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title: "Kafka vs Redis Streams: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Kafka or Redis Streams? 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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publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Kafka vs Redis Streams: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Kafka or Redis Streams? 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 Redis Streams
- **Competitive set**: Message queue services
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Kafka Share of Search**: 5.1%
- **Redis Streams Share of Search**: 5.1%

## Which is more popular in search, Kafka or Redis Streams?

- In August 2026, Kafka and Redis Streams were level on Share of Search among message queue services worldwide, with an estimated 5.4K branded searches each, at 5.1% estimated Share of Search each.
- Kafka was ahead of Redis Streams 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 5.2% to 5.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 9.9K to 5.4K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Redis Streams’ estimated Share of Search among message queue services worldwide moved from 4.3% to 5.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 8.1K to 5.4K.

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

- In August 2026, Kafka overtook Google Pub/Sub to rank 4th among message queue services worldwide, at 5.1%.
- In August 2026, Redis Streams overtook Google Pub/Sub to rank 5th among message queue services worldwide, at 5.1%.

## Month by month

| Month | Kafka estimated searches | Kafka Share of Search | Kafka rank | Redis Streams estimated searches | Redis Streams Share of Search | Redis Streams rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 9.9K | 5.2% | 4 | 8.1K | 4.3% | 6 |
| Nov 2025 | 8.1K | 5.2% | 5 | 8.1K | 5.2% | 6 |
| Dec 2025 | 8.1K | 5.4% | 4 | 6.6K | 4.4% | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | 8.1K | 5.3% | 4 | 8.1K | 5.3% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 8.1K | 5.3% | 4 | 6.6K | 4.4% | 6 |
| Mar 2026 | 8.1K | 5.2% | 5 | 8.1K | 5.2% | 6 |
| Apr 2026 | 6.6K | 4.8% | 5 | 6.6K | 4.8% | 6 |
| May 2026 | 6.6K | 5.2% | 4 | 6.6K | 5.2% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 6.6K | 5.2% | 4 | 5.4K | 4.3% | 6 |
| Jul 2026 | 5.4K | 4.3% | 5 | 5.4K | 4.3% | 6 |
| Aug 2026 | 5.4K | 5.1% | 4 | 5.4K | 5.1% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Kafka’s and Redis Streams’ 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”.
- **Redis Streams**: Measured on the search term “redis streams”.

- [Kafka profile](/demand/global-en/brands/kafka)
- [Redis Streams profile](/demand/global-en/brands/redis-streams)
- [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 Redis Streams?

In August 2026, Kafka and Redis Streams were level on Share of Search among message queue services worldwide, with an estimated 5.4K branded searches each, at 5.1% estimated Share of Search each.

## Cite this page

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