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title: "Shun: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand"
description: "Shun offers knives for food preparation. 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/shun-knives"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Shun: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand

Shun offers knives for food preparation. 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**: Shun
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among kitchen knife brands**: 5.5%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kitchen knife brands | 5 | 5.5% | 370 |

- [Kitchen knife brands](/demand/nz/categories/nz-kitchen-knife-brands)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Shun in New Zealand rose from 280 to 370.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Shun’s estimated Share of Search among kitchen knife brands in New Zealand peaked at 9.1% in March 2026 and was lowest at 5.5% in August 2026.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand kitchen knife brands in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Victorinox gained estimated Share of Search among kitchen knife brands in New Zealand, from 46.3% to 53%.
- In August 2026, Global Knives gained estimated Share of Search among kitchen knife brands in New Zealand, from 10.4% to 11.5%.
- In August 2026, WÜSTHOF lost estimated Share of Search among kitchen knife brands in New Zealand, from 28.1% to 22.6%.
- In August 2026, Shun lost estimated Share of Search among kitchen knife brands in New Zealand, from 6.9% to 5.5%.
- In August 2026, ZWILLING lost estimated Share of Search among kitchen knife brands in New Zealand, from 8.3% to 7.4%.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Kitchen knife brands | 280 | 5.9% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | Kitchen knife brands | 430 | 6.9% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | Kitchen knife brands | 550 | 7.4% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | Kitchen knife brands | 430 | 8.3% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | Kitchen knife brands | 340 | 8.1% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | Kitchen knife brands | 430 | 9.1% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | Kitchen knife brands | 380 | 7.5% | 5 |
| May 2026 | Kitchen knife brands | 380 | 7.3% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | Kitchen knife brands | 480 | 8.9% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | Kitchen knife brands | 490 | 6.9% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | Kitchen knife brands | 370 | 5.5% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | Kitchen knife brands | — | — | — |

## How is Shun measured?

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

- “kai knives shun”
- “shun chef knife”
- “shun japanese knives”
- “shun kitchen knives”
- “shun knife”
- “shun knife set”

## Which kitchen knife brands compete with Shun?

- [Victorinox](/demand/nz/brands/victorinox): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/shun-knives-vs-victorinox
- [WÜSTHOF](/demand/nz/brands/wusthof): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/shun-knives-vs-wusthof
- [Global Knives](/demand/nz/brands/global-knives-nz): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/global-knives-nz-vs-shun-knives
- [ZWILLING](/demand/nz/brands/zwilling): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/shun-knives-vs-zwilling

## 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. "Shun: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/brands/shun-knives

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