--- title: "Banana Boat vs Ultra Violette: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?" description: "Which is more popular in search, Banana Boat or Ultra Violette? 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-ultra-violette" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Banana Boat vs Ultra Violette: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand? Which is more popular in search, Banana Boat or Ultra Violette? 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 Ultra Violette - **Competitive set**: Sunscreen brands - **Market**: New Zealand - **Month measured**: Aug 2026 - **Banana Boat Share of Search**: 0.28% - **Ultra Violette Share of Search**: 0.94% ## Which is more popular in search, Banana Boat or Ultra Violette? - In August 2026, Ultra Violette had more branded searches than Banana Boat among sunscreen brands in New Zealand. Ultra Violette was estimated to have 890 branded searches compared to Banana Boat’s 270, and held a 0.94% Share of Search versus Banana Boat’s 0.28%. - Ultra Violette 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, Ultra Violette’s estimated Share of Search among sunscreen brands in New Zealand moved from 1.8% to 0.94%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 1.7K to 890. ## 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 Ultra Violette in New Zealand fell 48% over 11 measured months, from 1.7K to 890 in August 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Banana Boat estimated searches | Banana Boat Share of Search | Banana Boat rank | Ultra Violette estimated searches | Ultra Violette Share of Search | Ultra Violette rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 610 | 0.63% | 9 | 1.7K | 1.8% | 6 | | Nov 2025 | 1.1K | 0.97% | 9 | 1.6K | 1.4% | 7 | | Dec 2025 | 1.1K | 1.1% | 9 | 1.3K | 1.3% | 7 | | Jan 2026 | 770 | 0.86% | 9 | 1.2K | 1.3% | 6 | | Feb 2026 | 510 | 0.64% | 9 | 730 | 0.92% | 6 | | Mar 2026 | 340 | 0.43% | 9 | 790 | 1% | 6 | | Apr 2026 | 220 | 0.27% | 9 | 740 | 0.9% | 6 | | May 2026 | 220 | 0.25% | 9 | 870 | 1% | 6 | | Jun 2026 | 180 | 0.2% | 9 | 720 | 0.8% | 6 | | Jul 2026 | 220 | 0.23% | 9 | 830 | 0.87% | 6 | | Aug 2026 | 270 | 0.28% | 9 | 890 | 0.94% | 6 | | Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Banana Boat’s and Ultra Violette’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. - **Ultra Violette**: Measured on the search terms “ultra violette”, “ultra violette near me”, “ultra violette nz”, “ultra violette sheen screen spf50 lip balm”, “ultra violette spf”, “ultra violette sunscreen”, “ultra violette supreme screen”, “ultraviolette”, “ultraviolette com”, “ultraviolette nz”, “ultraviolette spf” and “ultraviolette sunscreen”, summed into one figure. - [Banana Boat profile](/demand/nz/brands/banana-boat) - [Ultra Violette profile](/demand/nz/brands/ultra-violette) - [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 Ultra Violette? In August 2026, Ultra Violette had more branded searches than Banana Boat among sunscreen brands in New Zealand. Ultra Violette was estimated to have 890 branded searches compared to Banana Boat’s 270, and held a 0.94% Share of Search versus Banana Boat’s 0.28%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Banana Boat vs Ultra Violette: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/banana-boat-vs-ultra-violette This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/banana-boat-vs-ultra-violette. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.