--- title: "Banana Boat vs Skinnies: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?" description: "Which is more popular in search, Banana Boat or Skinnies? 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-skinnies" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Banana Boat vs Skinnies: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand? Which is more popular in search, Banana Boat or Skinnies? 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 Skinnies - **Competitive set**: Sunscreen brands - **Market**: New Zealand - **Month measured**: Aug 2026 - **Banana Boat Share of Search**: 0.28% - **Skinnies Share of Search**: 29.4% ## Which is more popular in search, Banana Boat or Skinnies? - In August 2026, Skinnies had more branded searches than Banana Boat among sunscreen brands in New Zealand. Skinnies was estimated to have 27.9K branded searches compared to Banana Boat’s 270, and held a 29.4% Share of Search versus Banana Boat’s 0.28%. - Skinnies 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, Skinnies’ estimated Share of Search among sunscreen brands in New Zealand moved from 36.6% to 29.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 35.6K to 27.9K. ## 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 Skinnies in New Zealand fell 21.7% over 11 measured months, from 35.6K to 27.9K in August 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Banana Boat estimated searches | Banana Boat Share of Search | Banana Boat rank | Skinnies estimated searches | Skinnies Share of Search | Skinnies rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 610 | 0.63% | 9 | 35.6K | 36.6% | 1 | | Nov 2025 | 1.1K | 0.97% | 9 | 37.8K | 34.1% | 1 | | Dec 2025 | 1.1K | 1.1% | 9 | 31K | 31.9% | 1 | | Jan 2026 | 770 | 0.86% | 9 | 29.2K | 32.4% | 1 | | Feb 2026 | 510 | 0.64% | 9 | 28.5K | 36.1% | 1 | | Mar 2026 | 340 | 0.43% | 9 | 27.9K | 35.2% | 1 | | Apr 2026 | 220 | 0.27% | 9 | 27.6K | 33.7% | 2 | | May 2026 | 220 | 0.25% | 9 | 27.6K | 31.6% | 2 | | Jun 2026 | 180 | 0.2% | 9 | 27.6K | 30.5% | 2 | | Jul 2026 | 220 | 0.23% | 9 | 27.6K | 29% | 2 | | Aug 2026 | 270 | 0.28% | 9 | 27.9K | 29.4% | 2 | | Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Banana Boat’s and Skinnies’ 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. - **Skinnies**: Measured on the search terms “skinnies”, “skinnies conquer”, “skinnies spf”, “skinnies sunblock” and “skinnies sungel”, summed into one figure. - [Banana Boat profile](/demand/nz/brands/banana-boat) - [Skinnies profile](/demand/nz/brands/skinnies) - [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 Skinnies? In August 2026, Skinnies had more branded searches than Banana Boat among sunscreen brands in New Zealand. Skinnies was estimated to have 27.9K branded searches compared to Banana Boat’s 270, and held a 29.4% Share of Search versus Banana Boat’s 0.28%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Banana Boat vs Skinnies: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/banana-boat-vs-skinnies This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/banana-boat-vs-skinnies. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.