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

Which is more popular in search, Mintlify or Slate? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Developer documentation 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**: Mintlify and Slate
- **Competitive set**: Developer documentation platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Mintlify Share of Search**: 25%
- **Slate Share of Search**: 0.06%

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

- In August 2026, Mintlify had more branded searches than Slate among developer documentation platforms worldwide. Mintlify was estimated to have 27.3K branded searches compared to Slate’s 70, and held a 25% Share of Search versus Slate’s 0.06%.
- Mintlify was ahead of Slate 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 developer documentation platforms worldwide moved from 18.1% to 25%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 27.2K to 27.3K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Slate’s estimated Share of Search among developer documentation platforms worldwide moved from 0.09% to 0.06%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 140 to 70.

## How did search popularity change for developer documentation platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Docusaurus overtook Mintlify to rank 2nd among developer documentation platforms worldwide, at 30.3%.
- In August 2026, Mintlify lost estimated Share of Search among developer documentation platforms worldwide, from 26.4% to 25%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Slate worldwide fell 50% over 11 measured months, from 140 to 70 in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Mintlify estimated searches | Mintlify Share of Search | Mintlify rank | Slate estimated searches | Slate Share of Search | Slate rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 27.2K | 18.1% | 3 | 140 | 0.09% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 22.3K | 16.6% | 3 | 170 | 0.13% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 27.2K | 19.7% | 3 | 110 | 0.08% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 27.2K | 17.7% | 3 | 140 | 0.09% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 22.3K | 21.5% | 3 | 110 | 0.11% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 27.3K | 23.6% | 3 | 140 | 0.12% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 33.3K | 28.3% | 2 | 90 | 0.08% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 22.4K | 23.6% | 3 | 90 | 0.1% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 33.3K | 25.6% | 3 | 90 | 0.07% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 27.3K | 26.4% | 2 | 90 | 0.09% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 27.3K | 25% | 3 | 70 | 0.06% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Mintlify’s and Slate’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.
- **Slate**: Measured on the search term “slate docs”.

- [Mintlify profile](/demand/global-en/brands/mintlify)
- [Slate profile](/demand/global-en/brands/slate)
- [All developer documentation platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/developer-documentation-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, Mintlify or Slate?

In August 2026, Mintlify had more branded searches than Slate among developer documentation platforms worldwide. Mintlify was estimated to have 27.3K branded searches compared to Slate’s 70, and held a 25% Share of Search versus Slate’s 0.06%.

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