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

Which is more popular in search, Cube or Metabase? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Embedded analytics 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**: Cube and Metabase
- **Competitive set**: Embedded analytics platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Cube Share of Search**: 0.63%
- **Metabase Share of Search**: 53.8%

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

- In August 2026, Metabase had more branded searches than Cube among embedded analytics platforms worldwide. Metabase was estimated to have 111K branded searches compared to Cube’s 1.3K, and held a 53.8% Share of Search versus Cube’s 0.63%.
- Metabase was ahead of Cube in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Cube’s estimated Share of Search among embedded analytics platforms worldwide moved from 0.29% to 0.63%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 720 to 1.3K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Metabase’s estimated Share of Search among embedded analytics platforms worldwide moved from 44.3% to 53.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 111K.

## How did search popularity change for embedded analytics platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- Metabase’s estimated Share of Search among embedded analytics platforms worldwide has gained ground for 3 months in a row, from 48.9% to 53.8% in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Cube worldwide rose 80.6% over 11 measured months, from 720 to 1.3K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Cube estimated searches | Cube Share of Search | Cube rank | Metabase estimated searches | Metabase Share of Search | Metabase rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 720 | 0.29% | 3 | 111K | 44.3% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | 590 | 0.26% | 3 | 111K | 49.3% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 720 | 0.32% | 3 | 111K | 49.4% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 880 | 0.39% | 3 | 111K | 49.2% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 880 | 0.39% | 3 | 111K | 49.1% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 1.3K | 0.47% | 3 | 136K | 49.2% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 1.3K | 0.57% | 3 | 111K | 49% | 2 |
| May 2026 | 1.6K | 0.71% | 3 | 111K | 48.9% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 1.6K | 0.77% | 3 | 111K | 53.6% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 1.3K | 0.63% | 3 | 111K | 53.7% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 1.3K | 0.63% | 3 | 111K | 53.8% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

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

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

- [Cube profile](/demand/global-en/brands/cube-cloud)
- [Metabase profile](/demand/global-en/brands/metabase)
- [All embedded analytics platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/embedded-analytics-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, Cube or Metabase?

In August 2026, Metabase had more branded searches than Cube among embedded analytics platforms worldwide. Metabase was estimated to have 111K branded searches compared to Cube’s 1.3K, and held a 53.8% Share of Search versus Cube’s 0.63%.

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