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title: "Banana Boat vs Nivea: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Banana Boat or Nivea? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Sunscreen brands 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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# Banana Boat vs Nivea: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Banana Boat or Nivea? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Sunscreen brands 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**: Banana Boat and Nivea
- **Competitive set**: Sunscreen brands
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Banana Boat Share of Search**: 3.4%
- **Nivea Share of Search**: 18.5%

## Which is more popular in search, Banana Boat or Nivea?

- In September 2026, Nivea had more branded searches than Banana Boat among sunscreen brands worldwide. Nivea was estimated to have 783K branded searches compared to Banana Boat’s 143K, and held an 18.5% Share of Search versus Banana Boat’s 3.4%.
- Nivea 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 estimated Share of Search among sunscreen brands worldwide moved from 4.6% to 3.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 192K to 143K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Nivea’s estimated Share of Search among sunscreen brands worldwide moved from 15.9% to 18.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 660K to 783K.

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

- In September 2026, Nivea gained estimated Share of Search among sunscreen brands worldwide, from 16.2% to 18.5%.
- In September 2026, Banana Boat lost estimated Share of Search among sunscreen brands worldwide, from 4.1% to 3.4%.

## Month by month

| Month | Banana Boat estimated searches | Banana Boat Share of Search | Banana Boat rank | Nivea estimated searches | Nivea Share of Search | Nivea rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 192K | 4.6% | 5 | 660K | 15.9% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 132K | 2.8% | 6 | 808K | 17.3% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 162K | 3.5% | 4 | 685K | 14.8% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 192K | 4% | 4 | 808K | 16.9% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 162K | 3.6% | 4 | 685K | 15.1% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 206K | 3.7% | 6 | 685K | 12.4% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 226K | 4% | 5 | 685K | 12.2% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 226K | 3.9% | 6 | 685K | 11.8% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 226K | 4.4% | 6 | 660K | 12.9% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 215K | 4.2% | 6 | 933K | 18.1% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 206K | 4.1% | 5 | 808K | 16.2% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | 143K | 3.4% | 5 | 783K | 18.5% | 3 |

## How each brand is measured

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

- **Banana Boat**: Measured on the search terms “banana boat” and “banana boat spf”, summed into one figure.
- **Nivea**: Measured on the search terms “nivea” and “nivea creme”, summed into one figure.

- [Banana Boat profile](/demand/global-en/brands/banana-boat)
- [Nivea profile](/demand/global-en/brands/nivea)
- [All sunscreen brands worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/sunscreen-brands): The set both shares are measured inside, 11 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, Banana Boat or Nivea?

In September 2026, Nivea had more branded searches than Banana Boat among sunscreen brands worldwide. Nivea was estimated to have 783K branded searches compared to Banana Boat’s 143K, and held an 18.5% Share of Search versus Banana Boat’s 3.4%.

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