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title: "PNC Bank: search popularity in the United States"
description: "PNC Bank is a bank offering checking, savings, credit cards and 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."
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# PNC Bank: search popularity in the United States

PNC Bank is a bank offering checking, savings, credit cards and 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**: PNC Bank
- **Market**: United States
- **Measured month**: Sep 2026
- **Share of Search among banks**: 8.9%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Banks | 5 | 8.9% | 4.2M |

- [Banks in the US](/demand/us/categories/us-banks)

## Top banks in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, PNC 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chase | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Bank of America | 2nd | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Capital One | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Ally Bank | 4th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Wells Fargo | 5th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Citi | 6th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| U.S. Bank | 7th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| PNC Bank | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Truist | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about banks

- Asked ChatGPT "Which bank should I use for checking in the US?": 1. Chase, 2. Capital One, 3. Ally Bank, 4. Bank of America, 5. U.S. Bank
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best banks in the US?": 1. Chase, 2. Capital One, 3. Ally Bank
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best big bank in the US for a checking account?": 1. Chase, 2. Bank of America, 3. Wells Fargo, 4. Citi, 5. Capital One
- Searched Google, AI Overview "checking account": 1. Bank of America
- Searched Google, AI Overview "bank accounts": 1. Chase, 2. Bank of America

Not named in any answer: PNC Bank and Truist.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in United States on October 22, 2026.

## How has branded search demand for PNC Bank changed in the United States over the last 12 months?

- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for PNC Bank in the United States fell from 4.8M to 4.2M.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, PNC Bank’s share of searches among banks in the United States peaked at 9.7% in July 2026 and was lowest at 7.6% in March 2026.

## How did search popularity change for United States banks in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Capital One overtook Bank of America to rank 2nd among banks in the United States, with 19.2% of the searches.
- In September 2026, Wells Fargo gained share of searches among banks in the United States, from 21.3% to 23.3%.
- In September 2026, U.S. Bank gained share of searches among banks in the United States, from 6.4% to 7%.
- In September 2026, Bank of America lost share of searches among banks in the United States, from 17.5% to 15.7%.
- In September 2026, Chase lost share of searches among banks in the United States, from 17.5% to 15.7%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Truist in the United States fell 18.3% over 12 measured months, from 2.2M to 1.8M in September 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Banks | 4.8M | 8.6% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | Banks | 4M | 8% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | Banks | 4.8M | 8.6% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | Banks | 4.2M | 8.5% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | Banks | 4.2M | 8.5% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | Banks | 4.2M | 7.6% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | Banks | 4.2M | 8.5% | 5 |
| May 2026 | Banks | 4.2M | 8.3% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | Banks | 4.8M | 9.3% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | Banks | 4.8M | 9.7% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | Banks | 4.8M | 9.3% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | Banks | 4.2M | 8.9% | 5 |

## How are PNC Bank’s branded searches counted?

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

- “pnc”
- “pnc bank”

## Which banks compete with PNC Bank?

- [Wells Fargo](/demand/us/brands/wells-fargo)
- [Capital One](/demand/us/brands/capital-one): Head-to-head: /demand/us/compare/capital-one-vs-pnc-bank
- [Bank of America](/demand/us/brands/bank-of-america): Head-to-head: /demand/us/compare/bank-of-america-vs-pnc-bank
- [Chase](/demand/us/brands/chase-bank): Head-to-head: /demand/us/compare/chase-bank-vs-pnc-bank
- [U.S. Bank](/demand/us/brands/us-bank): Head-to-head: /demand/us/compare/pnc-bank-vs-us-bank
- [Citi](/demand/us/brands/citibank): Head-to-head: /demand/us/compare/citibank-vs-pnc-bank
- [Truist](/demand/us/brands/truist)
- [Ally Bank](/demand/us/brands/ally-bank)

## 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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