--- title: "Hot Wheels vs LEGO: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?" description: "Which is more popular in search, Hot Wheels or LEGO? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Toy 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." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/hot-wheels-vs-lego" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Hot Wheels vs LEGO: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand? Which is more popular in search, Hot Wheels or LEGO? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Toy 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**: Hot Wheels and LEGO - **Competitive set**: Toy brands - **Market**: New Zealand - **Month measured**: Aug 2026 - **Hot Wheels Share of Search**: 9.1% - **LEGO Share of Search**: 71.1% ## Which is more popular in search, Hot Wheels or LEGO? - In August 2026, LEGO had more branded searches than Hot Wheels among toy brands in New Zealand. LEGO was estimated to have 115K branded searches compared to Hot Wheels’ 14.8K, and held a 71.1% Share of Search versus Hot Wheels’ 9.1%. - LEGO was ahead of Hot Wheels in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Hot Wheels’ estimated Share of Search among toy brands in New Zealand moved from 16% to 9.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 23.2K to 14.8K. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, LEGO’s estimated Share of Search among toy brands in New Zealand moved from 61.9% to 71.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 89.8K to 115K. ## How did search popularity change for New Zealand toy brands in August 2026? - In August 2026, LEGO gained estimated Share of Search among toy brands in New Zealand, from 69.6% to 71.1%. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Hot Wheels in New Zealand fell 36.4% over 11 measured months, from 23.2K to 14.8K in August 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Hot Wheels estimated searches | Hot Wheels Share of Search | Hot Wheels rank | LEGO estimated searches | LEGO Share of Search | LEGO rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 23.2K | 16% | 2 | 89.8K | 61.9% | 1 | | Nov 2025 | 18.7K | 9.8% | 3 | 132K | 69.2% | 1 | | Dec 2025 | 21.5K | 9.8% | 3 | 161K | 73.4% | 1 | | Jan 2026 | 14.3K | 8.4% | 3 | 131K | 76.9% | 1 | | Feb 2026 | 10.9K | 8.9% | 3 | 89.9K | 73.4% | 1 | | Mar 2026 | 12.2K | 9.8% | 3 | 86.3K | 69.8% | 1 | | Apr 2026 | 12.7K | 9.5% | 3 | 97.5K | 72.8% | 1 | | May 2026 | 11.4K | 7.9% | 3 | 104K | 72.8% | 1 | | Jun 2026 | 12.8K | 8.8% | 3 | 103K | 70.9% | 1 | | Jul 2026 | 13.3K | 9.4% | 3 | 98.2K | 69.6% | 1 | | Aug 2026 | 14.8K | 9.1% | 3 | 115K | 71.1% | 1 | | Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Hot Wheels’ and LEGO’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. - **Hot Wheels**: Measured on the search terms “custom hot wheels”, “f1 hot wheels”, “garage ultimate hot wheels”, “hot wheels”, “hot wheels cars”, “hot wheels city”, “hot wheels display”, “hot wheels display case”, “hot wheels garage”, “hot wheels monster trucks”, “hot wheels near me”, “hot wheels new zealand”, “hot wheels nz”, “hot wheels online”, “hot wheels set”, “hot wheels toy”, “hot wheels treasure hunt”, “hotwheels”, “hotwheels nz”, “hotwheels set”, “hotwheels toy”, “hotwheels track” and “kmart hot wheels”, summed into one figure. - **LEGO**: Measured on the search terms “ideas lego”, “kmart lego”, “lego”, “lego batman”, “lego city”, “lego com”, “lego flowers”, “lego friends”, “lego minifigures”, “lego near me”, “lego ninjago”, “lego nz”, “lego online”, “lego sale”, “lego set”, “lego speed champions”, “lego star wars”, “lego stores”, “lego technic”, “lego toy”, “pokemon lego” and “stranger things lego”, summed into one figure. - [Hot Wheels profile](/demand/nz/brands/hot-wheels) - [LEGO profile](/demand/nz/brands/lego) - [All toy brands in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-toy-brands): The set both shares are measured inside, 8 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, Hot Wheels or LEGO? In August 2026, LEGO had more branded searches than Hot Wheels among toy brands in New Zealand. LEGO was estimated to have 115K branded searches compared to Hot Wheels’ 14.8K, and held a 71.1% Share of Search versus Hot Wheels’ 9.1%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Hot Wheels vs LEGO: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/hot-wheels-vs-lego This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/hot-wheels-vs-lego. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.