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title: "Datsun vs MINI: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Datsun or MINI? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Car 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."
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publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Datsun vs MINI: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Datsun or MINI? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Car 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**: Datsun and MINI
- **Competitive set**: Car brands
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Datsun Share of Search**: 0.19%
- **MINI Share of Search**: 0.5%

## Which is more popular in search, Datsun or MINI?

- In August 2026, MINI had more branded searches than Datsun among car brands in New Zealand. MINI was estimated to have 6.3K branded searches compared to Datsun’s 2.4K, and held a 0.5% Share of Search versus Datsun’s 0.19%.
- MINI was ahead of Datsun in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Datsun’s estimated Share of Search among car brands in New Zealand moved from 0.24% to 0.19%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.9K to 2.4K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, MINI’s estimated Share of Search among car brands in New Zealand moved from 0.52% to 0.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 6.4K to 6.3K.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand car brands in August 2026?

- In August 2026, MINI rose from 48th to 45th among car brands in New Zealand.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Datsun in New Zealand fell 18.6% over 11 measured months, from 2.9K to 2.4K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Datsun estimated searches | Datsun Share of Search | Datsun rank | MINI estimated searches | MINI Share of Search | MINI rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 2.9K | 0.24% | 61 | 6.4K | 0.52% | 42 |
| Nov 2025 | 2.9K | 0.24% | 62 | 6.5K | 0.55% | 41 |
| Dec 2025 | 3K | 0.27% | 59 | 6.4K | 0.57% | 43 |
| Jan 2026 | 2.9K | 0.22% | 63 | 6.7K | 0.51% | 42 |
| Feb 2026 | 2.6K | 0.22% | 63 | 6.2K | 0.52% | 42 |
| Mar 2026 | 3.1K | 0.21% | 62 | 7.1K | 0.48% | 45 |
| Apr 2026 | 2.5K | 0.19% | 64 | 6.6K | 0.5% | 46 |
| May 2026 | 2.6K | 0.2% | 63 | 6.4K | 0.49% | 46 |
| Jun 2026 | 2.3K | 0.19% | 64 | 6.3K | 0.53% | 45 |
| Jul 2026 | 2.1K | 0.18% | 65 | 5.4K | 0.46% | 48 |
| Aug 2026 | 2.4K | 0.19% | 65 | 6.3K | 0.5% | 45 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Datsun’s and MINI’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.

- **Datsun**: Measured on the search terms “datsun”, “datsun 1200”, “datsun 120y”, “datsun 240z”, “datsun 510”, “datsun car” and “datsun cars”, summed into one figure.
- **MINI**: Measured on the search terms “mini aceman”, “mini car”, “mini cars”, “mini clubman”, “mini cooper”, “mini countryman”, “mini new zealand” and “mini nz”, summed into one figure.

- [Datsun profile](/demand/nz/brands/datsun)
- [MINI profile](/demand/nz/brands/mini)
- [All car brands in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-car-brands): The set both shares are measured inside, 87 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, Datsun or MINI?

In August 2026, MINI had more branded searches than Datsun among car brands in New Zealand. MINI was estimated to have 6.3K branded searches compared to Datsun’s 2.4K, and held a 0.5% Share of Search versus Datsun’s 0.19%.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Datsun vs MINI: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/datsun-vs-mini

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