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title: "Firebase Cloud Messaging vs OneSignal: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Firebase Cloud Messaging or OneSignal? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Push notification 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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# Firebase Cloud Messaging vs OneSignal: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Firebase Cloud Messaging or OneSignal? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Push notification 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**: Firebase Cloud Messaging and OneSignal
- **Competitive set**: Push notification platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Firebase Cloud Messaging Share of Search**: 3.3%
- **OneSignal Share of Search**: 19.7%

## Which is more popular in search, Firebase Cloud Messaging or OneSignal?

- In August 2026, OneSignal had more branded searches than Firebase Cloud Messaging among push notification platforms worldwide. OneSignal was estimated to have 59.9K branded searches compared to Firebase Cloud Messaging’s 9.9K, and held a 19.7% Share of Search versus Firebase Cloud Messaging’s 3.3%.
- OneSignal was ahead of Firebase Cloud Messaging in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Firebase Cloud Messaging’s estimated Share of Search among push notification platforms worldwide moved from 3.5% to 3.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 12.1K to 9.9K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, OneSignal’s estimated Share of Search among push notification platforms worldwide moved from 18.9% to 19.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 64.8K to 59.9K.

## How did search popularity change for push notification platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Firebase Cloud Messaging worldwide fell 18.2% over 11 measured months, from 12.1K to 9.9K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Firebase Cloud Messaging estimated searches | Firebase Cloud Messaging Share of Search | Firebase Cloud Messaging rank | OneSignal estimated searches | OneSignal Share of Search | OneSignal rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 12.1K | 3.5% | 5 | 64.8K | 18.9% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 9.9K | 2.9% | 5 | 64.4K | 19% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 9.9K | 3.2% | 5 | 53.4K | 17.4% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | 9.9K | 2.8% | 5 | 65.1K | 18.6% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 9.9K | 3.1% | 5 | 53.8K | 16.9% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 12.1K | 3.6% | 5 | 65.7K | 19.6% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 9.9K | 3% | 5 | 65.1K | 19.7% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 9.9K | 3% | 5 | 65.3K | 19.8% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 9.9K | 3.1% | 5 | 63.6K | 19.7% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 9.9K | 3.2% | 5 | 60.6K | 19.8% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 9.9K | 3.3% | 5 | 59.9K | 19.7% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Firebase Cloud Messaging’s and OneSignal’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.

- **Firebase Cloud Messaging**: Measured on the search term “firebase cloud messaging”.
- **OneSignal**: Measured on the search terms “app onesignal”, “in app messaging onesignal”, “one signal”, “one signal notifications”, “one signal push”, “OneSignal”, “onesignal app”, “onesignal com”, “onesignal email”, “onesignal free plan”, “onesignal in app messaging”, “onesignal mobile push”, “onesignal notification”, “onesignal plans”, “onesignal pricing”, “onesignal push”, “onesignal push notification”, “onesignal sms”, “onesignal sms pricing”, “onesignal web”, “onesignal web push”, “onesignal web push notification” and “onesignal whatsapp”, summed into one figure.

- [Firebase Cloud Messaging profile](/demand/global-en/brands/firebase-cloud-messaging)
- [OneSignal profile](/demand/global-en/brands/onesignal)
- [All push notification platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/push-notification-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 7 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, Firebase Cloud Messaging or OneSignal?

In August 2026, OneSignal had more branded searches than Firebase Cloud Messaging among push notification platforms worldwide. OneSignal was estimated to have 59.9K branded searches compared to Firebase Cloud Messaging’s 9.9K, and held a 19.7% Share of Search versus Firebase Cloud Messaging’s 3.3%.

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