---
title: "Mintlify vs Postman: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Mintlify or Postman? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the API documentation tools 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."
canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/mintlify-vs-postman"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# Mintlify vs Postman: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Mintlify or Postman? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the API documentation tools 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**: Mintlify and Postman
- **Competitive set**: API documentation tools
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Mintlify Share of Search**: 2.5%
- **Postman Share of Search**: 78.3%

## Which is more popular in search, Mintlify or Postman?

- In August 2026, Postman had more branded searches than Mintlify among API documentation tools worldwide. Postman was estimated to have 846K branded searches compared to Mintlify’s 27.3K, and held a 78.3% Share of Search versus Mintlify’s 2.5%.
- Postman was ahead of Mintlify in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Mintlify’s estimated Share of Search among API documentation tools worldwide moved from 1.8% to 2.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 27.2K to 27.3K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Postman’s estimated Share of Search among API documentation tools worldwide moved from 81.5% to 78.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 1.3M to 846K.

## How did search popularity change for API documentation tools worldwide in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Postman worldwide fell 32.4% over 11 measured months, from 1.3M to 846K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Mintlify estimated searches | Mintlify Share of Search | Mintlify rank | Postman estimated searches | Postman Share of Search | Postman rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 27.2K | 1.8% | 3 | 1.3M | 81.5% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 22.3K | 1.7% | 3 | 1M | 78.8% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 27.2K | 2.1% | 3 | 1M | 78.4% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 27.2K | 2% | 3 | 1M | 75.3% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 22.3K | 1.7% | 3 | 1M | 78.8% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 27.3K | 2.1% | 3 | 1M | 78.4% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 33.3K | 2.5% | 3 | 1M | 78.1% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 22.4K | 2.1% | 3 | 845K | 78.5% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 33.3K | 3.1% | 3 | 846K | 77.8% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 27.3K | 2.5% | 3 | 846K | 78.3% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 27.3K | 2.5% | 3 | 846K | 78.3% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Mintlify’s and Postman’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.

- **Mintlify**: Measured on the search terms “mintlify”, “mintlify app” and “mintlify com”, summed into one figure.
- **Postman**: Measured on the search terms “api testing postman”, “postman”, “postman api” and “postman com”, summed into one figure.

- [Mintlify profile](/demand/global-en/brands/mintlify)
- [Postman profile](/demand/global-en/brands/postman)
- [All API documentation tools worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/api-documentation-tools): 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, Mintlify or Postman?

In August 2026, Postman had more branded searches than Mintlify among API documentation tools worldwide. Postman was estimated to have 846K branded searches compared to Mintlify’s 27.3K, and held a 78.3% Share of Search versus Mintlify’s 2.5%.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Mintlify vs Postman: Which is more popular by branded search?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/mintlify-vs-postman

This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/mintlify-vs-postman. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.