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title: "Postman vs Swagger: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Postman or Swagger? 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."
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# Postman vs Swagger: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Postman or Swagger? 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**: Postman and Swagger
- **Competitive set**: API documentation tools
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Postman Share of Search**: 78.3%
- **Swagger Share of Search**: 18.6%

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

- In August 2026, Postman had more branded searches than Swagger among API documentation tools worldwide. Postman was estimated to have 846K branded searches compared to Swagger’s 201K, and held a 78.3% Share of Search versus Swagger’s 18.6%.
- Postman was ahead of Swagger in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- 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.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Swagger’s estimated Share of Search among API documentation tools worldwide moved from 16% to 18.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 246K to 201K.

## 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.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Swagger worldwide fell 18.3% over 11 measured months, from 246K to 201K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Postman estimated searches | Postman Share of Search | Postman rank | Swagger estimated searches | Swagger Share of Search | Swagger rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 1.3M | 81.5% | 1 | 246K | 16% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | 1M | 78.8% | 1 | 246K | 18.9% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 1M | 78.4% | 1 | 246K | 18.8% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 1M | 75.3% | 1 | 301K | 22.1% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 1M | 78.8% | 1 | 246K | 18.9% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 1M | 78.4% | 1 | 246K | 18.8% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 1M | 78.1% | 1 | 246K | 18.7% | 2 |
| May 2026 | 845K | 78.5% | 1 | 201K | 18.7% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 846K | 77.8% | 1 | 201K | 18.5% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 846K | 78.3% | 1 | 201K | 18.6% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 846K | 78.3% | 1 | 201K | 18.6% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

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

- **Postman**: Measured on the search terms “api testing postman”, “postman”, “postman api” and “postman com”, summed into one figure.
- **Swagger**: Measured on the search term “swagger”.

- [Postman profile](/demand/global-en/brands/postman)
- [Swagger profile](/demand/global-en/brands/swagger)
- [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, Postman or Swagger?

In August 2026, Postman had more branded searches than Swagger among API documentation tools worldwide. Postman was estimated to have 846K branded searches compared to Swagger’s 201K, and held a 78.3% Share of Search versus Swagger’s 18.6%.

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