--- title: "Black Barn vs Elephant Hill: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?" description: "Which is more popular in search, Black Barn or Elephant Hill? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Hawke's Bay wineries 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/black-barn-vs-elephant-hill" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Black Barn vs Elephant Hill: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand? Which is more popular in search, Black Barn or Elephant Hill? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Hawke's Bay wineries 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**: Black Barn and Elephant Hill - **Competitive set**: Hawke's Bay wineries - **Market**: New Zealand - **Month measured**: Aug 2026 - **Black Barn Share of Search**: 1.2% - **Elephant Hill Share of Search**: 9.2% ## Which is more popular in search, Black Barn or Elephant Hill? - In August 2026, Elephant Hill had more branded searches than Black Barn among hawke's bay wineries in New Zealand. Elephant Hill was estimated to have 2.7K branded searches compared to Black Barn’s 350, and held a 9.2% Share of Search versus Black Barn’s 1.2%. - Elephant Hill was ahead of Black Barn in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Black Barn’s estimated Share of Search among hawke's bay wineries in New Zealand moved from 1.5% to 1.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 640 to 350. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Elephant Hill’s estimated Share of Search among hawke's bay wineries in New Zealand moved from 11.6% to 9.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 5K to 2.7K. ## How did search popularity change for New Zealand hawke's bay wineries in August 2026? - Estimated monthly branded searches for Black Barn in New Zealand fell 45.3% over 11 measured months, from 640 to 350 in August 2026. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Elephant Hill in New Zealand fell 44.6% over 11 measured months, from 5K to 2.7K in August 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Black Barn estimated searches | Black Barn Share of Search | Black Barn rank | Elephant Hill estimated searches | Elephant Hill Share of Search | Elephant Hill rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 640 | 1.5% | 7 | 5K | 11.6% | 4 | | Nov 2025 | 660 | 1.4% | 7 | 5K | 10.9% | 4 | | Dec 2025 | 820 | 1.3% | 7 | 7.3K | 11.1% | 4 | | Jan 2026 | 990 | 1.5% | 7 | 7.5K | 11.7% | 4 | | Feb 2026 | 650 | 1.2% | 7 | 6.2K | 11.4% | 4 | | Mar 2026 | 450 | 0.95% | 7 | 5K | 10.6% | 4 | | Apr 2026 | 450 | 1.1% | 7 | 5K | 12% | 4 | | May 2026 | 370 | 0.84% | 7 | 10.2K | 23.1% | 2 | | Jun 2026 | 250 | 0.9% | 7 | 2.3K | 8.3% | 4 | | Jul 2026 | 310 | 0.99% | 7 | 2.7K | 8.7% | 4 | | Aug 2026 | 350 | 1.2% | 7 | 2.7K | 9.2% | 4 | | Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Black Barn’s and Elephant Hill’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. - **Black Barn**: Measured on the search terms “black barn cellar door”, “black barn wine tasting” and “black barn winery”, summed into one figure. - **Elephant Hill**: Measured on the search terms “elephant hill”, “elephant hill cellar door”, “elephant hill chardonnay”, “elephant hill near me”, “elephant hill nz”, “elephant hill photos”, “elephant hill rose”, “elephant hill vineyard”, “elephant hill wine”, “elephant hill wine tasting”, “elephanthill” and “elephanthill co nz”, summed into one figure. - [Black Barn profile](/demand/nz/brands/black-barn) - [Elephant Hill profile](/demand/nz/brands/elephant-hill) - [All hawke's bay wineries in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-hawkes-bay-wineries): The set both shares are measured inside, 7 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, Black Barn or Elephant Hill? In August 2026, Elephant Hill had more branded searches than Black Barn among hawke's bay wineries in New Zealand. Elephant Hill was estimated to have 2.7K branded searches compared to Black Barn’s 350, and held a 9.2% Share of Search versus Black Barn’s 1.2%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Black Barn vs Elephant Hill: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/black-barn-vs-elephant-hill This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/black-barn-vs-elephant-hill. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.