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title: "NIWA Weather: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand"
description: "NIWA Weather is a weather service used 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/niwa-weather"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# NIWA Weather: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand

NIWA Weather is a weather service used 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**: NIWA Weather
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among weather services**: 0.39%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Weather services | 5 | 0.39% | 2.6K |

- [Weather services](/demand/nz/categories/nz-weather-services)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for NIWA Weather in New Zealand fell from 4.7K to 2.6K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, NIWA Weather’s estimated Share of Search among weather services in New Zealand held steady, from 0.57% to 0.39%.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand weather services in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Yr gained estimated Share of Search among weather services in New Zealand, from 3.3% to 3.9%.
- In August 2026, Weatherwatch lost estimated Share of Search among weather services in New Zealand, from 3.2% to 2.5%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for NIWA Weather in New Zealand fell 45.6% over 11 measured months, from 4.7K to 2.6K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Windy in New Zealand fell 37.7% over 11 measured months, from 15K to 9.3K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for MetService in New Zealand fell 18.5% over 11 measured months, from 748K to 609K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Weather services | 4.7K | 0.57% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | Weather services | 3.9K | 0.48% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | Weather services | 5.7K | 0.58% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | Weather services | 5.8K | 0.58% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | Weather services | 4.7K | 0.69% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | Weather services | 3.9K | 0.57% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | Weather services | 5.7K | 0.55% | 5 |
| May 2026 | Weather services | 1.7K | 0.38% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | Weather services | 2K | 0.31% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | Weather services | 2.5K | 0.38% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | Weather services | 2.6K | 0.39% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | Weather services | — | — | — |

## How is NIWA Weather measured?

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

- “niwa forecast”
- “niwa weather”

## Which weather services compete with NIWA Weather?

- [MetService](/demand/nz/brands/metservice): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/metservice-vs-niwa-weather
- [Yr](/demand/nz/brands/yr): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/niwa-weather-vs-yr
- [Weatherwatch](/demand/nz/brands/weatherwatch): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/niwa-weather-vs-weatherwatch
- [Windy](/demand/nz/brands/windy): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/niwa-weather-vs-windy

## 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. "NIWA Weather: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/brands/niwa-weather

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