--- title: "Buy Me a Coffee vs Substack: Which is searched more in New Zealand?" description: "Is Buy Me a Coffee or Substack more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Creator membership and tipping platforms 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/buy-me-a-coffee-vs-substack" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Buy Me a Coffee vs Substack: Which is searched more in New Zealand? Is Buy Me a Coffee or Substack more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Creator membership and tipping platforms 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**: Buy Me a Coffee and Substack - **Competitive set**: Creator membership and tipping platforms - **Market**: New Zealand - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Buy Me a Coffee Share of Search**: 1.7% - **Substack Share of Search**: 35.9% ## Is Buy Me a Coffee or Substack more popular in search? - In September 2026, Substack had more branded searches than Buy Me a Coffee among creator membership and tipping platforms in New Zealand. Substack had about 9,900 branded searches, while Buy Me a Coffee had 480. Substack made up 35.9% of all creator membership and tipping platform searches we track, and Buy Me a Coffee accounted for 1.7%. - Substack was ahead of Buy Me a Coffee in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Buy Me a Coffee’s share of searches among creator membership and tipping platforms in New Zealand moved from 1.6% to 1.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 390 to 480. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Substack’s share of searches among creator membership and tipping platforms in New Zealand moved from 27.6% to 35.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 6.6K to 9.9K. ## Top creator membership and tipping platforms in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Buy Me a Coffee was mentioned in three out of five: in all three ChatGPT answers, but not in either of the two Google AI Overviews. Substack was mentioned in two out of five: in one of the three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. Buy Me a Coffee was listed before Substack in three out of four answers. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Patreon | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Ko-fi | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | Buy Me a Coffee | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | Substack | 4th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about creator membership and tipping platforms - Asked ChatGPT "Which creator membership and tipping platform should I use in New Zealand?": 1. Ko-fi, 2. Patreon, 3. Buy Me a Coffee - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best creator membership and tipping platforms in New Zealand?": 1. Patreon, 2. Ko-fi, 3. Buy Me a Coffee, 4. Substack - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best creator membership and tipping platform in New Zealand for creator income?": 1. Ko-fi, 2. Patreon, 3. Buy Me a Coffee - Searched Google, AI Overview "best creator platform": 1. Patreon - Searched Google, AI Overview "creator membership platform nz": 1. Patreon, 2. Substack Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in New Zealand on October 21, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for New Zealand creator membership and tipping platforms in September 2026? - In September 2026, Buy Me a Coffee lost share of searches among creator membership and tipping platforms in New Zealand, from 2.6% to 1.7%. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Substack in New Zealand rose 50% over 12 measured months, from 6.6K to 9.9K in September 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Buy Me a Coffee estimated searches | Buy Me a Coffee Share of Search | Buy Me a Coffee rank | Substack estimated searches | Substack Share of Search | Substack rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 390 | 1.6% | 4 | 6.6K | 27.6% | 2 | | Nov 2025 | 480 | 2% | 4 | 6.6K | 27.1% | 2 | | Dec 2025 | 480 | 2% | 4 | 6.6K | 27.1% | 2 | | Jan 2026 | 590 | 1.9% | 4 | 9.9K | 31.9% | 2 | | Feb 2026 | 480 | 1.9% | 4 | 8.1K | 31.4% | 2 | | Mar 2026 | 590 | 2.1% | 4 | 9.9K | 35.7% | 2 | | Apr 2026 | 480 | 1.7% | 4 | 9.9K | 35.9% | 2 | | May 2026 | 480 | 1.7% | 4 | 9.9K | 35.3% | 2 | | Jun 2026 | 590 | 1.9% | 4 | 9.9K | 32% | 2 | | Jul 2026 | 480 | 1.9% | 4 | 8.1K | 31.5% | 2 | | Aug 2026 | 720 | 2.6% | 4 | 9.9K | 35.6% | 2 | | Sep 2026 | 480 | 1.7% | 4 | 9.9K | 35.9% | 2 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Buy Me a Coffee’s and Substack’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. - **Buy Me a Coffee**: Measured on the search terms “buy me a coffee” and “buymeacoffee”, summed into one figure. - **Substack**: Measured on the search term “substack”. - [Buy Me a Coffee profile](/demand/nz/brands/buy-me-a-coffee) - [Substack profile](/demand/nz/brands/substack) - [All creator membership and tipping platforms in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-creator-membership-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 4 brands. ## Methodology - [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is Buy Me a Coffee or Substack more popular in search? In September 2026, Substack had more branded searches than Buy Me a Coffee among creator membership and tipping platforms in New Zealand. Substack had about 9,900 branded searches, while Buy Me a Coffee had 480. Substack made up 35.9% of all creator membership and tipping platform searches we track, and Buy Me a Coffee accounted for 1.7%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Buy Me a Coffee vs Substack: Which is searched more in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/buy-me-a-coffee-vs-substack This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/buy-me-a-coffee-vs-substack. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.