--- title: "Cunard vs Royal Caribbean: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?" description: "Which is more popular in search, Cunard or Royal Caribbean? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Cruise lines 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/cunard-vs-royal-caribbean" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Cunard vs Royal Caribbean: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand? Which is more popular in search, Cunard or Royal Caribbean? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Cruise lines 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**: Cunard and Royal Caribbean - **Competitive set**: Cruise lines - **Market**: New Zealand - **Month measured**: Aug 2026 - **Cunard Share of Search**: 2% - **Royal Caribbean Share of Search**: 19% ## Which is more popular in search, Cunard or Royal Caribbean? - In August 2026, Royal Caribbean had more branded searches than Cunard among cruise lines in New Zealand. Royal Caribbean was estimated to have 10.7K branded searches compared to Cunard’s 1.1K, and held a 19% Share of Search versus Cunard’s 2%. - Royal Caribbean was ahead of Cunard in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Cunard’s estimated Share of Search among cruise lines in New Zealand moved from 2.1% to 2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 1.2K to 1.1K. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Royal Caribbean’s estimated Share of Search among cruise lines in New Zealand moved from 13.8% to 19%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 7.9K to 10.7K. ## How did search popularity change for New Zealand cruise lines in August 2026? - In August 2026, Royal Caribbean lost estimated Share of Search among cruise lines in New Zealand, from 20.9% to 19%. ## Month by month | Month | Cunard estimated searches | Cunard Share of Search | Cunard rank | Royal Caribbean estimated searches | Royal Caribbean Share of Search | Royal Caribbean rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 1.2K | 2.1% | 10 | 7.9K | 13.8% | 4 | | Nov 2025 | 1K | 1.7% | 10 | 9.7K | 15.6% | 4 | | Dec 2025 | 1K | 1.6% | 10 | 10.5K | 17% | 2 | | Jan 2026 | 1.4K | 1.7% | 10 | 13.7K | 16% | 3 | | Feb 2026 | 1.5K | 1.8% | 10 | 10.7K | 12.5% | 3 | | Mar 2026 | 1.1K | 1.6% | 10 | 11.9K | 17.7% | 2 | | Apr 2026 | 1.1K | 2% | 10 | 8.1K | 14.9% | 3 | | May 2026 | 1.4K | 2.6% | 10 | 9.1K | 17% | 3 | | Jun 2026 | 1.3K | 2.3% | 10 | 10.4K | 19.5% | 2 | | Jul 2026 | 1.2K | 2% | 10 | 12.2K | 20.9% | 3 | | Aug 2026 | 1.1K | 2% | 10 | 10.7K | 19% | 3 | | Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Cunard’s and Royal Caribbean’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. - **Cunard**: Measured on the search terms “cunard”, “cunard co”, “cunard com”, “cunard line ltd”, “cunard near me”, “cunard new zealand”, “cunard nz”, “cunard online”, “cunard queen anne”, “cunard queen elizabeth”, “cunard queen mary 2”, “cunard victoria” and “my cunard”, summed into one figure. - **Royal Caribbean**: Measured on the search terms “royal caribbean”, “royal caribbean cruise”, “royal caribbean cruise cruise”, “royal caribbean cruise deals”, “royal caribbean cruise line”, “royal caribbean cruise nz”, “royal caribbean cruise ships”, “royal caribbean european cruises”, “royal caribbean group”, “royal caribbean international”, “royal caribbean international cruise”, “royal caribbean mediterranean cruise”, “royal caribbean near me”, “royal caribbean new zealand”, “royal caribbean nz”, “royal caribbean online”, “royal caribbean ovation of the seas”, “royal caribbean quantum of the seas”, “royal caribbean ships”, “royal caribbean voyager of the seas”, “royalcaribbean”, “royalcaribbean com” and “royalcaribbean cruise”, summed into one figure. - [Cunard profile](/demand/nz/brands/cunard) - [Royal Caribbean profile](/demand/nz/brands/royal-caribbean) - [All cruise lines in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-cruise-lines): The set both shares are measured inside, 10 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, Cunard or Royal Caribbean? In August 2026, Royal Caribbean had more branded searches than Cunard among cruise lines in New Zealand. Royal Caribbean was estimated to have 10.7K branded searches compared to Cunard’s 1.1K, and held a 19% Share of Search versus Cunard’s 2%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Cunard vs Royal Caribbean: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/cunard-vs-royal-caribbean This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/cunard-vs-royal-caribbean. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.