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title: "Mentimeter vs Top Hat: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Mentimeter or Top Hat? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Student engagement 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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# Mentimeter vs Top Hat: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Mentimeter or Top Hat? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Student engagement 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**: Mentimeter and Top Hat
- **Competitive set**: Student engagement platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Mentimeter Share of Search**: 60.7%
- **Top Hat Share of Search**: 23.3%

## Which is more popular in search, Mentimeter or Top Hat?

- In August 2026, Mentimeter had more branded searches than Top Hat among student engagement platforms worldwide. Mentimeter was estimated to have 1.2M branded searches compared to Top Hat’s 468K, and held a 60.7% Share of Search versus Top Hat’s 23.3%.
- Mentimeter was ahead of Top Hat in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Mentimeter’s estimated Share of Search among student engagement platforms worldwide moved from 57.5% to 60.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.2M to 1.2M.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Top Hat’s estimated Share of Search among student engagement platforms worldwide moved from 14.5% to 23.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 565K to 468K.

## How did search popularity change for student engagement platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Top Hat gained estimated Share of Search among student engagement platforms worldwide, from 11.3% to 23.3%.
- In August 2026, Mentimeter lost estimated Share of Search among student engagement platforms worldwide, from 77.1% to 60.7%.

## Month by month

| Month | Mentimeter estimated searches | Mentimeter Share of Search | Mentimeter rank | Top Hat estimated searches | Top Hat Share of Search | Top Hat rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 2.2M | 57.5% | 1 | 565K | 14.5% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 2.2M | 63.9% | 1 | 380K | 10.8% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 1.2M | 62.5% | 1 | 256K | 13.1% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 1.8M | 61% | 1 | 568K | 19% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 1.5M | 53.6% | 1 | 565K | 20.2% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 1.8M | 62.4% | 1 | 380K | 13% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 1.5M | 63.4% | 1 | 383K | 16.2% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 1.2M | 66.7% | 1 | 213K | 11.7% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 1.2M | 71.2% | 1 | 175K | 10.2% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 1M | 77.1% | 1 | 147K | 11.3% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 1.2M | 60.7% | 1 | 468K | 23.3% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Mentimeter’s and Top Hat’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.

- **Mentimeter**: Measured on the search term “mentimeter”.
- **Top Hat**: Measured on the search terms “top hat” and “tophat”, summed into one figure.

- [Mentimeter profile](/demand/global-en/brands/mentimeter)
- [Top Hat profile](/demand/global-en/brands/top-hat)
- [All student engagement platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/student-engagement-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, Mentimeter or Top Hat?

In August 2026, Mentimeter had more branded searches than Top Hat among student engagement platforms worldwide. Mentimeter was estimated to have 1.2M branded searches compared to Top Hat’s 468K, and held a 60.7% Share of Search versus Top Hat’s 23.3%.

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