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title: "Cloudy Bay: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand"
description: "Cloudy Bay is a New Zealand wine brand. 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/cloudy-bay"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Cloudy Bay: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand

Cloudy Bay is a New Zealand wine brand. 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**: Cloudy Bay
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among wine brands**: 27.4%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wine brands | 1 | 27.4% | 8.4K |

- [Wine brands](/demand/nz/categories/nz-wine-brands)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Cloudy Bay in New Zealand fell from 11.7K to 8.4K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Cloudy Bay’s estimated Share of Search among wine brands in New Zealand decreased from 30.9% to 27.4%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Cloudy Bay’s estimated Share of Search among wine brands in New Zealand peaked at 41.7% in December 2025 and was lowest at 24.9% in June 2026.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand wine brands in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Yealands overtook Kim Crawford to rank 8th among wine brands in New Zealand, at 3.2%.
- In August 2026, Matua gained estimated Share of Search among wine brands in New Zealand, from 12.1% to 13.5%.
- In August 2026, Villa Maria gained estimated Share of Search among wine brands in New Zealand, from 6.7% to 7.3%.
- In August 2026, Church Road lost estimated Share of Search among wine brands in New Zealand, from 27.3% to 23.8%.
- Stoneleigh’s estimated Share of Search among wine brands in New Zealand has gained ground for 3 months in a row, from 2.8% to 4.2% in August 2026.
- In August 2026, Cloudy Bay rose from 2nd to 1st among wine brands in New Zealand.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Wine brands | 11.7K | 30.9% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | Wine brands | 18.3K | 41.6% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | Wine brands | 24.9K | 41.7% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | Wine brands | 22K | 40.7% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | Wine brands | 20.8K | 41.5% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | Wine brands | 17.1K | 35.6% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | Wine brands | 12.7K | 33.2% | 1 |
| May 2026 | Wine brands | 9.7K | 27.9% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | Wine brands | 7.4K | 24.9% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | Wine brands | 7.8K | 27.1% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | Wine brands | 8.4K | 27.4% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | Wine brands | — | — | — |

## How is Cloudy Bay measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Cloudy Bay’s 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.

- “cloudy bay”
- “cloudy bay champagne”
- “cloudy bay chardonnay”
- “cloudy bay marlborough”
- “cloudy bay near me”
- “cloudy bay nz”
- “cloudy bay online”
- “cloudy bay pelorus”
- “cloudy bay pelorus brut”
- “cloudy bay pelorus rose”
- “cloudy bay pinot”
- “cloudy bay sauvignon blanc price”
- “cloudy bay sav”
- “cloudy bay shed”
- “cloudy bay sparkling”
- “cloudy bay te koko”
- “cloudy bay te wahi”
- “cloudy bay wine”
- “cloudybay”
- “cloudybay com”
- “cloudybay wine”
- “sauvignon cloudy bay”
- “te koko o kupe cloudy bay”
- “the cloudy bay shed”

## Which wine brands compete with Cloudy Bay?

- [Church Road](/demand/nz/brands/church-road): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/church-road-vs-cloudy-bay
- [Matua](/demand/nz/brands/matua): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/cloudy-bay-vs-matua
- [Saint Clair](/demand/nz/brands/saint-clair): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/cloudy-bay-vs-saint-clair
- [Villa Maria](/demand/nz/brands/villa-maria): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/cloudy-bay-vs-villa-maria
- [Stoneleigh](/demand/nz/brands/stoneleigh): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/cloudy-bay-vs-stoneleigh
- [Oyster Bay](/demand/nz/brands/oyster-bay)
- [Yealands](/demand/nz/brands/yealands)
- [Kim Crawford](/demand/nz/brands/kim-crawford)
- [Mud House](/demand/nz/brands/mud-house)
- [Giesen](/demand/nz/brands/giesen)
- [Brancott Estate](/demand/nz/brands/brancott-estate)

## 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. "Cloudy Bay: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/brands/cloudy-bay

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