--- title: "Banana Boat vs Invisible Zinc: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?" description: "Which is more popular in search, Banana Boat or Invisible Zinc? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Sunscreen 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." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/banana-boat-vs-invisible-zinc" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Banana Boat vs Invisible Zinc: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand? Which is more popular in search, Banana Boat or Invisible Zinc? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Sunscreen 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**: Banana Boat and Invisible Zinc - **Competitive set**: Sunscreen brands - **Market**: New Zealand - **Month measured**: Aug 2026 - **Banana Boat Share of Search**: 0.28% - **Invisible Zinc Share of Search**: 0.46% ## Which is more popular in search, Banana Boat or Invisible Zinc? - In August 2026, Invisible Zinc had more branded searches than Banana Boat among sunscreen brands in New Zealand. Invisible Zinc was estimated to have 440 branded searches compared to Banana Boat’s 270, and held a 0.46% Share of Search versus Banana Boat’s 0.28%. - Invisible Zinc was ahead of Banana Boat in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Banana Boat’s estimated Share of Search among sunscreen brands in New Zealand moved from 0.63% to 0.28%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 610 to 270. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Invisible Zinc’s estimated Share of Search among sunscreen brands in New Zealand moved from 0.83% to 0.46%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 810 to 440. ## How did search popularity change for New Zealand sunscreen brands in August 2026? - Estimated monthly branded searches for Banana Boat in New Zealand fell 55.7% over 11 measured months, from 610 to 270 in August 2026. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Invisible Zinc in New Zealand fell 45.7% over 11 measured months, from 810 to 440 in August 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Banana Boat estimated searches | Banana Boat Share of Search | Banana Boat rank | Invisible Zinc estimated searches | Invisible Zinc Share of Search | Invisible Zinc rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 610 | 0.63% | 9 | 810 | 0.83% | 8 | | Nov 2025 | 1.1K | 0.97% | 9 | 1.3K | 1.2% | 8 | | Dec 2025 | 1.1K | 1.1% | 9 | 1.2K | 1.2% | 8 | | Jan 2026 | 770 | 0.86% | 9 | 1K | 1.1% | 8 | | Feb 2026 | 510 | 0.64% | 9 | 550 | 0.69% | 8 | | Mar 2026 | 340 | 0.43% | 9 | 510 | 0.64% | 7 | | Apr 2026 | 220 | 0.27% | 9 | 380 | 0.46% | 7 | | May 2026 | 220 | 0.25% | 9 | 320 | 0.37% | 7 | | Jun 2026 | 180 | 0.2% | 9 | 330 | 0.37% | 7 | | Jul 2026 | 220 | 0.23% | 9 | 400 | 0.42% | 7 | | Aug 2026 | 270 | 0.28% | 9 | 440 | 0.46% | 7 | | Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Banana Boat’s and Invisible Zinc’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. - **Banana Boat**: Measured on the search terms “banana boat spf” and “banana boat sport spf”, summed into one figure. - **Invisible Zinc**: Measured on the search terms “invisible zinc”, “invisible zinc near me”, “invisible zinc nz”, “invisible zinc sheer defence”, “invisible zinc spf”, “invisible zinc tinted sunscreen” and “invisiblezinc”, summed into one figure. - [Banana Boat profile](/demand/nz/brands/banana-boat) - [Invisible Zinc profile](/demand/nz/brands/invisible-zinc) - [All sunscreen brands in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-sunscreen-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, Banana Boat or Invisible Zinc? In August 2026, Invisible Zinc had more branded searches than Banana Boat among sunscreen brands in New Zealand. Invisible Zinc was estimated to have 440 branded searches compared to Banana Boat’s 270, and held a 0.46% Share of Search versus Banana Boat’s 0.28%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Banana Boat vs Invisible Zinc: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/banana-boat-vs-invisible-zinc This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/banana-boat-vs-invisible-zinc. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.