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

Which is more popular in search, Looker or Metabase? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Business intelligence 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**: Looker and Metabase
- **Competitive set**: Business intelligence platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Looker Share of Search**: 3.1%
- **Metabase Share of Search**: 3.7%

## Which is more popular in search, Looker or Metabase?

- In August 2026, Metabase had more branded searches than Looker among business intelligence platforms worldwide. Metabase was estimated to have 111K branded searches compared to Looker’s 93.6K, and held a 3.7% Share of Search versus Looker’s 3.1%.
- The lead changed hands once in the 11 months ending August 2026: Metabase took it in June 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Looker’s estimated Share of Search among business intelligence platforms worldwide moved from 4.2% to 3.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 138K to 93.6K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Metabase’s estimated Share of Search among business intelligence platforms worldwide moved from 3.4% to 3.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 111K.

## How did search popularity change for business intelligence platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Looker worldwide fell 32.4% over 11 measured months, from 138K to 93.6K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Looker estimated searches | Looker Share of Search | Looker rank | Metabase estimated searches | Metabase Share of Search | Metabase rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 138K | 4.2% | 2 | 111K | 3.4% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 113K | 3.4% | 2 | 111K | 3.4% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 113K | 4.1% | 2 | 111K | 4.1% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 113K | 3.4% | 2 | 111K | 3.4% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 114K | 3.5% | 2 | 111K | 3.4% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 139K | 4.1% | 2 | 136K | 4% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 114K | 3.4% | 2 | 111K | 3.3% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 114K | 3.4% | 2 | 111K | 3.3% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 94K | 3.2% | 3 | 111K | 3.8% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 94K | 3.1% | 3 | 111K | 3.7% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 93.6K | 3.1% | 3 | 111K | 3.7% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Looker’s and Metabase’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.

- **Looker**: Measured on the search terms “looker”, “looker app”, “looker business intelligence” and “looker software”, summed into one figure.
- **Metabase**: Measured on the search terms “metabase”, “metabase app”, “metabase business intelligence”, “metabase com” and “metabase software”, summed into one figure.

- [Looker profile](/demand/global-en/brands/looker)
- [Metabase profile](/demand/global-en/brands/metabase)
- [All business intelligence platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/business-intelligence-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 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, Looker or Metabase?

In August 2026, Metabase had more branded searches than Looker among business intelligence platforms worldwide. Metabase was estimated to have 111K branded searches compared to Looker’s 93.6K, and held a 3.7% Share of Search versus Looker’s 3.1%.

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