---
title: "Google Meet: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand"
description: "Google Meet provides tools and services to host online video meetings. 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/google-meet"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# Google Meet: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand

Google Meet provides tools and services to host online video meetings. 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**: Google Meet
- **Owned by**: Google
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among video conferencing tools**: 54.5%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Video conferencing tools | 1 | 54.5% | 43.2K |

- [Video conferencing tools](/demand/nz/categories/nz-video-conferencing-tools)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Google Meet in New Zealand held steady, from 42.6K to 43.2K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Google Meet’s estimated Share of Search among video conferencing tools in New Zealand decreased from 58.4% to 54.5%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Google Meet’s estimated Share of Search among video conferencing tools in New Zealand peaked at 68% in December 2025 and was lowest at 47.8% in March 2026.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand video conferencing tools in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Google Meet gained estimated Share of Search among video conferencing tools in New Zealand, from 52.9% to 54.5%.
- In August 2026, Microsoft Teams lost estimated Share of Search among video conferencing tools in New Zealand, from 37.2% to 35.7%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Zoom in New Zealand rose 23.2% over 11 measured months, from 4.6K to 5.7K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Whereby in New Zealand rose 18.4% over 11 measured months, from 760 to 900 in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Video conferencing tools | 42.6K | 58.4% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | Video conferencing tools | 42.7K | 61.9% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | Video conferencing tools | 35K | 68% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | Video conferencing tools | 34.9K | 60.8% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | Video conferencing tools | 35.4K | 48.9% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | Video conferencing tools | 43.4K | 47.8% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | Video conferencing tools | 43.2K | 58.1% | 1 |
| May 2026 | Video conferencing tools | 52.2K | 57.2% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | Video conferencing tools | 43.6K | 49.5% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | Video conferencing tools | 43.1K | 52.9% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | Video conferencing tools | 43.2K | 54.5% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | Video conferencing tools | — | — | — |

## How is Google Meet measured?

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

- “free google meet”
- “google meet”
- “google meet app”
- “google meet calling”
- “google meet com”
- “google meet download”
- “google meet joining”
- “google meet meeting”
- “google meet online”
- “google meet video call”
- “googlemeet”
- “googlemeet app”
- “googlemeet meeting”
- “googlemeet video call”
- “joining google meet”
- “meet google com”

## Which video conferencing tools compete with Google Meet?

- [Microsoft Teams](/demand/nz/brands/microsoft-teams): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/google-meet-vs-microsoft-teams
- [Zoom](/demand/nz/brands/zoom): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/google-meet-vs-zoom
- [Webex](/demand/nz/brands/webex): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/google-meet-vs-webex
- [Whereby](/demand/nz/brands/whereby): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/google-meet-vs-whereby

## Who owns Google Meet?

Google Meet is owned by Google. Brandwave also tracks Chrome Remote Desktop, Display & Video 360, Firebase, Fitbit, Gmail, Google, Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Authenticator, Google BigQuery, Google Chat, Google Chrome, Google Chromecast, Google Classroom, Google Cloud, Google DeepMind, Google Drive, Google Family Link, Google Forms, Google Gemini, Google Keep, Google Maps, Google Maps Platform, Google Nest, Google Nest Wifi, Google Pixel, Google Slides, Google Translate, Google Workspace, Looker Studio, Snapseed, YouTube and YouTube Music, owned by the same company, in New Zealand.

- [Google](/demand/nz/companies/google): Owns 36 tracked 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

### Who owns Google Meet?

Google Meet is owned by Google. Brandwave also tracks Chrome Remote Desktop, Display & Video 360, Firebase, Fitbit, Gmail, Google, Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Authenticator, Google BigQuery, Google Chat, Google Chrome, Google Chromecast, Google Classroom, Google Cloud, Google DeepMind, Google Drive, Google Family Link, Google Forms, Google Gemini, Google Keep, Google Maps, Google Maps Platform, Google Nest, Google Nest Wifi, Google Pixel, Google Slides, Google Translate, Google Workspace, Looker Studio, Snapseed, YouTube and YouTube Music, owned by the same company, in New Zealand.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Google Meet: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/brands/google-meet

This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/brands/google-meet. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.
