--- title: "NATS vs Redis Streams: Which is searched more?" description: "Is NATS or Redis Streams more popular in search? 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." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/nats-vs-redis-streams" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # NATS vs Redis Streams: Which is searched more? Is NATS or Redis Streams more popular in search? 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**: NATS and Redis Streams - **Competitive set**: Message queue services - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **NATS Share of Search**: 0.57% - **Redis Streams Share of Search**: 4.3% ## Is NATS or Redis Streams more popular in search? - In September 2026, Redis Streams had more branded searches than NATS among message queue services worldwide. Redis Streams had about 5,400 branded searches, while NATS had 720. Redis Streams made up 4.3% of all message queue service searches we track, and NATS accounted for 0.57%. - Redis Streams was ahead of NATS in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, NATS’s share of searches among message queue services worldwide moved from 0.41% to 0.57%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 880 to 720. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Redis Streams’ share of searches among message queue services worldwide moved from 3.7% to 4.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 8.1K to 5.4K. ## Top message queue services in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, NATS was mentioned in three out of five: in two of the three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. Redis Streams did not appear in any of the five answers. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | RabbitMQ | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Amazon SQS | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Kafka | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Azure Service Bus | 4th | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Google Cloud Pub/Sub | 5th | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | NATS | 6th | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | ActiveMQ | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | ZeroMQ | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | Redis Streams | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | Google Pub/Sub | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about message queue services - Asked ChatGPT "Which message queue service should I use?": 1. Amazon SQS, 2. RabbitMQ, 3. Google Cloud Pub/Sub, 4. Azure Service Bus, 5. Kafka - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best message queue services?": 1. Amazon SQS, 2. RabbitMQ, 3. Kafka, 4. Google Cloud Pub/Sub, 5. Azure Service Bus, 6. NATS - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best message queue service for service-to-service messaging?": 1. Amazon SQS, 2. RabbitMQ, 3. NATS, 4. Kafka, 5. Azure Service Bus, 6. Google Cloud Pub/Sub - Searched Google, AI Overview "message queue services": 1. Kafka, 2. Azure Service Bus, 3. RabbitMQ - Searched Google, AI Overview "message broker service": 1. RabbitMQ, 2. Kafka, 3. Amazon SQS, 4. Google Cloud Pub/Sub, 5. NATS Not named in any answer: ActiveMQ, ZeroMQ, Redis Streams and Google Pub/Sub. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 21, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for message queue services worldwide in September 2026? - Estimated monthly branded searches for Redis Streams worldwide fell 33.3% over 12 measured months, from 8.1K to 5.4K in September 2026. - Estimated monthly branded searches for NATS worldwide fell 18.2% over 12 measured months, from 880 to 720 in September 2026. ## Month by month | Month | NATS estimated searches | NATS Share of Search | NATS rank | Redis Streams estimated searches | Redis Streams Share of Search | Redis Streams rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 880 | 0.41% | 10 | 8.1K | 3.7% | 7 | | Nov 2025 | 880 | 0.48% | 10 | 8.1K | 4.4% | 7 | | Dec 2025 | 720 | 0.41% | 10 | 6.6K | 3.8% | 7 | | Jan 2026 | 720 | 0.4% | 10 | 8.1K | 4.5% | 7 | | Feb 2026 | 720 | 0.41% | 10 | 6.6K | 3.7% | 7 | | Mar 2026 | 880 | 0.46% | 10 | 8.1K | 4.3% | 7 | | Apr 2026 | 720 | 0.42% | 10 | 6.6K | 3.9% | 7 | | May 2026 | 720 | 0.46% | 10 | 6.6K | 4.2% | 7 | | Jun 2026 | 720 | 0.48% | 10 | 5.4K | 3.6% | 7 | | Jul 2026 | 720 | 0.49% | 10 | 5.4K | 3.7% | 7 | | Aug 2026 | 720 | 0.57% | 10 | 5.4K | 4.3% | 7 | | Sep 2026 | 720 | 0.57% | 10 | 5.4K | 4.3% | 7 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using NATS’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. - **NATS**: Measured on the search term “nats messaging”. - **Redis Streams**: Measured on the search term “redis streams”. - [NATS profile](/demand/global-en/brands/nats) - [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, 10 brands. ## Methodology - [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is NATS or Redis Streams more popular in search? In September 2026, Redis Streams had more branded searches than NATS among message queue services worldwide. Redis Streams had about 5,400 branded searches, while NATS had 720. Redis Streams made up 4.3% of all message queue service searches we track, and NATS accounted for 0.57%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "NATS vs Redis Streams: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/nats-vs-redis-streams This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/nats-vs-redis-streams. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.