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title: "Hoppscotch vs Insomnia: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Hoppscotch or Insomnia? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the API clients set worldwide. 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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# Hoppscotch vs Insomnia: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Hoppscotch or Insomnia? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the API clients set worldwide. 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**: Hoppscotch and Insomnia
- **Competitive set**: API clients
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Hoppscotch Share of Search**: 0.28%
- **Insomnia Share of Search**: 1.1%

## Which is more popular in search, Hoppscotch or Insomnia?

- In August 2026, Insomnia had more branded searches than Hoppscotch among API clients worldwide. Insomnia was estimated to have 9.5K branded searches compared to Hoppscotch’s 2.5K, and held a 1.1% Share of Search versus Hoppscotch’s 0.28%.
- Insomnia was ahead of Hoppscotch in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Hoppscotch’s estimated Share of Search among API clients worldwide moved from 0.16% to 0.28%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.1K to 2.5K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Insomnia’s estimated Share of Search among API clients worldwide moved from 1.9% to 1.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 24.1K to 9.5K.

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

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Hoppscotch worldwide rose 17.1% over 11 measured months, from 2.1K to 2.5K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Insomnia worldwide fell 60.6% over 11 measured months, from 24.1K to 9.5K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Hoppscotch estimated searches | Hoppscotch Share of Search | Hoppscotch rank | Insomnia estimated searches | Insomnia Share of Search | Insomnia rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 2.1K | 0.16% | 4 | 24.1K | 1.9% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 1.7K | 0.16% | 4 | 16.4K | 1.5% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 1.4K | 0.14% | 4 | 13.7K | 1.3% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 2.1K | 0.2% | 4 | 15.9K | 1.5% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 2.1K | 0.2% | 4 | 13.7K | 1.3% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 2.7K | 0.25% | 4 | 19.6K | 1.8% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 2.2K | 0.2% | 4 | 13.4K | 1.3% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 1.9K | 0.21% | 4 | 12.8K | 1.4% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 2.1K | 0.24% | 4 | 11K | 1.3% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 2.1K | 0.23% | 4 | 11.3K | 1.3% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 2.5K | 0.28% | 4 | 9.5K | 1.1% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Hoppscotch’s and Insomnia’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.

- **Hoppscotch**: Measured on the search terms “hoppscotch api”, “hoppscotch api testing” and “hoppscotch io”, summed into one figure.
- **Insomnia**: Measured on the search terms “api testing insomnia”, “insomnia api”, “insomnia api testing” and “insomnia rest”, summed into one figure.

- [Hoppscotch profile](/demand/global-en/brands/hoppscotch)
- [Insomnia profile](/demand/global-en/brands/insomnia-api)
- [All API clients worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/api-clients): 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, Hoppscotch or Insomnia?

In August 2026, Insomnia had more branded searches than Hoppscotch among API clients worldwide. Insomnia was estimated to have 9.5K branded searches compared to Hoppscotch’s 2.5K, and held a 1.1% Share of Search versus Hoppscotch’s 0.28%.

## Cite this page

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