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title: "NATS vs ZeroMQ: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, NATS or ZeroMQ? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Message queue 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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# NATS vs ZeroMQ: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, NATS or ZeroMQ? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Message queue 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**: NATS and ZeroMQ
- **Competitive set**: Message queue platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **NATS Share of Search**: 0.73%
- **ZeroMQ Share of Search**: 8.2%

## Which is more popular in search, NATS or ZeroMQ?

- In August 2026, ZeroMQ had more branded searches than NATS among message queue platforms worldwide. ZeroMQ was estimated to have 8.1K branded searches compared to NATS’s 720, and held an 8.2% Share of Search versus NATS’s 0.73%.
- ZeroMQ was ahead of NATS in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, NATS’s estimated Share of Search among message queue platforms worldwide moved from 0.5% to 0.73%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 880 to 720.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, ZeroMQ’s estimated Share of Search among message queue platforms worldwide moved from 8.3% to 8.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 14.8K to 8.1K.

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

- In August 2026, Amazon SQS overtook ZeroMQ to rank 3rd among message queue platforms worldwide, at 8.2%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for ZeroMQ worldwide fell 45.3% over 11 measured months, from 14.8K to 8.1K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for NATS worldwide fell 18.2% over 11 measured months, from 880 to 720 in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | NATS estimated searches | NATS Share of Search | NATS rank | ZeroMQ estimated searches | ZeroMQ Share of Search | ZeroMQ rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 880 | 0.5% | 5 | 14.8K | 8.3% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 880 | 0.6% | 5 | 14.8K | 10% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 720 | 0.51% | 5 | 12.1K | 8.6% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 720 | 0.5% | 5 | 14.8K | 10.2% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 720 | 0.5% | 5 | 12.1K | 8.5% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 880 | 0.6% | 5 | 14.8K | 10% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 720 | 0.55% | 5 | 12.1K | 9.2% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 720 | 0.59% | 5 | 12.1K | 10% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 720 | 0.6% | 5 | 9.9K | 8.3% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 720 | 0.6% | 5 | 9.9K | 8.3% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 720 | 0.73% | 5 | 8.1K | 8.2% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using NATS’s and ZeroMQ’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.

- **NATS**: Measured on the search term “nats messaging”.
- **ZeroMQ**: Measured on the search term “zeromq”.

- [NATS profile](/demand/global-en/brands/nats)
- [ZeroMQ profile](/demand/global-en/brands/zeromq)
- [All message queue platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/message-queue-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, NATS or ZeroMQ?

In August 2026, ZeroMQ had more branded searches than NATS among message queue platforms worldwide. ZeroMQ was estimated to have 8.1K branded searches compared to NATS’s 720, and held an 8.2% Share of Search versus NATS’s 0.73%.

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