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title: "Optimal Workshop: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand"
description: "Optimal Workshop is a user research platform that helps marketing teams test digital experiences with research participants. 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/optimal-workshop"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Optimal Workshop: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand

Optimal Workshop is a user research platform that helps marketing teams test digital experiences with research participants. 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**: Optimal Workshop
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among UX research tools**: 41.7%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UX research tools | 1 | 41.7% | 450 |

- [UX research tools](/demand/nz/categories/nz-ux-research-tools)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Optimal Workshop in New Zealand rose from 370 to 450.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Optimal Workshop’s estimated Share of Search among UX research tools in New Zealand decreased from 45.1% to 41.7%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Optimal Workshop’s estimated Share of Search among UX research tools in New Zealand peaked at 45.1% in October 2025 and was lowest at 28.4% in June 2026.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand UX research tools in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Optimal Workshop overtook UserTesting to take the highest estimated Share of Search among UX research tools in New Zealand, at 41.7%.
- In August 2026, Lyssna gained estimated Share of Search among UX research tools in New Zealand, from 8% to 11.1%.
- In August 2026, UserTesting lost estimated Share of Search among UX research tools in New Zealand, from 53.4% to 41.7%.
- In August 2026, Maze lost estimated Share of Search among UX research tools in New Zealand, from 8% to 4.6%.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | UX research tools | 370 | 45.1% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | UX research tools | 320 | 36.8% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | UX research tools | 190 | 31.1% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | UX research tools | 270 | 31.8% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | UX research tools | 320 | 37.2% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | UX research tools | 360 | 39.1% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | UX research tools | 230 | 32.4% | 2 |
| May 2026 | UX research tools | 260 | 34.7% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | UX research tools | 250 | 28.4% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | UX research tools | 260 | 29.5% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | UX research tools | 450 | 41.7% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | UX research tools | — | — | — |

## How is Optimal Workshop measured?

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

- “optimal sort”
- “optimal workshop”
- “optimal workshop nz”
- “optimalworkshop”
- “optimalworkshop com”
- “treejack”

## Which UX research tools compete with Optimal Workshop?

- [UserTesting](/demand/nz/brands/usertesting): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/optimal-workshop-vs-usertesting
- [Lyssna](/demand/nz/brands/lyssna): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/lyssna-vs-optimal-workshop
- [Maze](/demand/nz/brands/maze): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/maze-vs-optimal-workshop
- [Dovetail](/demand/nz/brands/dovetail): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/dovetail-vs-optimal-workshop

## 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. "Optimal Workshop: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/brands/optimal-workshop

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