--- title: "Cardrona Distillery vs Jameson: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?" description: "Which is more popular in search, Cardrona Distillery or Jameson? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Whisky 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/cardrona-distillery-vs-jameson" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Cardrona Distillery vs Jameson: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand? Which is more popular in search, Cardrona Distillery or Jameson? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Whisky 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**: Cardrona Distillery and Jameson - **Competitive set**: Whisky brands - **Market**: New Zealand - **Month measured**: Aug 2026 - **Cardrona Distillery Share of Search**: 14.9% - **Jameson Share of Search**: 16.6% ## Which is more popular in search, Cardrona Distillery or Jameson? - In August 2026, Jameson had more branded searches than Cardrona Distillery among whisky brands in New Zealand. Jameson was estimated to have 5.2K branded searches compared to Cardrona Distillery’s 4.7K, and held a 16.6% Share of Search versus Cardrona Distillery’s 14.9%. - The lead changed hands 4 times in the 11 months ending August 2026: Cardrona Distillery took it in November 2025, Jameson took it in December 2025, Cardrona Distillery took it in January 2026, Jameson took it in March 2026. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Cardrona Distillery’s estimated Share of Search among whisky brands in New Zealand moved from 14.1% to 14.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 3.8K to 4.7K. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Jameson’s estimated Share of Search among whisky brands in New Zealand moved from 18% to 16.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 4.9K to 5.2K. ## How did search popularity change for New Zealand whisky brands in August 2026? - In August 2026, Jim Beam overtook Jameson to rank 2nd among whisky brands in New Zealand, at 19.7%. - In August 2026, Cardrona Distillery overtook Jack Daniel's to rank 4th among whisky brands in New Zealand, at 14.9%. - In August 2026, Jameson lost estimated Share of Search among whisky brands in New Zealand, from 18.3% to 16.6%. ## Month by month | Month | Cardrona Distillery estimated searches | Cardrona Distillery Share of Search | Cardrona Distillery rank | Jameson estimated searches | Jameson Share of Search | Jameson rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 3.8K | 14.1% | 4 | 4.9K | 18% | 3 | | Nov 2025 | 4.7K | 16.8% | 3 | 4.5K | 16.2% | 4 | | Dec 2025 | 5.7K | 11.2% | 6 | 6.7K | 13.2% | 5 | | Jan 2026 | 5.6K | 19.6% | 2 | 4.9K | 16.9% | 4 | | Feb 2026 | 4.6K | 18.1% | 3 | 4.4K | 17.4% | 4 | | Mar 2026 | 4.6K | 17% | 4 | 5.3K | 19.8% | 1 | | Apr 2026 | 3.8K | 14% | 5 | 5.3K | 19.6% | 2 | | May 2026 | 3.1K | 11.7% | 6 | 4.9K | 18.6% | 3 | | Jun 2026 | 3K | 11.5% | 6 | 5K | 18.7% | 3 | | Jul 2026 | 3.8K | 13% | 6 | 5.3K | 18.3% | 2 | | Aug 2026 | 4.7K | 14.9% | 4 | 5.2K | 16.6% | 3 | | Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Cardrona Distillery’s and Jameson’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. - **Cardrona Distillery**: Measured on the search terms “cardrona distillery”, “cardrona distillery near me”, “cardrona distillery new zealand”, “cardrona distillery whiskey”, “cardrona distillery whisky”, “cardrona whisky”, “cardronadistillery”, “the cardrona distillery” and “the cardrona whisky”, summed into one figure. - **Jameson**: Measured on the search terms “jameson”, “jameson 1l”, “jameson black barrel”, “jameson bourbon”, “jameson cost”, “jameson distillery”, “jameson irish”, “jameson near me”, “jameson new zealand”, “jameson nz”, “jameson online”, “jameson triple triple”, “jameson whiskey”, “jamesonwhiskey com” and “st jameson”, summed into one figure. - [Cardrona Distillery profile](/demand/nz/brands/cardrona-distillery) - [Jameson profile](/demand/nz/brands/jameson) - [All whisky brands in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-whisky-brands): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 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, Cardrona Distillery or Jameson? In August 2026, Jameson had more branded searches than Cardrona Distillery among whisky brands in New Zealand. Jameson was estimated to have 5.2K branded searches compared to Cardrona Distillery’s 4.7K, and held a 16.6% Share of Search versus Cardrona Distillery’s 14.9%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Cardrona Distillery vs Jameson: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/cardrona-distillery-vs-jameson This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/cardrona-distillery-vs-jameson. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.