--- title: "Shopify Payments vs Stripe: Which is searched more?" description: "Is Shopify Payments or Stripe 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." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/shopify-payments-vs-stripe" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Shopify Payments vs Stripe: Which is searched more? Is Shopify Payments or Stripe 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**: Shopify Payments and Stripe - **Competitive set**: Payment processors - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Shopify Payments Share of Search**: 0.04% - **Stripe Share of Search**: 10.3% ## Is Shopify Payments or Stripe more popular in search? - In September 2026, Stripe had more branded searches than Shopify Payments among payment processors worldwide. Stripe had about 2.9 million branded searches, while Shopify Payments had 12,100. Stripe made up 10.3% of all payment processor searches we track, and Shopify Payments accounted for 0.04%. - Stripe was ahead of Shopify Payments in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - 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. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Stripe’s share of searches among payment processors worldwide moved from 9.1% to 10.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 3M to 2.9M. ## How did search popularity change for payment processors worldwide in September 2026? - Stripe’s share of searches among payment processors worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 10.8% to 10.3% in September 2026. - In September 2026, Shopify Payments fell from 11th to 12th among payment processors worldwide. ## Month by month | Month | Shopify Payments estimated searches | Shopify Payments Share of Search | Shopify Payments rank | Stripe estimated searches | Stripe Share of Search | Stripe rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 22.2K | 0.07% | 11 | 3M | 9.1% | 3 | | Nov 2025 | 22.2K | 0.07% | 10 | 2.9M | 9.3% | 3 | | Dec 2025 | 22.2K | 0.07% | 9 | 2.4M | 7.8% | 3 | | Jan 2026 | 22.2K | 0.07% | 11 | 3M | 9.1% | 3 | | Feb 2026 | 18.1K | 0.07% | 11 | 3M | 10.8% | 3 | | Mar 2026 | 22.2K | 0.08% | 11 | 3.6M | 12.6% | 3 | | Apr 2026 | 22.2K | 0.08% | 11 | 3M | 10.9% | 3 | | May 2026 | 22.2K | 0.08% | 11 | 3M | 10.7% | 3 | | Jun 2026 | 22.2K | 0.08% | 11 | 3M | 10.8% | 3 | | Jul 2026 | 18.1K | 0.06% | 11 | 3M | 10.7% | 3 | | Aug 2026 | 18.1K | 0.06% | 11 | 3M | 10.6% | 3 | | Sep 2026 | 12.1K | 0.04% | 12 | 2.9M | 10.3% | 3 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Shopify Payments’ and Stripe’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. - **Shopify Payments**: Measured on the search term “shopify payments”. - **Stripe**: Measured on the search terms “billing stripe”, “charge for stripe”, “check out stripe”, “checkout stripe”, “checkoutstripe”, “direct debit stripe”, “fees for stripe”, “instant payouts stripe”, “payment stripe”, “payments stripe”, “set up stripe”, “stripe”, “stripe ach payments”, “stripe atlas”, “stripe billing”, “stripe business”, “stripe cc processing”, “stripe charge fee”, “stripe charges”, “stripe connect”, “stripe direct debit”, “stripe fees”, “stripe invoicing”, “stripe issuing”, “stripe merchant services”, “stripe pay”, “stripe payment”, “stripe payment app”, “stripe payment company”, “stripe payment gateway”, “stripe payment processing”, “stripe payment services”, “stripe payments”, “stripe payments company”, “stripe payments processing”, “stripe processing fees”, “stripe recurring payments”, “stripe terminal”, “stripe transaction charges”, “stripe transaction fee” and “terminal stripe”, summed into one figure. - [Shopify Payments profile](/demand/global-en/brands/shopify-payments) - [Stripe profile](/demand/global-en/brands/stripe) - [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 Shopify Payments or Stripe more popular in search? In September 2026, Stripe had more branded searches than Shopify Payments among payment processors worldwide. Stripe had about 2.9 million branded searches, while Shopify Payments had 12,100. Stripe made up 10.3% of all payment processor searches we track, and Shopify Payments accounted for 0.04%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Shopify Payments vs Stripe: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/shopify-payments-vs-stripe This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/shopify-payments-vs-stripe. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.