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title: "Consumer Cellular vs Mint Mobile: Which is searched more in the United States?"
description: "Is Consumer Cellular or Mint Mobile more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Prepaid phone carriers set in the 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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# Consumer Cellular vs Mint Mobile: Which is searched more in the United States?

Is Consumer Cellular or Mint Mobile more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Prepaid phone carriers set in the 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**: Consumer Cellular and Mint Mobile
- **Competitive set**: Prepaid phone carriers
- **Market**: United States
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Consumer Cellular Share of Search**: 8.8%
- **Mint Mobile Share of Search**: 8.8%

## Is Consumer Cellular or Mint Mobile more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Consumer Cellular and Mint Mobile were level in searches among prepaid phone carriers in the United States, with an estimated 673K branded searches each, at 8.8% of the total each.
- Consumer Cellular was ahead of Mint Mobile in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Consumer Cellular’s share of searches among prepaid phone carriers in the United States moved from 7.3% to 8.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 673K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Mint Mobile’s share of searches among prepaid phone carriers in the United States moved from 8.9% to 8.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 823K to 673K.

## How did search popularity change for United States prepaid phone carriers in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Consumer Cellular overtook Mint Mobile to rank 5th among prepaid phone carriers in the United States, with 8.8% of the searches.
- In September 2026, Mint Mobile lost share of searches among prepaid phone carriers in the United States, from 9.6% to 8.8%.

## Month by month

| Month | Consumer Cellular estimated searches | Consumer Cellular Share of Search | Consumer Cellular rank | Mint Mobile estimated searches | Mint Mobile Share of Search | Mint Mobile rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 673K | 7.3% | 6 | 823K | 8.9% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 550K | 6.2% | 6 | 823K | 9.3% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 550K | 6.2% | 7 | 823K | 9.2% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 550K | 7% | 6 | 823K | 10.4% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 550K | 7.2% | 6 | 673K | 8.8% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 673K | 8.1% | 5 | 673K | 8.1% | 6 |
| Apr 2026 | 550K | 7.1% | 6 | 673K | 8.7% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 550K | 7.1% | 6 | 673K | 8.6% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 550K | 6.8% | 6 | 673K | 8.3% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 673K | 8% | 6 | 823K | 9.8% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 673K | 7.9% | 6 | 823K | 9.6% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | 673K | 8.8% | 5 | 673K | 8.8% | 6 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Consumer Cellular’s and Mint Mobile’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.

- **Consumer Cellular**: Measured on the search term “consumer cellular”.
- **Mint Mobile**: Measured on the search term “mint mobile”.

- [Consumer Cellular profile](/demand/us/brands/consumer-cellular)
- [Mint Mobile profile](/demand/us/brands/mint-mobile)
- [All prepaid phone carriers in the United States](/demand/us/categories/us-prepaid-phone-carriers): The set both shares are measured inside, 12 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 Consumer Cellular or Mint Mobile more popular in search?

In September 2026, Consumer Cellular and Mint Mobile were level in searches among prepaid phone carriers in the United States, with an estimated 673K branded searches each, at 8.8% of the total each.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Consumer Cellular vs Mint Mobile: Which is searched more in the United States?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/us/compare/consumer-cellular-vs-mint-mobile

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