--- title: "Uber vs Welcome Pickups: Which is searched more?" description: "Is Uber or Welcome Pickups more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Airport transfer services 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/uber-vs-welcome-pickups" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Uber vs Welcome Pickups: Which is searched more? Is Uber or Welcome Pickups more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Airport transfer services 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**: Uber and Welcome Pickups - **Competitive set**: Airport transfer services - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Uber Share of Search**: 2.1% - **Welcome Pickups Share of Search**: 19.5% ## Is Uber or Welcome Pickups more popular in search? - In September 2026, Welcome Pickups had more branded searches than Uber among airport transfer services worldwide. Welcome Pickups had about 49,500 branded searches, while Uber had 5,400. Welcome Pickups made up 19.5% of all airport transfer service searches we track, and Uber accounted for 2.1%. - Welcome Pickups was ahead of Uber in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Uber’s share of searches among airport transfer services worldwide moved from 2.3% to 2.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 5.4K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Welcome Pickups’ share of searches among airport transfer services worldwide moved from 17.2% to 19.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 40.5K to 49.5K. ## Top airport transfer services in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions, Welcome Pickups appeared in all three answers. Uber was mentioned in two out of three: in two of the three ChatGPT answers. Welcome Pickups was listed before Uber in every answer. 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 | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Blacklane | 1st | 2 of 3 | 2 of 3 | | Welcome Pickups | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 3 of 3 | | Uber | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 2 of 3 | | Suntransfers | 4th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 3 | | GetTransfer | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 3 | | Kiwitaxi | Not ranked | 1 of 3 | 1 of 3 | | HolidayTaxis | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 3 | ## Every AI answer about airport transfer services - Asked ChatGPT "Which airport transfer service should I book?": 1. Welcome Pickups, 2. Kiwitaxi - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best airport transfer services?": 1. Welcome Pickups, 2. Blacklane, 3. Suntransfers, 4. Uber - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best airport transfer service for airport pickup?": 1. Blacklane, 2. Welcome Pickups, 3. Uber Not named in any answer: GetTransfer and HolidayTaxis. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 20, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for airport transfer services worldwide in September 2026? - In September 2026, Welcome Pickups lost share of searches among airport transfer services worldwide, from 21.1% to 19.5%. ## Month by month | Month | Uber estimated searches | Uber Share of Search | Uber rank | Welcome Pickups estimated searches | Welcome Pickups Share of Search | Welcome Pickups rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 5.4K | 2.3% | 6 | 40.5K | 17.2% | 3 | | Nov 2025 | 4.4K | 2.3% | 6 | 27.1K | 14.1% | 4 | | Dec 2025 | 5.4K | 2.9% | 6 | 27.1K | 14.6% | 4 | | Jan 2026 | 4.4K | 2% | 6 | 33.1K | 15% | 4 | | Feb 2026 | 3.6K | 1.8% | 6 | 33.1K | 16.3% | 3 | | Mar 2026 | 4.4K | 1.9% | 6 | 40.5K | 17.1% | 3 | | Apr 2026 | 4.4K | 1.8% | 6 | 40.5K | 16.4% | 3 | | May 2026 | 5.4K | 2.2% | 6 | 49.5K | 20.1% | 3 | | Jun 2026 | 5.4K | 2.2% | 6 | 49.5K | 20.6% | 3 | | Jul 2026 | 5.4K | 2.1% | 6 | 49.5K | 19.7% | 3 | | Aug 2026 | 5.4K | 2.3% | 6 | 49.5K | 21.1% | 3 | | Sep 2026 | 5.4K | 2.1% | 6 | 49.5K | 19.5% | 3 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Uber’s and Welcome Pickups’ 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. - **Uber**: Measured on the search term “uber airport”. - **Welcome Pickups**: Measured on the search term “welcome pickups”. - [Uber profile](/demand/global-en/brands/uber) - [Welcome Pickups profile](/demand/global-en/brands/welcome-pickups) - [All airport transfer services worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/airport-transfer-services): The set both shares are measured inside, 7 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 Uber or Welcome Pickups more popular in search? In September 2026, Welcome Pickups had more branded searches than Uber among airport transfer services worldwide. Welcome Pickups had about 49,500 branded searches, while Uber had 5,400. Welcome Pickups made up 19.5% of all airport transfer service searches we track, and Uber accounted for 2.1%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Uber vs Welcome Pickups: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/uber-vs-welcome-pickups This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/uber-vs-welcome-pickups. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.