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title: "Discourse vs Skool: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Discourse or Skool? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Online community platforms 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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# Discourse vs Skool: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Discourse or Skool? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Online community platforms 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**: Discourse and Skool
- **Competitive set**: Online community platforms
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Discourse Share of Search**: 0.02%
- **Skool Share of Search**: 2.2%

## Which is more popular in search, Discourse or Skool?

- In August 2026, Skool had more branded searches than Discourse among online community platforms in New Zealand. Skool was estimated to have 2.6K branded searches compared to Discourse’s 20, and held a 2.2% Share of Search versus Discourse’s 0.02%.
- Skool was ahead of Discourse in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Discourse’s estimated Share of Search among online community platforms in New Zealand moved from 0.01% to 0.02%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 20.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Skool’s estimated Share of Search among online community platforms in New Zealand moved from 2.1% to 2.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 3.1K to 2.6K.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand online community platforms in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Skool in New Zealand fell 14.5% over 11 measured months, from 3.1K to 2.6K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Discourse estimated searches | Discourse Share of Search | Discourse rank | Skool estimated searches | Skool Share of Search | Skool rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 20 | 0.01% | 5 | 3.1K | 2.1% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | 20 | 0.01% | 5 | 3.1K | 2.1% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 10 | <0.01% | 5 | 3.1K | 2.5% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 10 | <0.01% | 5 | 3.8K | 3.1% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 30 | 0.02% | 5 | 3.1K | 2.5% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 40 | 0.03% | 5 | 3.1K | 2.1% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 30 | 0.02% | 5 | 3.1K | 2.1% | 2 |
| May 2026 | 30 | 0.02% | 5 | 3.1K | 2.1% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 20 | 0.02% | 5 | 2.6K | 2.1% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 10 | <0.01% | 5 | 2.6K | 2.1% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 20 | 0.02% | 5 | 2.6K | 2.2% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Discourse’s and Skool’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.

- **Discourse**: Measured on the search terms “discourse community platform” and “discourse forum”, summed into one figure.
- **Skool**: Measured on the search terms “knu skool”, “old skool”, “skool”, “skool com”, “skool community platform”, “skool forum”, “skool membership”, “skool near me” and “skool online”, summed into one figure.

- [Discourse profile](/demand/nz/brands/discourse)
- [Skool profile](/demand/nz/brands/skool)
- [All online community platforms in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-community-platforms): 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, Discourse or Skool?

In August 2026, Skool had more branded searches than Discourse among online community platforms in New Zealand. Skool was estimated to have 2.6K branded searches compared to Discourse’s 20, and held a 2.2% Share of Search versus Discourse’s 0.02%.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Discourse vs Skool: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/discourse-vs-skool

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