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

Which is more popular in search, Heap or PostHog? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Product 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**: Heap and PostHog
- **Competitive set**: Product analytics platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Heap Share of Search**: 0.31%
- **PostHog Share of Search**: 67.2%

## Which is more popular in search, Heap or PostHog?

- In August 2026, PostHog had more branded searches than Heap among product analytics platforms worldwide. PostHog was estimated to have 203K branded searches compared to Heap’s 930, and held a 67.2% Share of Search versus Heap’s 0.31%.
- PostHog was ahead of Heap in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Heap’s estimated Share of Search among product analytics platforms worldwide moved from 0.95% to 0.31%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.5K to 930.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, PostHog’s estimated Share of Search among product analytics platforms worldwide moved from 42.4% to 67.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 111K to 203K.

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

- In August 2026, PostHog gained estimated Share of Search among product analytics platforms worldwide, from 65.5% to 67.2%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Heap worldwide fell 62.7% over 11 measured months, from 2.5K to 930 in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Heap estimated searches | Heap Share of Search | Heap rank | PostHog estimated searches | PostHog Share of Search | PostHog rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 2.5K | 0.95% | 6 | 111K | 42.4% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 2.5K | 0.81% | 6 | 111K | 35.9% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 1.7K | 0.65% | 6 | 111K | 42.6% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 1.7K | 0.59% | 6 | 136K | 47.8% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 1.4K | 0.71% | 6 | 91.8K | 47.1% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 1.4K | 0.48% | 6 | 167K | 58.3% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 2.5K | 1.1% | 6 | 112K | 48.5% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 930 | 0.4% | 6 | 137K | 58.6% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 4.5K | 1.3% | 6 | 203K | 61.4% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 1.4K | 0.44% | 6 | 203K | 65.5% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 930 | 0.31% | 6 | 203K | 67.2% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Heap’s and PostHog’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.

- **Heap**: Measured on the search terms “heap analytics” and “heap product analytics”, summed into one figure.
- **PostHog**: Measured on the search terms “posthog” and “posthog analytics”, summed into one figure.

- [Heap profile](/demand/global-en/brands/heap)
- [PostHog profile](/demand/global-en/brands/posthog)
- [All product analytics platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/product-analytics-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 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, Heap or PostHog?

In August 2026, PostHog had more branded searches than Heap among product analytics platforms worldwide. PostHog was estimated to have 203K branded searches compared to Heap’s 930, and held a 67.2% Share of Search versus Heap’s 0.31%.

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