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title: "Banana Boat vs Ultra Violette: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Banana Boat or Ultra Violette? 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."
canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/banana-boat-vs-ultra-violette"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Banana Boat vs Ultra Violette: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Banana Boat or Ultra Violette? 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 Ultra Violette
- **Competitive set**: Sunscreen brands
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Banana Boat Share of Search**: 3.4%
- **Ultra Violette Share of Search**: 6.6%

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

- In September 2026, Ultra Violette had more branded searches than Banana Boat among sunscreen brands worldwide. Ultra Violette was estimated to have 279K branded searches compared to Banana Boat’s 143K, and held a 6.6% Share of Search versus Banana Boat’s 3.4%.
- The lead changed hands 4 times in the 12 months ending September 2026: Banana Boat took it in December 2025, Ultra Violette took it in March 2026, Banana Boat took it in April 2026, Ultra Violette took it in May 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, Ultra Violette’s estimated Share of Search among sunscreen brands worldwide moved from 4.9% to 6.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 202K to 279K.

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

- In September 2026, Ultra Violette gained estimated Share of Search among sunscreen brands worldwide, from 4.6% to 6.6%.
- 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 | Ultra Violette estimated searches | Ultra Violette Share of Search | Ultra Violette rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 192K | 4.6% | 5 | 202K | 4.9% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | 132K | 2.8% | 6 | 157K | 3.4% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 162K | 3.5% | 4 | 153K | 3.3% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 192K | 4% | 4 | 160K | 3.3% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 162K | 3.6% | 4 | 134K | 3% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 206K | 3.7% | 6 | 222K | 4% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | 226K | 4% | 5 | 209K | 3.7% | 6 |
| May 2026 | 226K | 3.9% | 6 | 280K | 4.8% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 226K | 4.4% | 6 | 320K | 6.2% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | 215K | 4.2% | 6 | 265K | 5.1% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | 206K | 4.1% | 5 | 229K | 4.6% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | 143K | 3.4% | 5 | 279K | 6.6% | 4 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Banana Boat’s and Ultra Violette’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.
- **Ultra Violette**: Measured on the search terms “ultra violette”, “ultra violette spf”, “ultra violette sunscreen”, “ultraviolette” and “ultraviolette sunscreen”, summed into one figure.

- [Banana Boat profile](/demand/global-en/brands/banana-boat)
- [Ultra Violette profile](/demand/global-en/brands/ultra-violette)
- [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 Ultra Violette?

In September 2026, Ultra Violette had more branded searches than Banana Boat among sunscreen brands worldwide. Ultra Violette was estimated to have 279K branded searches compared to Banana Boat’s 143K, and held a 6.6% Share of Search versus Banana Boat’s 3.4%.

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