--- title: "Ready Education vs Top Hat: Which is searched more?" description: "Is Ready Education or Top Hat more popular in search? 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." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/ready-education-vs-top-hat" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Ready Education vs Top Hat: Which is searched more? Is Ready Education or Top Hat more popular in search? 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**: Ready Education and Top Hat - **Competitive set**: Student engagement platforms - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Ready Education Share of Search**: <0.01% - **Top Hat Share of Search**: 1.3% ## Is Ready Education or Top Hat more popular in search? - In September 2026, Top Hat had more branded searches than Ready Education among student engagement platforms worldwide. Top Hat had about 695,000 branded searches, while Ready Education had 590. Top Hat made up 1.3% of all student engagement platform searches we track, and Ready Education accounted for <0.01%. - Top Hat was ahead of Ready Education in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Ready Education’s share of searches among student engagement platforms worldwide held steady at <0.01%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 1K to 590. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Top Hat’s share of searches among student engagement platforms worldwide moved from 0.88% to 1.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 565K to 695K. ## Top student engagement platforms in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Ready Education and Top Hat were each mentioned in two out of five: in one of the three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. Top Hat was listed before Ready Education in two out of three answers that named either. 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Mentimeter | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Kahoot! | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Nearpod | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Ready Education | 4th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Poll Everywhere | 5th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | Padlet | 6th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Modern Campus Involve | 7th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Vevox | 8th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Top Hat | 9th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Wooclap | 10th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about student engagement platforms - Asked ChatGPT "Which student engagement platform should I use?": 1. Nearpod, 2. Kahoot!, 3. Mentimeter, 4. Padlet - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best student engagement platforms?": 1. Nearpod, 2. Mentimeter, 3. Kahoot!, 4. Padlet, 5. Top Hat, 6. Modern Campus Involve, 7. Ready Education - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best student engagement platform for classroom polling?": 1. Poll Everywhere, 2. Mentimeter, 3. Kahoot!, 4. Wooclap, 5. Vevox - Searched Google, AI Overview "student engagement platform": 1. Ready Education, 2. Modern Campus Involve - Searched Google, AI Overview "student response system": 1. Mentimeter, 2. Kahoot!, 3. Vevox, 4. Top Hat Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 21, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for student engagement platforms worldwide in September 2026? - In September 2026, Wooclap overtook Top Hat to rank 5th among student engagement platforms worldwide, with 1.9% of the searches. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Top Hat worldwide rose 23.1% over 12 measured months, from 565K to 695K in September 2026. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Ready Education worldwide fell 41% over 12 measured months, from 1K to 590 in September 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Ready Education estimated searches | Ready Education Share of Search | Ready Education rank | Top Hat estimated searches | Top Hat Share of Search | Top Hat rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 1K | <0.01% | 9 | 565K | 0.88% | 6 | | Nov 2025 | 880 | <0.01% | 9 | 380K | 0.72% | 6 | | Dec 2025 | 720 | <0.01% | 9 | 256K | 0.51% | 6 | | Jan 2026 | 1K | <0.01% | 9 | 568K | 1.3% | 5 | | Feb 2026 | 880 | <0.01% | 9 | 565K | 1.1% | 6 | | Mar 2026 | 1K | <0.01% | 9 | 380K | 0.72% | 6 | | Apr 2026 | 880 | <0.01% | 9 | 383K | 0.75% | 6 | | May 2026 | 720 | <0.01% | 9 | 213K | 0.42% | 6 | | Jun 2026 | 720 | <0.01% | 9 | 175K | 0.43% | 6 | | Jul 2026 | 720 | <0.01% | 9 | 147K | 0.78% | 5 | | Aug 2026 | 590 | <0.01% | 10 | 468K | 1.6% | 5 | | Sep 2026 | 590 | <0.01% | 10 | 695K | 1.3% | 6 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Ready Education’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. - **Ready Education**: Measured on the search term “ready education”. - **Top Hat**: Measured on the search terms “top hat” and “tophat”, summed into one figure. - [Ready Education profile](/demand/global-en/brands/ready-education) - [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, 10 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 Ready Education or Top Hat more popular in search? In September 2026, Top Hat had more branded searches than Ready Education among student engagement platforms worldwide. Top Hat had about 695,000 branded searches, while Ready Education had 590. Top Hat made up 1.3% of all student engagement platform searches we track, and Ready Education accounted for <0.01%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Ready Education vs Top Hat: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/ready-education-vs-top-hat This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/ready-education-vs-top-hat. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.