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title: "Kafka vs RabbitMQ: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Kafka or RabbitMQ? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Message queue services 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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# Kafka vs RabbitMQ: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Kafka or RabbitMQ? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Message queue services 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**: Kafka and RabbitMQ
- **Competitive set**: Message queue services
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Kafka Share of Search**: 5%
- **RabbitMQ Share of Search**: 68.4%

## Which is more popular in search, Kafka or RabbitMQ?

- In August 2026, RabbitMQ had more branded searches than Kafka among message queue services worldwide. RabbitMQ was estimated to have 74K branded searches compared to Kafka’s 5.4K, and held a 68.4% Share of Search versus Kafka’s 5%.
- RabbitMQ was ahead of Kafka in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Kafka’s estimated Share of Search among message queue services worldwide moved from 5.1% to 5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 9.9K to 5.4K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, RabbitMQ’s estimated Share of Search among message queue services worldwide moved from 69.9% to 68.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 135K to 74K.

## How did search popularity change for message queue services worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Kafka gained estimated Share of Search among message queue services worldwide, from 4.2% to 5%.
- In August 2026, RabbitMQ lost estimated Share of Search among message queue services worldwide, from 70.7% to 68.4%.

## Month by month

| Month | Kafka estimated searches | Kafka Share of Search | Kafka rank | RabbitMQ estimated searches | RabbitMQ Share of Search | RabbitMQ rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 9.9K | 5.1% | 5 | 135K | 69.9% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 8.1K | 5% | 5 | 110K | 68.2% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 8.1K | 5.3% | 5 | 110K | 71.7% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 8.1K | 5.2% | 5 | 110K | 70.2% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 8.1K | 5.2% | 5 | 110K | 70.8% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 8.1K | 5% | 5 | 110K | 68.2% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 6.6K | 4.6% | 5 | 90.5K | 63.5% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 6.6K | 5.1% | 5 | 90.5K | 69.4% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 6.6K | 5.1% | 5 | 90.5K | 70% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 5.4K | 4.2% | 5 | 90.5K | 70.7% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 5.4K | 5% | 5 | 74K | 68.4% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Kafka’s and RabbitMQ’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.

- **Kafka**: Measured on the search term “kafka streaming”.
- **RabbitMQ**: Measured on the search term “rabbitmq”.

- [Kafka profile](/demand/global-en/brands/kafka)
- [RabbitMQ profile](/demand/global-en/brands/rabbitmq)
- [All message queue services worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/message-queue-services): 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, Kafka or RabbitMQ?

In August 2026, RabbitMQ had more branded searches than Kafka among message queue services worldwide. RabbitMQ was estimated to have 74K branded searches compared to Kafka’s 5.4K, and held a 68.4% Share of Search versus Kafka’s 5%.

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