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title: "Bold Subscriptions vs Recharge: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Bold Subscriptions or Recharge? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Ecommerce subscription apps 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."
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# Bold Subscriptions vs Recharge: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Bold Subscriptions or Recharge? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Ecommerce subscription apps 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**: Bold Subscriptions and Recharge
- **Competitive set**: Ecommerce subscription apps
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Bold Subscriptions Share of Search**: 1.3%
- **Recharge Share of Search**: 2.6%

## Which is more popular in search, Bold Subscriptions or Recharge?

- In August 2026, Recharge had more branded searches than Bold Subscriptions among ecommerce subscription apps in New Zealand. Recharge was estimated to have 40 branded searches compared to Bold Subscriptions’ 20, and held a 2.6% Share of Search versus Bold Subscriptions’ 1.3%.
- Recharge was ahead of Bold Subscriptions in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Bold Subscriptions’ estimated Share of Search among ecommerce subscription apps in New Zealand moved from 0.66% to 1.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 10 to 20.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Recharge’s estimated Share of Search among ecommerce subscription apps in New Zealand moved from 4% to 2.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 60 to 40.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand ecommerce subscription apps in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Bold Subscriptions gained estimated Share of Search among ecommerce subscription apps in New Zealand, from 0.66% to 1.3%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Recharge in New Zealand fell 33.3% over 11 measured months, from 60 to 40 in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Bold Subscriptions estimated searches | Bold Subscriptions Share of Search | Bold Subscriptions rank | Recharge estimated searches | Recharge Share of Search | Recharge rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 10 | 0.66% | 4 | 60 | 4% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 20 | 1.3% | 4 | 50 | 3.3% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 20 | 0.43% | 4 | 50 | 1.1% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 20 | 1.3% | 4 | 50 | 3.4% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 10 | 0.83% | 5 | 60 | 5% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 20 | 1.3% | 4 | 40 | 2.6% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 10 | 0.66% | 4 | 40 | 2.6% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 20 | 1.1% | 4 | 60 | 3.2% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 20 | 1.3% | 4 | 30 | 2% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 10 | 0.66% | 4 | 40 | 2.6% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 20 | 1.3% | 4 | 40 | 2.6% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Bold Subscriptions’ and Recharge’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.

- **Bold Subscriptions**: Measured on the search terms “bold subscriptions”, “bold subscriptions pricing”, “bold subscriptions shopify” and “shopify bold subscriptions”, summed into one figure.
- **Recharge**: Measured on the search terms “recharge payments”, “recharge recurring billing”, “recharge shopify”, “recharge shopify payments”, “recharge shopify pricing”, “recharge shopify subscriptions”, “recharge subscription app”, “recharge subscription app shopify”, “recharge subscriptions”, “recharge subscriptions shopify” and “shopify recharge subscriptions”, summed into one figure.

- [Bold Subscriptions profile](/demand/nz/brands/bold-subscriptions)
- [Recharge profile](/demand/nz/brands/recharge)
- [All ecommerce subscription apps in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-ecommerce-subscription-apps): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 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, Bold Subscriptions or Recharge?

In August 2026, Recharge had more branded searches than Bold Subscriptions among ecommerce subscription apps in New Zealand. Recharge was estimated to have 40 branded searches compared to Bold Subscriptions’ 20, and held a 2.6% Share of Search versus Bold Subscriptions’ 1.3%.

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