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title: "Acer vs HP: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Acer or HP? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Laptop 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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# Acer vs HP: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Acer or HP? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Laptop 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**: Acer and HP
- **Competitive set**: Laptop brands
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Acer Share of Search**: 3.3%
- **HP Share of Search**: 13%

## Which is more popular in search, Acer or HP?

- In August 2026, HP had more branded searches than Acer among laptop brands in New Zealand. HP was estimated to have 19.3K branded searches compared to Acer’s 4.8K, and held a 13% Share of Search versus Acer’s 3.3%.
- HP was ahead of Acer in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Acer’s estimated Share of Search among laptop brands in New Zealand moved from 3.5% to 3.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 4.6K to 4.8K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, HP’s estimated Share of Search among laptop brands in New Zealand moved from 14.5% to 13%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 18.9K to 19.3K.

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

- In August 2026, Acer rose from 8th to 7th among laptop brands in New Zealand.

## Month by month

| Month | Acer estimated searches | Acer Share of Search | Acer rank | HP estimated searches | HP Share of Search | HP rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 4.6K | 3.5% | 7 | 18.9K | 14.5% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 4.5K | 3.1% | 7 | 19.9K | 13.6% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 3.8K | 3% | 7 | 15.5K | 12.2% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 6.6K | 4.4% | 7 | 19.8K | 13.3% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 4.5K | 3.2% | 7 | 19.4K | 13.7% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 4.9K | 2.6% | 7 | 24.7K | 13.3% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 3.8K | 3.1% | 7 | 17.3K | 13.9% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 4.1K | 2.9% | 8 | 18.6K | 13.3% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 4.2K | 2.8% | 8 | 18.7K | 12.5% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 4K | 2.8% | 8 | 18.3K | 12.9% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 4.8K | 3.3% | 7 | 19.3K | 13% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Acer’s and HP’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.

- **Acer**: Measured on the search terms “1 acer”, “acer”, “acer 5”, “acer aspire3”, “acer chrome”, “acer chromebook 315”, “acer com”, “acer laptop”, “acer monitor”, “acer near me”, “acer nitro5”, “acer notebook”, “acer nz” and “acer online”, summed into one figure.
- **HP**: Measured on the search terms “blue hp laptop”, “hp”, “hp 14 inch laptop”, “hp 14 laptop”, “hp 15 6 laptop”, “hp business laptops”, “hp chromebook”, “hp com”, “hp computers”, “hp elitebook”, “hp envy”, “hp envy laptop”, “hp ink”, “hp ink cartridge”, “hp laptop”, “hp laptop price”, “hp laptop touchscreen”, “hp laptops for sale”, “hp near me”, “hp notebook”, “hp nz”, “hp omen”, “hp omen laptop”, “hp online”, “hp pavilion”, “hp pavilion laptop”, “hp printer”, “hp printer ink”, “hp probook laptop”, “hp spectre laptop”, “hp toner”, “hp victus”, “hp victus 15”, “hp zbook laptop” and “laptop hp envy x360”, summed into one figure.

- [Acer profile](/demand/nz/brands/acer)
- [HP profile](/demand/nz/brands/hp)
- [All laptop brands in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-laptop-brands): The set both shares are measured inside, 9 brands.

## Methodology

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

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is more popular in search, Acer or HP?

In August 2026, HP had more branded searches than Acer among laptop brands in New Zealand. HP was estimated to have 19.3K branded searches compared to Acer’s 4.8K, and held a 13% Share of Search versus Acer’s 3.3%.

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