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title: "OpenCart vs PrestaShop: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, OpenCart or PrestaShop? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Ecommerce store 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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publisher: "Brandwave"
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# OpenCart vs PrestaShop: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, OpenCart or PrestaShop? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Ecommerce store 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**: OpenCart and PrestaShop
- **Competitive set**: Ecommerce store platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **OpenCart Share of Search**: 0.31%
- **PrestaShop Share of Search**: 0.6%

## Which is more popular in search, OpenCart or PrestaShop?

- In August 2026, PrestaShop had more branded searches than OpenCart among ecommerce store platforms worldwide. PrestaShop was estimated to have 33.1K branded searches compared to OpenCart’s 16.8K, and held a 0.6% Share of Search versus OpenCart’s 0.31%.
- PrestaShop was ahead of OpenCart in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, OpenCart’s estimated Share of Search among ecommerce store platforms worldwide moved from 0.54% to 0.31%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 30.8K to 16.8K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, PrestaShop’s estimated Share of Search among ecommerce store platforms worldwide moved from 1.3% to 0.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 74K to 33.1K.

## How did search popularity change for ecommerce store platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for PrestaShop worldwide fell 55.3% over 11 measured months, from 74K to 33.1K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for OpenCart worldwide fell 45.6% over 11 measured months, from 30.8K to 16.8K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | OpenCart estimated searches | OpenCart Share of Search | OpenCart rank | PrestaShop estimated searches | PrestaShop Share of Search | PrestaShop rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 30.8K | 0.54% | 7 | 74K | 1.3% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | 30.8K | 0.55% | 7 | 60.5K | 1.1% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 25.2K | 0.45% | 7 | 60.5K | 1.1% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 25.2K | 0.45% | 8 | 60.5K | 1.1% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 25.2K | 0.46% | 6 | 60.5K | 1.1% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | 25.2K | 0.45% | 6 | 60.5K | 1.1% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | 24.6K | 0.45% | 6 | 49.5K | 0.9% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 20.6K | 0.37% | 6 | 49.5K | 0.9% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | 20.6K | 0.37% | 7 | 40.5K | 0.73% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 17.3K | 0.32% | 8 | 40.5K | 0.74% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 16.8K | 0.31% | 8 | 33.1K | 0.6% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using OpenCart’s and PrestaShop’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.

- **OpenCart**: Measured on the search terms “open cart”, “opencart” and “opencart ecommerce”, summed into one figure.
- **PrestaShop**: Measured on the search terms “presta shop” and “prestashop”, summed into one figure.

- [OpenCart profile](/demand/global-en/brands/opencart)
- [PrestaShop profile](/demand/global-en/brands/prestashop)
- [All ecommerce store platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/ecommerce-store-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 10 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, OpenCart or PrestaShop?

In August 2026, PrestaShop had more branded searches than OpenCart among ecommerce store platforms worldwide. PrestaShop was estimated to have 33.1K branded searches compared to OpenCart’s 16.8K, and held a 0.6% Share of Search versus OpenCart’s 0.31%.

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