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title: "Melitta vs Smeg: Which is searched more in the United Kingdom?"
description: "Is Melitta or Smeg more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Coffee machine brands 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."
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# Melitta vs Smeg: Which is searched more in the United Kingdom?

Is Melitta or Smeg more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Coffee machine brands 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**: Melitta and Smeg
- **Competitive set**: Coffee machine brands
- **Market**: United Kingdom
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Melitta Share of Search**: 0.76%
- **Smeg Share of Search**: 4.7%

## Is Melitta or Smeg more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Smeg had more branded searches than Melitta among coffee machine brands in the United Kingdom. Smeg had about 18,100 branded searches, while Melitta had 2,900. Smeg made up 4.7% of all coffee machine brand searches we track, and Melitta accounted for 0.76%.
- Smeg was ahead of Melitta in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Melitta’s share of searches among coffee machine brands in the United Kingdom moved from 0.82% to 0.76%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 3.6K to 2.9K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Smeg’s share of searches among coffee machine brands in the United Kingdom moved from 5% to 4.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 22.2K to 18.1K.

## Top coffee machine brands in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, neither Melitta nor Smeg showed up 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| De'Longhi | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Philips | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Sage | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Jura | 4th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Tassimo | 5th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Nespresso | 6th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Gaggia | 7th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Ninja | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Lavazza | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Smeg | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Dolce Gusto | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Krups | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Melitta | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about coffee machine brands

- Asked ChatGPT "Which coffee machine should I buy in the UK?": 1. De'Longhi, 2. Philips, 3. Sage, 4. Nespresso
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best coffee machine brands?": 1. De'Longhi, 2. Jura, 3. Sage, 4. Philips, 5. Nespresso, 6. Gaggia
- Asked ChatGPT "What is the best bean to cup coffee machine?": 1. De'Longhi, 2. Philips, 3. Jura
- Searched Google, AI Overview "coffee machine": 1. De'Longhi, 2. Tassimo, 3. Sage
- Searched Google, AI Overview "bean to cup coffee machine": 1. Philips, 2. De'Longhi

Not named in any answer: Ninja, Lavazza, Smeg, Dolce Gusto, Krups and Melitta.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in United Kingdom on October 26, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for United Kingdom coffee machine brands in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Lavazza overtook Smeg and 3 others to rank 5th among coffee machine brands in the United Kingdom, with 5.8% of the searches.
- In September 2026, Smeg lost share of searches among coffee machine brands in the United Kingdom, from 6.2% to 4.7%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Melitta in the United Kingdom fell 19.4% over 12 measured months, from 3.6K to 2.9K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Melitta estimated searches | Melitta Share of Search | Melitta rank | Smeg estimated searches | Smeg Share of Search | Smeg rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 3.6K | 0.82% | 13 | 22.2K | 5% | 6 |
| Nov 2025 | 4.4K | 0.64% | 13 | 33.1K | 4.8% | 6 |
| Dec 2025 | 4.4K | 0.74% | 13 | 27.1K | 4.5% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 3.6K | 0.82% | 13 | 22.2K | 5% | 6 |
| Feb 2026 | 2.9K | 0.89% | 13 | 18.1K | 5.6% | 6 |
| Mar 2026 | 2.9K | 0.9% | 13 | 18.1K | 5.6% | 6 |
| Apr 2026 | 2.4K | 0.75% | 13 | 14.8K | 4.6% | 6 |
| May 2026 | 2.4K | 0.76% | 13 | 14.8K | 4.7% | 6 |
| Jun 2026 | 2.4K | 0.79% | 13 | 14.8K | 4.9% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 2.4K | 0.77% | 13 | 14.8K | 4.8% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 2.9K | 0.82% | 13 | 22.2K | 6.2% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | 2.9K | 0.76% | 13 | 18.1K | 4.7% | 6 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Melitta’s and Smeg’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.

- **Melitta**: Measured on the search term “melitta coffee machine”.
- **Smeg**: Measured on the search term “smeg coffee machine”.

- [Melitta profile](/demand/uk/brands/melitta)
- [Smeg profile](/demand/uk/brands/smeg)
- [All coffee machine brands in the United Kingdom](/demand/uk/categories/uk-coffee-machine-brands): The set both shares are measured inside, 13 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 Melitta or Smeg more popular in search?

In September 2026, Smeg had more branded searches than Melitta among coffee machine brands in the United Kingdom. Smeg had about 18,100 branded searches, while Melitta had 2,900. Smeg made up 4.7% of all coffee machine brand searches we track, and Melitta accounted for 0.76%.

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