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title: "Next Wave: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand"
description: "Next Wave provides digital marketing services 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/next-wave"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Next Wave: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand

Next Wave provides digital marketing services 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**: Next Wave
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among hamilton digital marketing agencies**: 1.3%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hamilton digital marketing agencies | 6 | 1.3% | 10 |

- [Hamilton digital marketing agencies](/demand/nz/categories/nz-hamilton-digital-marketing-agencies)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Next Wave in New Zealand held steady at 10.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Next Wave’s estimated Share of Search among hamilton digital marketing agencies in New Zealand peaked at 1.9% in January 2026 and was lowest at 0% in November 2025.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand hamilton digital marketing agencies in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Likeable Lab gained estimated Share of Search among hamilton digital marketing agencies in New Zealand, from 21.6% to 25%.
- In August 2026, Unbound gained estimated Share of Search among hamilton digital marketing agencies in New Zealand, from 6.8% to 8.8%.
- In August 2026, Bwd Media lost estimated Share of Search among hamilton digital marketing agencies in New Zealand, from 54.1% to 51.2%.
- In August 2026, Digital Stream lost estimated Share of Search among hamilton digital marketing agencies in New Zealand, from 14.9% to 12.5%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for CubeMedia in New Zealand fell 50% over 11 measured months, from 20 to 10 in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Hamilton digital marketing agencies | 10 | 1.2% | 6 |
| Nov 2025 | Hamilton digital marketing agencies | 0 | 0% | 6 |
| Dec 2025 | Hamilton digital marketing agencies | 10 | 1.5% | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | Hamilton digital marketing agencies | 10 | 1.9% | 6 |
| Feb 2026 | Hamilton digital marketing agencies | 0 | 0% | 6 |
| Mar 2026 | Hamilton digital marketing agencies | 0 | 0% | 6 |
| Apr 2026 | Hamilton digital marketing agencies | 10 | 0.99% | 6 |
| May 2026 | Hamilton digital marketing agencies | 0 | 0% | 6 |
| Jun 2026 | Hamilton digital marketing agencies | 10 | 0.92% | 6 |
| Jul 2026 | Hamilton digital marketing agencies | 10 | 1.4% | 6 |
| Aug 2026 | Hamilton digital marketing agencies | 10 | 1.3% | 6 |
| Sep 2026 | Hamilton digital marketing agencies | — | — | — |

## How is Next Wave measured?

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

- “next wave agency”

## Which hamilton digital marketing agencies compete with Next Wave?

- [Bwd Media](/demand/nz/brands/bwd-media): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/bwd-media-vs-next-wave
- [Likeable Lab](/demand/nz/brands/likeable-lab): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/likeable-lab-vs-next-wave
- [Digital Stream](/demand/nz/brands/digital-stream): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/digital-stream-vs-next-wave
- [Unbound](/demand/nz/brands/unbound): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/next-wave-vs-unbound
- [CubeMedia](/demand/nz/brands/cubemedia): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/cubemedia-vs-next-wave

## 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. "Next Wave: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/brands/next-wave

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