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title: "Icebreaker vs Noble Wilde: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Icebreaker or Noble Wilde? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Merino clothing 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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# Icebreaker vs Noble Wilde: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Icebreaker or Noble Wilde? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Merino clothing 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**: Icebreaker and Noble Wilde
- **Competitive set**: Merino clothing brands
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Icebreaker Share of Search**: 18.5%
- **Noble Wilde Share of Search**: 2.5%

## Which is more popular in search, Icebreaker or Noble Wilde?

- In August 2026, Icebreaker had more branded searches than Noble Wilde among merino clothing brands in New Zealand. Icebreaker was estimated to have 7.9K branded searches compared to Noble Wilde’s 1.1K, and held an 18.5% Share of Search versus Noble Wilde’s 2.5%.
- Icebreaker was ahead of Noble Wilde in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Icebreaker’s estimated Share of Search among merino clothing brands in New Zealand moved from 23% to 18.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 6.2K to 7.9K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Noble Wilde’s estimated Share of Search among merino clothing brands in New Zealand moved from 2% to 2.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 540 to 1.1K.

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

- In August 2026, Noble Wilde lost estimated Share of Search among merino clothing brands in New Zealand, from 3.8% to 2.5%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Icebreaker in New Zealand rose 26.2% over 11 measured months, from 6.2K to 7.9K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Icebreaker estimated searches | Icebreaker Share of Search | Icebreaker rank | Noble Wilde estimated searches | Noble Wilde Share of Search | Noble Wilde rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 6.2K | 23% | 3 | 540 | 2% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 7.4K | 22.7% | 3 | 560 | 1.7% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 6.2K | 19.7% | 3 | 590 | 1.9% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 5.2K | 17.9% | 3 | 640 | 2.2% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 5.2K | 17.3% | 3 | 850 | 2.8% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 6.5K | 17.4% | 3 | 1.2K | 3.3% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 7.8K | 19.6% | 3 | 1.5K | 3.8% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 7.9K | 18.7% | 3 | 1.6K | 3.8% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 7.9K | 20% | 3 | 1.4K | 3.4% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 8.1K | 18.8% | 3 | 1.6K | 3.8% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 7.9K | 18.5% | 3 | 1.1K | 2.5% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Icebreaker’s and Noble Wilde’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.

- **Icebreaker**: Measured on the search terms “icebreaker base layer”, “icebreaker clothing”, “icebreaker clothing sale”, “icebreaker jacket”, “icebreaker merino”, “icebreaker merino 260”, “icebreaker merino beanie”, “icebreaker merino wool”, “icebreaker nz” and “icebreaker thermals”, summed into one figure.
- **Noble Wilde**: Measured on the search terms “noble wilde”, “noble wilde knitwear”, “noble wilde merino”, “noble wilde near me”, “noble wilde nz”, “noble wilde online”, “noble wilde possum merino”, “noble wilde sale” and “noblewilde”, summed into one figure.

- [Icebreaker profile](/demand/nz/brands/icebreaker)
- [Noble Wilde profile](/demand/nz/brands/noble-wilde)
- [All merino clothing brands in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-merino-clothing-brands): 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, Icebreaker or Noble Wilde?

In August 2026, Icebreaker had more branded searches than Noble Wilde among merino clothing brands in New Zealand. Icebreaker was estimated to have 7.9K branded searches compared to Noble Wilde’s 1.1K, and held an 18.5% Share of Search versus Noble Wilde’s 2.5%.

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Brandwave. "Icebreaker vs Noble Wilde: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/icebreaker-vs-noble-wilde

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