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

Which is more popular in search, Cursor or Windsurf? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the AI coding assistants 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**: Cursor and Windsurf
- **Competitive set**: AI coding assistants
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Cursor Share of Search**: 15.4%
- **Windsurf Share of Search**: 1.8%

## Which is more popular in search, Cursor or Windsurf?

- In August 2026, Cursor had more branded searches than Windsurf among AI coding assistants in New Zealand. Cursor was estimated to have 1.5K branded searches compared to Windsurf’s 180, and held a 15.4% Share of Search versus Windsurf’s 1.8%.
- Cursor was ahead of Windsurf in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Cursor’s estimated Share of Search among AI coding assistants in New Zealand held steady at 15.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 1.5K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Windsurf’s estimated Share of Search among AI coding assistants in New Zealand moved from 3% to 1.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 300 to 180.

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

- In August 2026, Cursor gained estimated Share of Search among AI coding assistants in New Zealand, from 12.7% to 15.4%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Windsurf in New Zealand fell 40% over 11 measured months, from 300 to 180 in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Cursor estimated searches | Cursor Share of Search | Cursor rank | Windsurf estimated searches | Windsurf Share of Search | Windsurf rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 1.5K | 15.4% | 3 | 300 | 3% | 6 |
| Nov 2025 | 1.6K | 17.3% | 3 | 230 | 2.5% | 6 |
| Dec 2025 | 1.1K | 13.4% | 3 | 200 | 2.4% | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | 1.2K | 13.2% | 3 | 200 | 2.1% | 6 |
| Feb 2026 | 1.6K | 14.2% | 3 | 240 | 2.2% | 6 |
| Mar 2026 | 1.9K | 14.5% | 3 | 240 | 1.8% | 6 |
| Apr 2026 | 1.8K | 12.6% | 3 | 250 | 1.7% | 6 |
| May 2026 | 1.9K | 12.9% | 3 | 260 | 1.8% | 6 |
| Jun 2026 | 2.2K | 16.2% | 3 | 310 | 2.3% | 6 |
| Jul 2026 | 1.2K | 12.7% | 3 | 180 | 2% | 6 |
| Aug 2026 | 1.5K | 15.4% | 3 | 180 | 1.8% | 6 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Cursor’s and Windsurf’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.

- **Cursor**: Measured on the search terms “cursor ai”, “cursor coding”, “cursor editor” and “cursor ide”, summed into one figure.
- **Windsurf**: Measured on the search terms “codeium”, “windsurf ai”, “windsurf coding”, “windsurf editor” and “windsurf ide”, summed into one figure.

- [Cursor profile](/demand/nz/brands/cursor)
- [Windsurf profile](/demand/nz/brands/windsurf)
- [All AI coding assistants in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-ai-coding-assistants): 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, Cursor or Windsurf?

In August 2026, Cursor had more branded searches than Windsurf among AI coding assistants in New Zealand. Cursor was estimated to have 1.5K branded searches compared to Windsurf’s 180, and held a 15.4% Share of Search versus Windsurf’s 1.8%.

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