--- title: "Death Wish Coffee vs Intelligentsia: Which is searched more in the United States?" description: "Is Death Wish Coffee or Intelligentsia more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Coffee brands 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." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/us/compare/death-wish-coffee-vs-intelligentsia" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Death Wish Coffee vs Intelligentsia: Which is searched more in the United States? Is Death Wish Coffee or Intelligentsia more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Coffee brands 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**: Death Wish Coffee and Intelligentsia - **Competitive set**: Coffee brands - **Market**: United States - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Death Wish Coffee Share of Search**: 3.7% - **Intelligentsia Share of Search**: 1.6% ## Is Death Wish Coffee or Intelligentsia more popular in search? - In September 2026, Death Wish Coffee had more branded searches than Intelligentsia among coffee brands in the United States. Death Wish Coffee had about 40,500 branded searches, while Intelligentsia had 18,100. Death Wish Coffee made up 3.7% of all coffee brand searches we track, and Intelligentsia accounted for 1.6%. - Death Wish Coffee was ahead of Intelligentsia in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Death Wish Coffee’s share of searches among coffee brands in the United States moved from 4.3% to 3.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 60.5K to 40.5K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Intelligentsia’s share of searches among coffee brands in the United States moved from 1.9% to 1.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 27.1K to 18.1K. ## Top coffee brands in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Death Wish Coffee and Intelligentsia were each mentioned in one out of five: in one of the three ChatGPT answers, but not in either of the two Google AI Overviews. 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Lavazza | 1st | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | Peet's Coffee | 2nd | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | Stumptown | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Café Bustelo | 4th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Counter Culture Coffee | 5th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | Folgers | 6th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | Intelligentsia | 7th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | Onyx Coffee Lab | 8th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | Death Wish Coffee | 9th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | Black Rifle Coffee | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | La Colombe | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | Illy | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | Dunkin' | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | Bulletproof | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | Lifeboost | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about coffee brands - Asked ChatGPT "Which coffee brand should I buy?": 1. Lavazza, 2. Peet's Coffee - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best coffee bean brands?": 1. Counter Culture Coffee, 2. Lavazza, 3. Stumptown, 4. Peet's Coffee, 5. Intelligentsia, 6. Onyx Coffee Lab, 7. Death Wish Coffee - Asked ChatGPT "What is the best ground coffee?": 1. Stumptown, 2. Café Bustelo - Searched Google, AI Overview "coffee beans": 1. Peet's Coffee, 2. Lavazza - Searched Google, AI Overview "ground coffee": 1. Café Bustelo, 2. Folgers Not named in any answer: Black Rifle Coffee, La Colombe, Illy, Dunkin', Bulletproof and Lifeboost. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in United States on October 26, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for United States coffee brands in September 2026? - Estimated monthly branded searches for Intelligentsia in the United States fell 33.2% over 12 measured months, from 27.1K to 18.1K in September 2026. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Death Wish Coffee in the United States fell 33.1% over 12 measured months, from 60.5K to 40.5K in September 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Death Wish Coffee estimated searches | Death Wish Coffee Share of Search | Death Wish Coffee rank | Intelligentsia estimated searches | Intelligentsia Share of Search | Intelligentsia rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 60.5K | 4.3% | 6 | 27.1K | 1.9% | 12 | | Nov 2025 | 49.5K | 2.6% | 8 | 27.1K | 1.4% | 14 | | Dec 2025 | 60.5K | 2.3% | 6 | 33.1K | 1.3% | 13 | | Jan 2026 | 49.5K | 3.6% | 8 | 27.1K | 2% | 13 | | Feb 2026 | 49.5K | 3.9% | 7 | 22.2K | 1.8% | 14 | | Mar 2026 | 49.5K | 4% | 7 | 22.2K | 1.8% | 14 | | Apr 2026 | 40.5K | 3.4% | 7 | 18.1K | 1.5% | 14 | | May 2026 | 40.5K | 3.4% | 6 | 22.2K | 1.8% | 14 | | Jun 2026 | 40.5K | 3.9% | 6 | 18.1K | 1.7% | 14 | | Jul 2026 | 40.5K | 3.8% | 6 | 18.1K | 1.7% | 14 | | Aug 2026 | 40.5K | 3.5% | 6 | 18.1K | 1.5% | 15 | | Sep 2026 | 40.5K | 3.7% | 6 | 18.1K | 1.6% | 15 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Death Wish Coffee’s and Intelligentsia’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. - **Death Wish Coffee**: Measured on the search term “death wish coffee”. - **Intelligentsia**: Measured on the search term “intelligentsia coffee”. - [Death Wish Coffee profile](/demand/us/brands/death-wish-coffee) - [Intelligentsia profile](/demand/us/brands/intelligentsia) - [All coffee brands in the United States](/demand/us/categories/us-coffee-brands): The set both shares are measured inside, 15 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 Death Wish Coffee or Intelligentsia more popular in search? In September 2026, Death Wish Coffee had more branded searches than Intelligentsia among coffee brands in the United States. Death Wish Coffee had about 40,500 branded searches, while Intelligentsia had 18,100. Death Wish Coffee made up 3.7% of all coffee brand searches we track, and Intelligentsia accounted for 1.6%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Death Wish Coffee vs Intelligentsia: Which is searched more in the United States?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/us/compare/death-wish-coffee-vs-intelligentsia This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/us/compare/death-wish-coffee-vs-intelligentsia. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.