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title: "Mollie vs Shopify Payments: Which is searched more?"
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# Mollie vs Shopify Payments: Which is searched more?

Is Mollie or Shopify Payments more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Payment processors 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**: Mollie and Shopify Payments
- **Competitive set**: Payment processors
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Mollie Share of Search**: 0.03%
- **Shopify Payments Share of Search**: 0.04%

## Is Mollie or Shopify Payments more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Shopify Payments had more branded searches than Mollie among payment processors worldwide. Shopify Payments had about 12,100 branded searches, while Mollie had 8,790. Shopify Payments made up 0.04% of all payment processor searches we track, and Mollie accounted for 0.03%.
- Shopify Payments was ahead of Mollie in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Mollie’s share of searches among payment processors worldwide moved from 0.04% to 0.03%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 12.9K to 8.8K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Shopify Payments’ share of searches among payment processors worldwide moved from 0.07% to 0.04%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 22.2K to 12.1K.

## Top payment processors in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Shopify Payments was mentioned in one out of five: in one of the three ChatGPT answers, but not in either of the two Google AI Overviews. Mollie 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stripe | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Square | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| PayPal | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Helcim | 4th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Shopify Payments | 5th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Adyen | 6th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| GoCardless | 7th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Shopify POS | 8th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Revolut | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Airwallex | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Worldline | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Wise | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Braintree | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Checkout.com | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Mollie | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about payment processors

- Asked ChatGPT "Which payment processor should I use?": 1. Stripe, 2. Square, 3. PayPal
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best payment processors?": 1. Stripe, 2. Square, 3. PayPal, 4. Helcim, 5. Shopify Payments, 6. Adyen, 7. Shopify POS
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best payment processor for card and bank payments?": 1. Stripe, 2. Square, 3. Helcim, 4. GoCardless
- Searched Google, AI Overview "payment processor": 1. Stripe, 2. PayPal, 3. Square, 4. Helcim
- Searched Google, AI Overview "online payment processing": 1. Stripe, 2. PayPal, 3. Square, 4. Helcim

Not named in any answer: Revolut, Airwallex, Worldline, Wise, Braintree, Checkout.com and Mollie.

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 payment processors worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Shopify Payments fell from 11th to 12th among payment processors worldwide.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Mollie worldwide fell 31.9% over 12 measured months, from 12.9K to 8.8K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Mollie estimated searches | Mollie Share of Search | Mollie rank | Shopify Payments estimated searches | Shopify Payments Share of Search | Shopify Payments rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 12.9K | 0.04% | 12 | 22.2K | 0.07% | 11 |
| Nov 2025 | 12.9K | 0.04% | 12 | 22.2K | 0.07% | 10 |
| Dec 2025 | 12.8K | 0.04% | 12 | 22.2K | 0.07% | 9 |
| Jan 2026 | 12.9K | 0.04% | 12 | 22.2K | 0.07% | 11 |
| Feb 2026 | 12.9K | 0.05% | 12 | 18.1K | 0.07% | 11 |
| Mar 2026 | 12.9K | 0.04% | 13 | 22.2K | 0.08% | 11 |
| Apr 2026 | 10.8K | 0.04% | 13 | 22.2K | 0.08% | 11 |
| May 2026 | 10.7K | 0.04% | 13 | 22.2K | 0.08% | 11 |
| Jun 2026 | 10.8K | 0.04% | 13 | 22.2K | 0.08% | 11 |
| Jul 2026 | 10.5K | 0.04% | 13 | 18.1K | 0.06% | 11 |
| Aug 2026 | 10.6K | 0.04% | 14 | 18.1K | 0.06% | 11 |
| Sep 2026 | 8.8K | 0.03% | 14 | 12.1K | 0.04% | 12 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Mollie’s and Shopify Payments’ 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.

- **Mollie**: Measured on the search terms “mollie checkout”, “mollie fees”, “mollie payment”, “mollie payment gateway” and “mollie payments”, summed into one figure.
- **Shopify Payments**: Measured on the search term “shopify payments”.

- [Mollie profile](/demand/global-en/brands/mollie)
- [Shopify Payments profile](/demand/global-en/brands/shopify-payments)
- [All payment processors worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/payment-processors): The set both shares are measured inside, 15 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 Mollie or Shopify Payments more popular in search?

In September 2026, Shopify Payments had more branded searches than Mollie among payment processors worldwide. Shopify Payments had about 12,100 branded searches, while Mollie had 8,790. Shopify Payments made up 0.04% of all payment processor searches we track, and Mollie accounted for 0.03%.

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