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title: "Base Backpackers: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand"
description: "Base Backpackers runs backpacker hostels in New Zealand. 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/nz/brands/base-backpackers"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# Base Backpackers: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand

Base Backpackers runs backpacker hostels in New Zealand. 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

- **Brand**: Base Backpackers
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among backpacker hostel chains**: 3.6%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Backpacker hostel chains | 4 | 3.6% | 80 |

- [Backpacker hostel chains](/demand/nz/categories/nz-backpacker-hostels)

## How has branded search demand for Base Backpackers changed in New Zealand over the last 12 months?

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Base Backpackers in New Zealand fell from 100 to 80.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Base Backpackers’ estimated Share of Search among backpacker hostel chains in New Zealand increased from 1.7% to 3.6%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Base Backpackers’ estimated Share of Search among backpacker hostel chains in New Zealand peaked at 3.6% in August 2026 and was lowest at 1.1% in February 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Base Backpackers rose from 5th to 4th among backpacker hostel chains in New Zealand.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand backpacker hostel chains in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Haka Lodge gained estimated Share of Search among backpacker hostel chains in New Zealand, from 19.3% to 21.6%.
- In August 2026, Jucy Snooze lost estimated Share of Search among backpacker hostel chains in New Zealand, from 5.3% to 2.7%.
- In August 2026, Base Backpackers rose from 5th to 4th among backpacker hostel chains in New Zealand.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Nomads in New Zealand fell 87% over 11 measured months, from 3.1K to 410 in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for YHA New Zealand in New Zealand fell 27.9% over 11 measured months, from 1.6K to 1.2K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Backpacker hostel chains | 100 | 1.7% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | Backpacker hostel chains | 120 | 1.7% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | Backpacker hostel chains | 80 | 1.5% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | Backpacker hostel chains | 140 | 2.1% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | Backpacker hostel chains | 70 | 1.1% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | Backpacker hostel chains | 80 | 1.6% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | Backpacker hostel chains | 60 | 1.5% | 5 |
| May 2026 | Backpacker hostel chains | 80 | 2.7% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | Backpacker hostel chains | 80 | 3.4% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | Backpacker hostel chains | 70 | 3.4% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | Backpacker hostel chains | 80 | 3.6% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | Backpacker hostel chains | — | — | — |

## How is Base Backpackers measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Base Backpackers’ name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “base backpackers”
- “base backpackers hostel”
- “base backpackers near me”
- “base backpackers nz”
- “base hostel”
- “basebackpackers”

## Which backpacker hostel chains compete with Base Backpackers?

- [YHA New Zealand](/demand/nz/brands/yha-new-zealand): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/base-backpackers-vs-yha-new-zealand
- [Haka Lodge](/demand/nz/brands/haka-lodge): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/base-backpackers-vs-haka-lodge
- [Nomads](/demand/nz/brands/nomads): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/base-backpackers-vs-nomads
- [Jucy Snooze](/demand/nz/brands/jucy-snooze): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/base-backpackers-vs-jucy-snooze

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Base Backpackers: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/brands/base-backpackers

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