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title: "Exa vs Meilisearch: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Exa or Meilisearch more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Search API 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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# Exa vs Meilisearch: Which is searched more?

Is Exa or Meilisearch more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Search API 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**: Exa and Meilisearch
- **Competitive set**: Search API platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Exa Share of Search**: 4.2%
- **Meilisearch Share of Search**: 3.5%

## Is Exa or Meilisearch more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Exa had more branded searches than Meilisearch among search API platforms worldwide. Exa had about 21,400 branded searches, while Meilisearch had 18,100. Exa made up 4.2% of all search API platform searches we track, and Meilisearch accounted for 3.5%.
- The lead changed hands 3 times in the 12 months ending September 2026: Exa took it in December 2025, Meilisearch took it in March 2026, Exa took it in April 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Exa’s share of searches among search API platforms worldwide moved from 3.2% to 4.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 12.8K to 21.4K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Meilisearch’s share of searches among search API platforms worldwide moved from 6.8% to 3.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 27.1K to 18.1K.

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

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Exa worldwide rose 67.2% over 12 measured months, from 12.8K to 21.4K in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Meilisearch worldwide fell 33.2% over 12 measured months, from 27.1K to 18.1K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Exa estimated searches | Exa Share of Search | Exa rank | Meilisearch estimated searches | Meilisearch Share of Search | Meilisearch rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 12.8K | 3.2% | 9 | 27.1K | 6.8% | 6 |
| Nov 2025 | 10.5K | 2.8% | 9 | 22.2K | 5.9% | 6 |
| Dec 2025 | 25.1K | 6.4% | 6 | 22.2K | 5.6% | 7 |
| Jan 2026 | 26.6K | 5.3% | 7 | 22.2K | 4.4% | 8 |
| Feb 2026 | 22.5K | 3.8% | 7 | 22.2K | 3.8% | 8 |
| Mar 2026 | 24.7K | 3.4% | 8 | 27.1K | 3.8% | 7 |
| Apr 2026 | 26.2K | 3.9% | 7 | 22.2K | 3.3% | 8 |
| May 2026 | 24.7K | 4.2% | 7 | 22.2K | 3.8% | 8 |
| Jun 2026 | 24.7K | 4.2% | 7 | 22.2K | 3.8% | 8 |
| Jul 2026 | 20.2K | 3.9% | 7 | 18.1K | 3.5% | 8 |
| Aug 2026 | 21.4K | 4.1% | 7 | 18.1K | 3.5% | 8 |
| Sep 2026 | 21.4K | 4.2% | 7 | 18.1K | 3.5% | 8 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Exa’s and Meilisearch’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.

- **Exa**: Measured on the search terms “exa ai” and “exa search”, summed into one figure.
- **Meilisearch**: Measured on the search term “meilisearch”.

- [Exa profile](/demand/global-en/brands/exa)
- [Meilisearch profile](/demand/global-en/brands/meilisearch)
- [All search API platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/search-api-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 11 brands.

## Methodology

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

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Exa or Meilisearch more popular in search?

In September 2026, Exa had more branded searches than Meilisearch among search API platforms worldwide. Exa had about 21,400 branded searches, while Meilisearch had 18,100. Exa made up 4.2% of all search API platform searches we track, and Meilisearch accounted for 3.5%.

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