--- title: "Bolt vs Uber: Which is searched more in the United Kingdom?" description: "Is Bolt or Uber more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Taxi apps set in the United Kingdom. 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/compare/bolt-mobility-vs-uber" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Bolt vs Uber: Which is searched more in the United Kingdom? Is Bolt or Uber more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Taxi apps set in the United Kingdom. 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**: Bolt and Uber - **Competitive set**: Taxi apps - **Market**: United Kingdom - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Bolt Share of Search**: 2.7% - **Uber Share of Search**: 66.6% ## Is Bolt or Uber more popular in search? - In September 2026, Uber had more branded searches than Bolt among taxi apps in the United Kingdom. Uber had about 239,000 branded searches, while Bolt had 9,700. Uber made up 66.6% of all taxi app searches we track, and Bolt accounted for 2.7%. - Uber was ahead of Bolt in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Bolt’s share of searches among taxi apps in the United Kingdom moved from 2.1% to 2.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 6.4K to 9.7K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Uber’s share of searches among taxi apps in the United Kingdom moved from 63.8% to 66.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 196K to 239K. ## Top taxi apps in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and one Google AI Overview, both Bolt and Uber showed up in all four answers. Uber was listed before Bolt in three of them. 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Uber | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 1 | 4 of 4 | | Bolt | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 1 | 4 of 4 | | FREENOW | 3rd | 1 of 3 | 1 of 1 | 2 of 4 | | Gett | 4th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 1 | 2 of 4 | | Veezu | 5th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 1 of 4 | | Addison Lee | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 4 | ## Every AI answer about taxi apps - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best taxi app in the UK?": 1. Uber, 2. Bolt, 3. FREENOW, 4. Veezu - Asked ChatGPT "Which app should I use to book a taxi in London?": 1. Uber, 2. Bolt, 3. Gett - Asked ChatGPT "Which taxi app is cheapest in the UK?": 1. Bolt, 2. Uber - Searched Google, AI Overview "taxi app": 1. Uber, 2. Bolt, 3. FREENOW, 4. Gett Not named in any answer: Addison Lee. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in United Kingdom on October 27, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for United Kingdom taxi apps in September 2026? - In September 2026, Uber lost share of searches among taxi apps in the United Kingdom, from 75% to 66.6%. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Bolt in the United Kingdom rose 51.6% over 12 measured months, from 6.4K to 9.7K in September 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Bolt estimated searches | Bolt Share of Search | Bolt rank | Uber estimated searches | Uber Share of Search | Uber rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 6.4K | 2.1% | 5 | 196K | 63.8% | 1 | | Nov 2025 | 5.4K | 2% | 5 | 171K | 63.7% | 1 | | Dec 2025 | 6.4K | 2% | 5 | 209K | 66.1% | 1 | | Jan 2026 | 6.3K | 2.3% | 5 | 185K | 66.8% | 1 | | Feb 2026 | 5.1K | 1.9% | 5 | 185K | 67.4% | 1 | | Mar 2026 | 5.3K | 1.8% | 5 | 209K | 69.6% | 1 | | Apr 2026 | 5.4K | 1.6% | 5 | 239K | 72.4% | 1 | | May 2026 | 7.9K | 2% | 5 | 275K | 71% | 1 | | Jun 2026 | 10.9K | 2.8% | 5 | 275K | 70% | 1 | | Jul 2026 | 11.2K | 3.3% | 4 | 226K | 66.1% | 1 | | Aug 2026 | 11.5K | 3% | 4 | 292K | 75% | 1 | | Sep 2026 | 9.7K | 2.7% | 4 | 239K | 66.6% | 1 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Bolt’s and Uber’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. - **Bolt**: Measured on the search terms “bolt taxi” and “bolt taxi app”, summed into one figure. - **Uber**: Measured on the search terms “uber ride” and “uber taxi”, summed into one figure. - [Bolt profile](/demand/uk/brands/bolt-mobility) - [Uber profile](/demand/uk/brands/uber) - [All taxi apps in the United Kingdom](/demand/uk/categories/uk-taxi-apps): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 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 Bolt or Uber more popular in search? In September 2026, Uber had more branded searches than Bolt among taxi apps in the United Kingdom. Uber had about 239,000 branded searches, while Bolt had 9,700. Uber made up 66.6% of all taxi app searches we track, and Bolt accounted for 2.7%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Bolt vs Uber: Which is searched more in the United Kingdom?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/uk/compare/bolt-mobility-vs-uber This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/uk/compare/bolt-mobility-vs-uber. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.