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title: "FlightAware: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand"
description: "FlightAware is a flight tracking app. 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/flightaware"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# FlightAware: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand

FlightAware is a flight tracking app. 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**: FlightAware
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among flight tracking apps**: 15.9%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Flight tracking apps | 2 | 15.9% | 6.3K |

- [Flight tracking apps](/demand/nz/categories/nz-flight-tracking-apps)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for FlightAware in New Zealand fell from 7.7K to 6.3K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, FlightAware’s estimated Share of Search among flight tracking apps in New Zealand decreased from 17.4% to 15.9%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, FlightAware’s estimated Share of Search among flight tracking apps in New Zealand peaked at 20.1% in December 2025 and was lowest at 14.4% in March 2026.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand flight tracking apps in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Flightradar24 gained estimated Share of Search among flight tracking apps in New Zealand, from 79.3% to 81.3%.
- In August 2026, FlightAware lost estimated Share of Search among flight tracking apps in New Zealand, from 17.9% to 15.9%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Plane Finder in New Zealand fell 24.7% over 11 measured months, from 970 to 730 in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Flighty in New Zealand fell 17.8% over 11 measured months, from 450 to 370 in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Flight tracking apps | 7.7K | 17.4% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | Flight tracking apps | 7.6K | 19.5% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | Flight tracking apps | 9.3K | 20.1% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | Flight tracking apps | 9.1K | 20% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | Flight tracking apps | 7.3K | 16.8% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | Flight tracking apps | 8.9K | 14.4% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | Flight tracking apps | 7.2K | 16.8% | 2 |
| May 2026 | Flight tracking apps | 6.1K | 14.6% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | Flight tracking apps | 6.2K | 15.7% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | Flight tracking apps | 7.7K | 17.9% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | Flight tracking apps | 6.3K | 15.9% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | Flight tracking apps | — | — | — |

## How is FlightAware measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using FlightAware’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.

- “24 flightaware”
- “flightaware”
- “flightaware apps”
- “flightaware com”
- “flightaware flight status”
- “flightaware international”
- “flightaware live”
- “flightaware live flight tracker”
- “flightaware near me”
- “flightaware nz”
- “flightaware online”
- “flightaware tracker”

## Which flight tracking apps compete with FlightAware?

- [Flightradar24](/demand/nz/brands/flightradar24): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/flightaware-vs-flightradar24
- [Plane Finder](/demand/nz/brands/plane-finder): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/flightaware-vs-plane-finder
- [Flighty](/demand/nz/brands/flighty): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/flightaware-vs-flighty

## 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. "FlightAware: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/brands/flightaware

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