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title: "Metabase vs Qlik: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Metabase or Qlik? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Data visualisation platforms 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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# Metabase vs Qlik: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Metabase or Qlik? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Data visualisation platforms 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**: Metabase and Qlik
- **Competitive set**: Data visualisation platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Metabase Share of Search**: 16.6%
- **Qlik Share of Search**: 11%

## Which is more popular in search, Metabase or Qlik?

- In August 2026, Metabase had more branded searches than Qlik among data visualisation platforms worldwide. Metabase was estimated to have 111K branded searches compared to Qlik’s 74K, and held a 16.6% Share of Search versus Qlik’s 11%.
- Metabase was ahead of Qlik in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Metabase’s estimated Share of Search among data visualisation platforms worldwide moved from 15.3% to 16.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 111K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Qlik’s estimated Share of Search among data visualisation platforms worldwide moved from 15.2% to 11%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 110K to 74K.

## How did search popularity change for data visualisation platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Metabase lost estimated Share of Search among data visualisation platforms worldwide, from 18.8% to 16.6%.
- In August 2026, Qlik lost estimated Share of Search among data visualisation platforms worldwide, from 12.6% to 11%.

## Month by month

| Month | Metabase estimated searches | Metabase Share of Search | Metabase rank | Qlik estimated searches | Qlik Share of Search | Qlik rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 111K | 15.3% | 2 | 110K | 15.2% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 111K | 17.8% | 2 | 90.5K | 14.6% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 111K | 16% | 2 | 90.5K | 13% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 111K | 15.6% | 2 | 90.5K | 12.7% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 111K | 17.6% | 2 | 90.5K | 14.4% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 136K | 18.4% | 2 | 90.5K | 12.3% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 111K | 15.8% | 2 | 90.5K | 12.9% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 111K | 16% | 2 | 90.5K | 13.1% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 111K | 16% | 2 | 90.5K | 13.1% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 111K | 18.8% | 2 | 74K | 12.6% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 111K | 16.6% | 2 | 74K | 11% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Metabase’s and Qlik’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.

- **Metabase**: Measured on the search terms “metabase”, “metabase app”, “metabase business intelligence”, “metabase com” and “metabase software”, summed into one figure.
- **Qlik**: Measured on the search term “qlik”.

- [Metabase profile](/demand/global-en/brands/metabase)
- [Qlik profile](/demand/global-en/brands/qlik)
- [All data visualisation platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/data-visualisation-platforms): 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, Metabase or Qlik?

In August 2026, Metabase had more branded searches than Qlik among data visualisation platforms worldwide. Metabase was estimated to have 111K branded searches compared to Qlik’s 74K, and held a 16.6% Share of Search versus Qlik’s 11%.

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