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title: "Banana Boat vs Naked Sundays: Which is searched more in Australia?"
description: "Is Banana Boat or Naked Sundays more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Sunscreen brands set in Australia. 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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# Banana Boat vs Naked Sundays: Which is searched more in Australia?

Is Banana Boat or Naked Sundays more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Sunscreen brands set in Australia. 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**: Banana Boat and Naked Sundays
- **Competitive set**: Sunscreen brands
- **Market**: Australia
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Banana Boat Share of Search**: 2.8%
- **Naked Sundays Share of Search**: 5.2%

## Is Banana Boat or Naked Sundays more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Naked Sundays had more branded searches than Banana Boat among sunscreen brands in Australia. Naked Sundays had about 6,600 branded searches, while Banana Boat had 3,600. Naked Sundays made up 5.2% of all sunscreen brand searches we track, and Banana Boat accounted for 2.8%.
- Naked Sundays was ahead of Banana Boat in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Banana Boat’s share of searches among sunscreen brands in Australia moved from 5.2% to 2.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 6.6K to 3.6K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Naked Sundays’ share of searches among sunscreen brands in Australia moved from 7.8% to 5.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 9.9K to 6.6K.

## Top sunscreen brands in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and one Google AI Overview, neither Banana Boat nor Naked Sundays showed up in any of the four 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| La Roche-Posay | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 1 | 4 of 4 |
| Cancer Council | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 1 | 4 of 4 |
| Neutrogena | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 2 of 4 |
| Bondi Sands | 4th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 1 of 4 |
| Ultra Violette | Not ranked | 1 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 1 of 4 |
| Naked Sundays | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 4 |
| Banana Boat | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 4 |

## Every AI answer about sunscreen brands

- Asked ChatGPT "Which sunscreen brand is the best in Australia?": 1. Cancer Council, 2. La Roche-Posay, 3. Neutrogena
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best sunscreen brands in Australia?": 1. La Roche-Posay, 2. Cancer Council, 3. Neutrogena, 4. Bondi Sands
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best sunscreen in Australia for everyday use on the face?": 1. La Roche-Posay, 2. Cancer Council, 3. Ultra Violette
- Searched Google, AI Overview "best sunscreen": 1. La Roche-Posay, 2. Cancer Council

Not named in any answer: Naked Sundays and Banana Boat.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in Australia on October 22, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for Australia sunscreen brands in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Ultra Violette overtook Naked Sundays and Bondi Sands to rank 4th among sunscreen brands in Australia, with 6.3% of the searches.
- In September 2026, Naked Sundays lost share of searches among sunscreen brands in Australia, from 6.7% to 5.2%.
- Banana Boat’s share of searches among sunscreen brands in Australia has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 3.4% to 2.8% in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Banana Boat estimated searches | Banana Boat Share of Search | Banana Boat rank | Naked Sundays estimated searches | Naked Sundays Share of Search | Naked Sundays rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 6.6K | 5.2% | 6 | 9.9K | 7.8% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | 3.6K | 3.1% | 7 | 18.1K | 15.6% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 3.6K | 3.2% | 7 | 12.1K | 10.6% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 4.4K | 3.5% | 6 | 6.6K | 5.3% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 3.6K | 4.8% | 5 | 5.4K | 7.2% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | 2.9K | 3.9% | 7 | 5.4K | 7.3% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 2.9K | 3.6% | 5 | 5.4K | 6.7% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 2.9K | 4.4% | 6 | 4.4K | 6.6% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 2.4K | 3.4% | 7 | 8.1K | 11.4% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 2.4K | 3% | 7 | 4.4K | 5.5% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | 2.9K | 2.9% | 7 | 6.6K | 6.7% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | 3.6K | 2.8% | 7 | 6.6K | 5.2% | 5 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Banana Boat’s and Naked Sundays’ 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.

- **Banana Boat**: Measured on the search term “banana boat”.
- **Naked Sundays**: Measured on the search term “naked sundays”.

- [Banana Boat profile](/demand/au/brands/banana-boat)
- [Naked Sundays profile](/demand/au/brands/naked-sundays)
- [All sunscreen brands in Australia](/demand/au/categories/au-sunscreen-brands): The set both shares are measured inside, 7 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 Banana Boat or Naked Sundays more popular in search?

In September 2026, Naked Sundays had more branded searches than Banana Boat among sunscreen brands in Australia. Naked Sundays had about 6,600 branded searches, while Banana Boat had 3,600. Naked Sundays made up 5.2% of all sunscreen brand searches we track, and Banana Boat accounted for 2.8%.

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