--- title: "Epidemic Sound vs Musicbed: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?" description: "Which is more popular in search, Epidemic Sound or Musicbed? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Music licensing services 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/epidemic-sound-vs-musicbed" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Epidemic Sound vs Musicbed: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand? Which is more popular in search, Epidemic Sound or Musicbed? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Music licensing services 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**: Epidemic Sound and Musicbed - **Competitive set**: Music licensing services - **Market**: New Zealand - **Month measured**: Aug 2026 - **Epidemic Sound Share of Search**: 37.7% - **Musicbed Share of Search**: 7% ## Which is more popular in search, Epidemic Sound or Musicbed? - In August 2026, Epidemic Sound had more branded searches than Musicbed among music licensing services in New Zealand. Epidemic Sound was estimated to have 1.7K branded searches compared to Musicbed’s 320, and held a 37.7% Share of Search versus Musicbed’s 7%. - Epidemic Sound was ahead of Musicbed in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Epidemic Sound’s estimated Share of Search among music licensing services in New Zealand moved from 27% to 37.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 1.4K to 1.7K. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Musicbed’s estimated Share of Search among music licensing services in New Zealand moved from 6.4% to 7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 330 to 320. ## How did search popularity change for New Zealand music licensing services in August 2026? - In August 2026, Musicbed gained estimated Share of Search among music licensing services in New Zealand, from 6.2% to 7%. - In August 2026, Epidemic Sound lost estimated Share of Search among music licensing services in New Zealand, from 43.2% to 37.7%. ## Month by month | Month | Epidemic Sound estimated searches | Epidemic Sound Share of Search | Epidemic Sound rank | Musicbed estimated searches | Musicbed Share of Search | Musicbed rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 1.4K | 27% | 2 | 330 | 6.4% | 3 | | Nov 2025 | 1.4K | 30.9% | 2 | 340 | 7.6% | 3 | | Dec 2025 | 1.4K | 32.7% | 2 | 210 | 5% | 3 | | Jan 2026 | 1.4K | 31.9% | 2 | 270 | 6.4% | 3 | | Feb 2026 | 1.5K | 34.7% | 2 | 260 | 6% | 3 | | Mar 2026 | 2K | 35.5% | 2 | 340 | 6.1% | 3 | | Apr 2026 | 1.6K | 34.5% | 2 | 410 | 9.1% | 3 | | May 2026 | 1.7K | 36.7% | 2 | 340 | 7.4% | 3 | | Jun 2026 | 2K | 41.3% | 2 | 330 | 6.7% | 3 | | Jul 2026 | 1.9K | 43.2% | 2 | 270 | 6.2% | 3 | | Aug 2026 | 1.7K | 37.7% | 2 | 320 | 7% | 3 | | Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Epidemic Sound’s and Musicbed’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. - **Epidemic Sound**: Measured on the search terms “epidemic sound”, “epidemic sound music license”, “epidemic sound near me”, “epidemic sound royalty free music”, “epidemicsound” and “epidemicsound com”, summed into one figure. - **Musicbed**: Measured on the search terms “musicbed”, “musicbed com”, “musicbed music license” and “musicbed royalty free music”, summed into one figure. - [Epidemic Sound profile](/demand/nz/brands/epidemic-sound) - [Musicbed profile](/demand/nz/brands/musicbed) - [All music licensing services in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-music-licensing-services): 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, Epidemic Sound or Musicbed? In August 2026, Epidemic Sound had more branded searches than Musicbed among music licensing services in New Zealand. Epidemic Sound was estimated to have 1.7K branded searches compared to Musicbed’s 320, and held a 37.7% Share of Search versus Musicbed’s 7%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Epidemic Sound vs Musicbed: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/epidemic-sound-vs-musicbed This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/epidemic-sound-vs-musicbed. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.