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title: "Claude vs Perplexity: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Claude or Perplexity? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the AI chatbots 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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# Claude vs Perplexity: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Claude or Perplexity? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the AI chatbots 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**: Claude and Perplexity
- **Competitive set**: AI chatbots
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Claude Share of Search**: 2.1%
- **Perplexity Share of Search**: 0.52%

## Which is more popular in search, Claude or Perplexity?

- In August 2026, Claude had more branded searches than Perplexity among AI chatbots in New Zealand. Claude was estimated to have 112K branded searches compared to Perplexity’s 28.1K, and held a 2.1% Share of Search versus Perplexity’s 0.52%.
- The lead changed hands once in the 11 months ending August 2026: Claude took it in February 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Claude’s estimated Share of Search among AI chatbots in New Zealand moved from 0.62% to 2.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 27.8K to 112K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Perplexity’s estimated Share of Search among AI chatbots in New Zealand moved from 1.3% to 0.52%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 59.5K to 28.1K.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand AI chatbots in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Claude in New Zealand rose 304% over 11 measured months, from 27.8K to 112K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Perplexity in New Zealand fell 52.8% over 11 measured months, from 59.5K to 28.1K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Claude estimated searches | Claude Share of Search | Claude rank | Perplexity estimated searches | Perplexity Share of Search | Perplexity rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 27.8K | 0.62% | 5 | 59.5K | 1.3% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | 22.8K | 0.52% | 5 | 48.7K | 1.1% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 15.3K | 0.46% | 5 | 28.9K | 0.86% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | 23.1K | 0.57% | 5 | 30.3K | 0.74% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | 42.5K | 0.97% | 4 | 40.4K | 0.92% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 114K | 2.1% | 4 | 60.3K | 1.1% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 113K | 2.5% | 4 | 40.4K | 0.9% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 138K | 2.5% | 4 | 42K | 0.76% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 138K | 2.5% | 4 | 34.4K | 0.62% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 92.8K | 2.1% | 4 | 24.8K | 0.56% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 112K | 2.1% | 4 | 28.1K | 0.52% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Claude’s and Perplexity’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.

- **Claude**: Measured on the search terms “ai claude”, “anthropic claude”, “claude ai”, “claude anthropic”, “claude app” and “claude chat”, summed into one figure.
- **Perplexity**: Measured on the search terms “perplexity”, “perplexity ai”, “perplexity app”, “perplexity chat”, “perplexity near me” and “perplexity online”, summed into one figure.

- [Claude profile](/demand/nz/brands/claude)
- [Perplexity profile](/demand/nz/brands/perplexity)
- [All AI chatbots in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-ai-chatbots): 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, Claude or Perplexity?

In August 2026, Claude had more branded searches than Perplexity among AI chatbots in New Zealand. Claude was estimated to have 112K branded searches compared to Perplexity’s 28.1K, and held a 2.1% Share of Search versus Perplexity’s 0.52%.

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