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title: "Morning Fresh vs Palmolive: Which is searched more in New Zealand?"
description: "Is Morning Fresh or Palmolive more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Dishwashing liquid brands set 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."
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# Morning Fresh vs Palmolive: Which is searched more in New Zealand?

Is Morning Fresh or Palmolive more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Dishwashing liquid brands set 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

- **Compared**: Morning Fresh and Palmolive
- **Competitive set**: Dishwashing liquid brands
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Morning Fresh Share of Search**: 13.2%
- **Palmolive Share of Search**: 51.7%

## Is Morning Fresh or Palmolive more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Palmolive had more branded searches than Morning Fresh among dishwashing liquid brands in New Zealand. Palmolive had about 1,250 branded searches, while Morning Fresh had 320. Palmolive made up 51.7% of all dishwashing liquid brand searches we track, and Morning Fresh accounted for 13.2%.
- Palmolive was ahead of Morning Fresh in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Morning Fresh’s share of searches among dishwashing liquid brands in New Zealand moved from 7% to 13.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 140 to 320.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Palmolive’s share of searches among dishwashing liquid brands in New Zealand moved from 49.3% to 51.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 990 to 1.3K.

## Top dishwashing liquid brands in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and one Google AI Overview, Palmolive appeared in all four answers. Morning Fresh was mentioned in three out of four: in all three ChatGPT answers, but not in the Google AI Overview. Morning Fresh was listed before Palmolive in every answer.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Morning Fresh | 1st | 3 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 3 of 4 |
| Palmolive | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 1 | 4 of 4 |
| Earthwise | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 3 of 4 |
| Fairy | 4th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 1 of 4 |
| Sunlight | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 4 |
| Ajax | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 4 |

## Every AI answer about dishwashing liquid brands

- Asked ChatGPT "Which dishwashing liquid brand should I buy in New Zealand?": 1. Morning Fresh, 2. Palmolive, 3. Earthwise
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best dishwashing liquid brands in New Zealand?": 1. Morning Fresh, 2. Palmolive, 3. Earthwise, 4. Fairy
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best dishwashing liquid brand in New Zealand for washing up?": 1. Morning Fresh, 2. Palmolive, 3. Earthwise
- Searched Google, AI Overview "dish soap nz": 1. Palmolive

Not named in any answer: Sunlight and Ajax.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in New Zealand on October 21, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand dishwashing liquid brands in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Morning Fresh gained share of searches among dishwashing liquid brands in New Zealand, from 12.5% to 13.2%.
- In September 2026, Palmolive lost share of searches among dishwashing liquid brands in New Zealand, from 54.7% to 51.7%.

## Month by month

| Month | Morning Fresh estimated searches | Morning Fresh Share of Search | Morning Fresh rank | Palmolive estimated searches | Palmolive Share of Search | Palmolive rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 140 | 7% | 4 | 990 | 49.3% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 140 | 8% | 4 | 820 | 47.1% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 140 | 8.6% | 4 | 820 | 50.6% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 210 | 11.1% | 4 | 920 | 48.7% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 170 | 10.4% | 4 | 750 | 46% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 260 | 12.9% | 4 | 1K | 50.2% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 260 | 13.1% | 3 | 1K | 51% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 390 | 18.6% | 2 | 1K | 49% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 320 | 15.1% | 3 | 1.1K | 50.5% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 320 | 12.6% | 4 | 1.3K | 51% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 320 | 12.5% | 3 | 1.4K | 54.7% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | 320 | 13.2% | 3 | 1.3K | 51.7% | 1 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Morning Fresh’s and Palmolive’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Morning Fresh**: Measured on the search terms “morning fresh” and “morningfresh”, summed into one figure.
- **Palmolive**: Measured on the search terms “dishwashing liquid palmolive”, “palmolive” and “palmolive dish soap”, summed into one figure.

- [Morning Fresh profile](/demand/nz/brands/morning-fresh)
- [Palmolive profile](/demand/nz/brands/palmolive)
- [All dishwashing liquid brands in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-dish-soap-brands): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Morning Fresh or Palmolive more popular in search?

In September 2026, Palmolive had more branded searches than Morning Fresh among dishwashing liquid brands in New Zealand. Palmolive had about 1,250 branded searches, while Morning Fresh had 320. Palmolive made up 51.7% of all dishwashing liquid brand searches we track, and Morning Fresh accounted for 13.2%.

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