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title: "Change Healthcare vs Optum: Which is searched more in United States?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Change Healthcare or Optum? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Revenue cycle management platforms set in United States. 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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# Change Healthcare vs Optum: Which is searched more in United States?

Which is more popular in search, Change Healthcare or Optum? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Revenue cycle management platforms set in United States. 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**: Change Healthcare and Optum
- **Competitive set**: Revenue cycle management platforms
- **Market**: United States
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Change Healthcare Share of Search**: 1.8%
- **Optum Share of Search**: 80%

## Which is more popular in search, Change Healthcare or Optum?

- In September 2026, Optum had more branded searches than Change Healthcare among revenue cycle management platforms in United States. Optum was estimated to have 301K branded searches compared to Change Healthcare’s 6.6K, and held an 80% Share of Search versus Change Healthcare’s 1.8%.
- Optum was ahead of Change Healthcare in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Change Healthcare’s estimated Share of Search among revenue cycle management platforms in United States moved from 4.7% to 1.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 22.2K to 6.6K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Optum’s estimated Share of Search among revenue cycle management platforms in United States moved from 77.7% to 80%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 368K to 301K.

## How did search popularity change for United States revenue cycle management platforms in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Change Healthcare rose from 4th to 3rd among revenue cycle management platforms in United States.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Optum in United States fell 18.2% over 12 measured months, from 368K to 301K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Change Healthcare estimated searches | Change Healthcare Share of Search | Change Healthcare rank | Optum estimated searches | Optum Share of Search | Optum rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 22.2K | 4.7% | 3 | 368K | 77.7% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 18.1K | 4% | 3 | 368K | 81% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 12.1K | 2.7% | 3 | 368K | 82.1% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 9.9K | 1.9% | 3 | 450K | 84.9% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 9.9K | 2.1% | 3 | 368K | 79.8% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 9.9K | 1.8% | 3 | 450K | 82.8% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 9.9K | 2.1% | 3 | 368K | 79.8% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 6.6K | 1.8% | 3 | 301K | 80.1% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 6.6K | 1.7% | 4 | 301K | 77% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 6.6K | 1.8% | 3 | 301K | 80.1% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 6.6K | 1.7% | 4 | 301K | 79.8% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | 6.6K | 1.8% | 3 | 301K | 80% | 1 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Change Healthcare’s and Optum’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.

- **Change Healthcare**: Measured on the search term “change healthcare”.
- **Optum**: Measured on the search term “optum”.

- [Change Healthcare profile](/demand/us/brands/change-healthcare)
- [Optum profile](/demand/us/brands/optum)
- [All revenue cycle management platforms in United States](/demand/us/categories/us-revenue-cycle-management-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 brands.

## Methodology

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

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is more popular in search, Change Healthcare or Optum?

In September 2026, Optum had more branded searches than Change Healthcare among revenue cycle management platforms in United States. Optum was estimated to have 301K branded searches compared to Change Healthcare’s 6.6K, and held an 80% Share of Search versus Change Healthcare’s 1.8%.

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