search? - In September 2026, monday.com had more branded searches than Linear among project management software worldwide. monday.com had about 201,000 branded searches, while Linear had 47,400. monday.com made up 2.3% of all project management software searches we track, and Linear accounted for 0.54%. - monday.com was ahead of Linear in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Linear’s share of searches among project management software worldwide moved from 0.41% to 0.54%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 38.6K to 47.4K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, monday.com’s share of searches among project management software worldwide moved from 3.2% to 2.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 301K to 201K. ## Top project management software in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, monday.com was mentioned in four out of five: in all three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. Linear 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Asana | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | ClickUp | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Trello | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | monday.com | 4th | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Jira | 5th | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | monday work management | 6th | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Smartsheet | 7th | 1 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | Teamwork.com | 8th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | Wrike | 9th | 0 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Notion | 10th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | Basecamp | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | Linear | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about project management software - Asked ChatGPT "Which project management tool should I use?": 1. Asana, 2. ClickUp, 3. Trello, 4. monday.com, 5. monday work management, 6. Jira - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best project management tools?": 1. ClickUp, 2. Asana, 3. monday.com, 4. monday work management, 5. Jira, 6. Trello, 7. Smartsheet, 8. Notion - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best project management tool for a team?": 1. Asana, 2. monday.com, 3. monday work management, 4. ClickUp, 5. Jira, 6. Trello - Searched Google, AI Overview "project management software": 1. Trello, 2. Asana, 3. ClickUp, 4. Smartsheet, 5. Wrike, 6. Jira - Searched Google, AI Overview "project planning software": 1. Teamwork.com, 2. Jira, 3. Trello, 4. Smartsheet, 5. Wrike, 6. ClickUp, 7. monday.com, 8. monday work management Not named in any answer: Basecamp and Linear. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 19, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for project management software worldwide in September 2026? - Estimated monthly branded searches for Linear worldwide rose 22.7% over 12 measured months, from 38.6K to 47.4K in September 2026. - Estimated monthly branded searches for monday.com worldwide fell 33.2% over 12 measured months, from 301K to 201K in September 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Linear estimated searches | Linear Share of Search | Linear rank | monday.com estimated searches | monday.com Share of Search | monday.com rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 38.6K | 0.41% | 10 | 301K | 3.2% | 7 | | Nov 2025 | 32.5K | 0.39% | 10 | 301K | 3.6% | 7 | | Dec 2025 | 33.1K | 0.47% | 10 | 201K | 2.8% | 7 | | Jan 2026 | 46.1K | 0.57% | 10 | 165K | 2% | 7 | | Feb 2026 | 51.4K | 0.63% | 10 | 165K | 2% | 7 | | Mar 2026 | 69.7K | 0.75% | 10 | 246K | 2.6% | 7 | | Apr 2026 | 60.9K | 0.74% | 10 | 301K | 3.7% | 7 | | May 2026 | 61.6K | 0.78% | 10 | 301K | 3.8% | 7 | | Jun 2026 | 59.6K | 0.75% | 10 | 301K | 3.8% | 7 | | Jul 2026 | 53.1K | 0.72% | 10 | 201K | 2.7% | 7 | | Aug 2026 | 49.7K | 0.67% | 10 | 201K | 2.7% | 7 | | Sep 2026 | 47.4K | 0.54% | 10 | 201K | 2.3% | 7 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Linear’s and monday.com’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. - **Linear**: Measured on the search terms “Linear app”, “linear desktop app”, “linear issue tracker”, “linear issues”, “linear mcp”, “linear project management”, “linear software” and “linear.app”, summed into one figure. - **monday.com**: Measured on the search term “mondaycom”. - [Linear profile](/demand/global-en/brands/linear) - [monday.com profile](/demand/global-en/brands/monday-com) - [All project management software worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/project-management-software): The set both shares are measured inside, 12 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 Linear or monday.com more popular in search? In September 2026, monday.com had more branded searches than Linear among project management software worldwide. monday.com had about 201,000 branded searches, while Linear had 47,400. monday.com made up 2.3% of all project management software searches we track, and Linear accounted for 0.54%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Linear vs monday.com: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/linear-vs-monday-com This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/linear-vs-monday-com. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.