--- title: "Banana Boat vs Nivea: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?" description: "Which is more popular in search, Banana Boat or Nivea? 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-nivea" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Banana Boat vs Nivea: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand? Which is more popular in search, Banana Boat or Nivea? 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 Nivea - **Competitive set**: Sunscreen brands - **Market**: New Zealand - **Month measured**: Aug 2026 - **Banana Boat Share of Search**: 0.28% - **Nivea Share of Search**: 10.1% ## Which is more popular in search, Banana Boat or Nivea? - In August 2026, Nivea had more branded searches than Banana Boat among sunscreen brands in New Zealand. Nivea was estimated to have 9.6K branded searches compared to Banana Boat’s 270, and held a 10.1% Share of Search versus Banana Boat’s 0.28%. - Nivea 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, Nivea’s estimated Share of Search among sunscreen brands in New Zealand moved from 8.5% to 10.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 8.3K to 9.6K. ## How did search popularity change for New Zealand sunscreen brands in August 2026? - In August 2026, Nivea overtook Bondi Sands to rank 4th among sunscreen brands in New Zealand, at 10.1%. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Banana Boat in New Zealand fell 55.7% over 11 measured months, from 610 to 270 in August 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Banana Boat estimated searches | Banana Boat Share of Search | Banana Boat rank | Nivea estimated searches | Nivea Share of Search | Nivea rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 610 | 0.63% | 9 | 8.3K | 8.5% | 5 | | Nov 2025 | 1.1K | 0.97% | 9 | 9.4K | 8.5% | 5 | | Dec 2025 | 1.1K | 1.1% | 9 | 9K | 9.2% | 5 | | Jan 2026 | 770 | 0.86% | 9 | 8.3K | 9.2% | 4 | | Feb 2026 | 510 | 0.64% | 9 | 6.9K | 8.7% | 4 | | Mar 2026 | 340 | 0.43% | 9 | 7.6K | 9.6% | 4 | | Apr 2026 | 220 | 0.27% | 9 | 7.1K | 8.7% | 4 | | May 2026 | 220 | 0.25% | 9 | 8K | 9.2% | 5 | | Jun 2026 | 180 | 0.2% | 9 | 8.2K | 9.1% | 5 | | Jul 2026 | 220 | 0.23% | 9 | 8.4K | 8.8% | 5 | | Aug 2026 | 270 | 0.28% | 9 | 9.6K | 10.1% | 4 | | Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Banana Boat’s and Nivea’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. - **Nivea**: Measured on the search terms “nivea”, “nivea balm lip”, “nivea body lotion”, “nivea body spray”, “nivea co nz”, “nivea cream”, “nivea creme”, “nivea deo”, “nivea facial cream”, “nivea facial wash”, “nivea lotion”, “nivea men deodorant”, “nivea moisturiser”, “nivea near me”, “nivea nz”, “nivea online”, “nivea soft”, “nivea spf”, “nivea sun” and “nivea sunblock”, summed into one figure. - [Banana Boat profile](/demand/nz/brands/banana-boat) - [Nivea profile](/demand/nz/brands/nivea) - [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 Nivea? In August 2026, Nivea had more branded searches than Banana Boat among sunscreen brands in New Zealand. Nivea was estimated to have 9.6K branded searches compared to Banana Boat’s 270, and held a 10.1% Share of Search versus Banana Boat’s 0.28%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Banana Boat vs Nivea: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/banana-boat-vs-nivea This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/banana-boat-vs-nivea. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.