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title: "ReadMe: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "ReadMe provides tools and services to publish and maintain API documentation. 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/global-en/brands/readme"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# ReadMe: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

ReadMe provides tools and services to publish and maintain API documentation. 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**: ReadMe
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among API documentation platforms**: 1.8%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| API documentation platforms | 4 | 1.8% | 660 |

- [API documentation platforms](/demand/global-en/categories/api-documentation-platforms)

## How has branded search demand for ReadMe changed worldwide over the last 12 months?

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for ReadMe worldwide fell from 1.3K to 660.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, ReadMe’s estimated Share of Search among API documentation platforms worldwide decreased from 3.2% to 1.8%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, ReadMe’s estimated Share of Search among API documentation platforms worldwide peaked at 3.5% in February 2026 and was lowest at 1.8% in August 2026.

## How did search popularity change for API documentation platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Mintlify gained estimated Share of Search among API documentation platforms worldwide, from 73.7% to 74.3%.
- Stoplight’s estimated Share of Search among API documentation platforms worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 1.8% to 0.87% in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Scalar worldwide rose 27% over 11 measured months, from 2.4K to 3K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for ReadMe worldwide fell 47.6% over 11 measured months, from 1.3K to 660 in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Redocly worldwide fell 33.3% over 11 measured months, from 8.1K to 5.4K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | API documentation platforms | 1.3K | 3.2% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | API documentation platforms | 1.1K | 3.2% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | API documentation platforms | 1K | 2.7% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | API documentation platforms | 1.1K | 2.9% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | API documentation platforms | 1.2K | 3.5% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | API documentation platforms | 1.2K | 2.9% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | API documentation platforms | 1K | 2.3% | 4 |
| May 2026 | API documentation platforms | 920 | 2.7% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | API documentation platforms | 940 | 2.2% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | API documentation platforms | 820 | 2.2% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | API documentation platforms | 660 | 1.8% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | API documentation platforms | — | — | — |

## How is ReadMe measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using ReadMe’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.

- “api documentation readme”
- “readme api”
- “readme api documentation”
- “readme com”
- “readme documentation”

## Which API documentation platforms compete with ReadMe?

- [Mintlify](/demand/global-en/brands/mintlify): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/mintlify-vs-readme
- [Redocly](/demand/global-en/brands/redocly): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/readme-vs-redocly
- [Scalar](/demand/global-en/brands/scalar-api): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/readme-vs-scalar-api
- [Stoplight](/demand/global-en/brands/stoplight): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/readme-vs-stoplight

## Methodology

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

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "ReadMe: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/readme

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