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title: "Atom bank: search popularity in the United Kingdom"
description: "A UK app-based bank offering savings accounts, mortgages, and business loans. 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/uk/brands/atom-bank"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Atom bank: search popularity in the United Kingdom

A UK app-based bank offering savings accounts, mortgages, and business loans. 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

- **Brand**: Atom bank
- **Market**: United Kingdom
- **Measured month**: Sep 2026
- **Share of Search among neobanks**: 3.2%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Neobanks | 6 | 3.2% | 12.1K |

- [Neobanks](/demand/uk/categories/uk-neobanks)

## Top neobanks in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Atom bank 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Starling Bank | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Monzo | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Chase UK | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Revolut | 4th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Zopa | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Atom bank | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Kroo | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about neobanks

- Asked ChatGPT "Which neobank should I use in the UK?": 1. Monzo, 2. Starling Bank, 3. Chase UK, 4. Revolut
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best neobanks in the UK?": 1. Monzo, 2. Starling Bank, 3. Chase UK, 4. Revolut
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best neobank in the UK for everyday banking?": 1. Starling Bank, 2. Chase UK, 3. Monzo
- Searched Google, AI Overview "neobanks uk": 1. Monzo, 2. Starling Bank, 3. Revolut, 4. Chase UK
- Searched Google, AI Overview "mobile bank account": 1. Starling Bank, 2. Monzo, 3. Chase UK, 4. Revolut

Not named in any answer: Zopa, Atom bank and Kroo.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in United Kingdom on October 19, 2026.

## How has branded search demand for Atom bank changed in the United Kingdom over the last 12 months?

- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Atom bank in the United Kingdom fell from 18.1K to 12.1K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Atom bank’s share of searches among neobanks in the United Kingdom decreased from 5.6% to 3.2%.

## How did search popularity change for United Kingdom neobanks in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Monzo gained share of searches among neobanks in the United Kingdom, from 36.7% to 41.5%.
- In September 2026, Zopa gained share of searches among neobanks in the United Kingdom, from 5.2% to 5.8%.
- In September 2026, Starling Bank lost share of searches among neobanks in the United Kingdom, from 23.2% to 21.1%.
- In September 2026, Revolut lost share of searches among neobanks in the United Kingdom, from 24.5% to 23.2%.
- In September 2026, Atom bank lost share of searches among neobanks in the United Kingdom, from 4.2% to 3.2%.
- In September 2026, Chase UK lost share of searches among neobanks in the United Kingdom, from 4.4% to 3.5%.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Neobanks | 18.1K | 5.6% | 6 |
| Nov 2025 | Neobanks | 14.8K | 5.1% | 6 |
| Dec 2025 | Neobanks | 12.1K | 4.8% | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | Neobanks | 18.1K | 4.5% | 6 |
| Feb 2026 | Neobanks | 14.8K | 4.9% | 6 |
| Mar 2026 | Neobanks | 14.8K | 4.5% | 6 |
| Apr 2026 | Neobanks | 14.8K | 4.4% | 6 |
| May 2026 | Neobanks | 12.1K | 4% | 6 |
| Jun 2026 | Neobanks | 12.1K | 3.9% | 6 |
| Jul 2026 | Neobanks | 12.1K | 3.7% | 6 |
| Aug 2026 | Neobanks | 14.8K | 4.2% | 6 |
| Sep 2026 | Neobanks | 12.1K | 3.2% | 6 |

## How are Atom bank’s branded searches counted?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Atom bank’s name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for this branded term can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “atom bank”

## Which neobanks compete with Atom bank?

- [Monzo](/demand/uk/brands/monzo)
- [Revolut](/demand/uk/brands/revolut): Head-to-head: /demand/uk/compare/atom-bank-vs-revolut
- [Starling Bank](/demand/uk/brands/starling-bank): Head-to-head: /demand/uk/compare/atom-bank-vs-starling-bank
- [Zopa](/demand/uk/brands/zopa): Head-to-head: /demand/uk/compare/atom-bank-vs-zopa
- [Chase UK](/demand/uk/brands/chase-uk): Head-to-head: /demand/uk/compare/atom-bank-vs-chase-uk
- [Kroo](/demand/uk/brands/kroo): Head-to-head: /demand/uk/compare/atom-bank-vs-kroo

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

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