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title: "Swagger: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "Swagger is an API development tool. 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/swagger"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# Swagger: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

Swagger is an API development tool. 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**: Swagger
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among API documentation tools**: 18.6%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| API documentation tools | 2 | 18.6% | 201K |

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

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Swagger worldwide fell from 246K to 201K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Swagger’s estimated Share of Search among API documentation tools worldwide increased from 16% to 18.6%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Swagger’s estimated Share of Search among API documentation tools worldwide peaked at 22.1% in January 2026 and was lowest at 16% in October 2025.

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

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Stoplight worldwide fell 59% over 11 measured months, from 780 to 320 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.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Postman worldwide fell 32.4% over 11 measured months, from 1.3M to 846K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Swagger worldwide fell 18.3% over 11 measured months, from 246K to 201K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | API documentation tools | 246K | 16% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | API documentation tools | 246K | 18.9% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | API documentation tools | 246K | 18.8% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | API documentation tools | 301K | 22.1% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | API documentation tools | 246K | 18.9% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | API documentation tools | 246K | 18.8% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | API documentation tools | 246K | 18.7% | 2 |
| May 2026 | API documentation tools | 201K | 18.7% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | API documentation tools | 201K | 18.5% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | API documentation tools | 201K | 18.6% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | API documentation tools | 201K | 18.6% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | API documentation tools | — | — | — |

## How is Swagger measured?

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

- “swagger”

## Which API documentation tools compete with Swagger?

- [Postman](/demand/global-en/brands/postman): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/postman-vs-swagger
- [Mintlify](/demand/global-en/brands/mintlify): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/mintlify-vs-swagger
- [Redocly](/demand/global-en/brands/redocly): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/redocly-vs-swagger
- [ReadMe](/demand/global-en/brands/readme): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/readme-vs-swagger
- [Stoplight](/demand/global-en/brands/stoplight): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/stoplight-vs-swagger

## 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. "Swagger: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/swagger

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