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title: "Monarch Money vs YNAB: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Monarch Money or YNAB? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Personal budgeting apps 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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# Monarch Money vs YNAB: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Monarch Money or YNAB? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Personal budgeting apps 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**: Monarch Money and YNAB
- **Competitive set**: Personal budgeting apps
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Monarch Money Share of Search**: 36.1%
- **YNAB Share of Search**: 46.3%

## Which is more popular in search, Monarch Money or YNAB?

- In August 2026, YNAB had more branded searches than Monarch Money among personal budgeting apps worldwide. YNAB was estimated to have 178K branded searches compared to Monarch Money’s 139K, and held a 46.3% Share of Search versus Monarch Money’s 36.1%.
- YNAB was ahead of Monarch Money in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Monarch Money’s estimated Share of Search among personal budgeting apps worldwide moved from 25.2% to 36.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 113K to 139K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, YNAB’s estimated Share of Search among personal budgeting apps worldwide moved from 51.1% to 46.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 230K to 178K.

## How did search popularity change for personal budgeting apps worldwide in August 2026?

- Monarch Money’s estimated Share of Search among personal budgeting apps worldwide has gained ground for 3 months in a row, from 25.3% to 36.1% in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for YNAB worldwide fell 22.4% over 11 measured months, from 230K to 178K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Monarch Money estimated searches | Monarch Money Share of Search | Monarch Money rank | YNAB estimated searches | YNAB Share of Search | YNAB rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 113K | 25.2% | 2 | 230K | 51.1% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 93.5K | 22.9% | 2 | 218K | 53.3% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 114K | 24.3% | 2 | 233K | 50% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 140K | 24.3% | 2 | 304K | 52.6% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 94.8K | 24.5% | 2 | 203K | 52.4% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 94.1K | 23.6% | 2 | 203K | 51% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 94.3K | 24% | 2 | 204K | 51.8% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 95.1K | 25.3% | 2 | 203K | 53.9% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 94.2K | 26.7% | 2 | 198K | 56.2% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 139K | 36% | 2 | 179K | 46.4% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 139K | 36.1% | 2 | 178K | 46.3% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Monarch Money’s and YNAB’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.

- **Monarch Money**: Measured on the search terms “monarch com”, “monarch money”, “monarch money app” and “monarch money budget”, summed into one figure.
- **YNAB**: Measured on the search terms “ynab”, “ynab app”, “ynab budget”, “ynab budget app”, “ynab com” and “you need a budget”, summed into one figure.

- [Monarch Money profile](/demand/global-en/brands/monarch-money)
- [YNAB profile](/demand/global-en/brands/ynab)
- [All personal budgeting apps worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/personal-budgeting-apps): 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, Monarch Money or YNAB?

In August 2026, YNAB had more branded searches than Monarch Money among personal budgeting apps worldwide. YNAB was estimated to have 178K branded searches compared to Monarch Money’s 139K, and held a 46.3% Share of Search versus Monarch Money’s 36.1%.

## Cite this page

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