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title: "Indeed vs Student Job Search: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Indeed or Student Job Search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the job boards 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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# Indeed vs Student Job Search: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Indeed or Student Job Search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the job boards 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**: Indeed and Student Job Search
- **Competitive set**: job boards
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Indeed Share of Search**: 8.1%
- **Student Job Search Share of Search**: 5.1%

## Which is more popular in search, Indeed or Student Job Search?

- In August 2026, Indeed had more branded searches than Student Job Search among job boards in New Zealand. Indeed was estimated to have 68.6K branded searches compared to Student Job Search’s 43.4K, and held an 8.1% Share of Search versus Student Job Search’s 5.1%.
- Indeed was ahead of Student Job Search in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Indeed’s estimated Share of Search among job boards in New Zealand moved from 9.9% to 8.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 70.9K to 68.6K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Student Job Search’s estimated Share of Search among job boards in New Zealand moved from 7% to 5.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 50K to 43.4K.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand job boards in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Student Job Search in New Zealand fell 13.2% over 11 measured months, from 50K to 43.4K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Indeed estimated searches | Indeed Share of Search | Indeed rank | Student Job Search estimated searches | Student Job Search Share of Search | Student Job Search rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 70.9K | 9.9% | 3 | 50K | 7% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | 68.5K | 9.3% | 3 | 68.1K | 9.2% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 47K | 8.2% | 3 | 41.5K | 7.2% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | 68.7K | 8.7% | 3 | 50.3K | 6.4% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | 59.6K | 8.4% | 3 | 50K | 7% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | 59.7K | 7.4% | 3 | 50.1K | 6.2% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | 57.5K | 8.8% | 3 | 43.1K | 6.6% | 4 |
| May 2026 | 61.5K | 7.9% | 3 | 42.8K | 5.5% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | 60.4K | 8% | 3 | 40.6K | 5.4% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | 59.6K | 8% | 3 | 41K | 5.5% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | 68.6K | 8.1% | 3 | 43.4K | 5.1% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Indeed’s and Student Job Search’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.

- **Indeed**: Measured on the search terms “auckland jobs indeed”, “employment indeed”, “find jobs on indeed”, “Indeed”, “indeed auckland”, “indeed auckland jobs”, “indeed christchurch”, “indeed job”, “indeed job finder”, “indeed job search”, “indeed job sites”, “indeed jobs”, “indeed jobs auckland”, “indeed jobs christchurch”, “indeed jobs christchurch nz”, “indeed jobs nz”, “indeed new zealand”, “indeed new zealand jobs”, “indeed nz”, “indeed nz jobs”, “indeed nz jobs auckland”, “indeed search jobs”, “job finder indeed”, “job indeed auckland”, “job indeed nz”, “job search on indeed”, “jobs auckland indeed”, “jobs in auckland indeed”, “jobs indeed auckland”, “jobs on indeed”, “jobs with indeed”, “nz indeed” and “nz indeed jobs”, summed into one figure.
- **Student Job Search**: Measured on the search terms “auckland student job search”, “nz student job search”, “SJS”, “sjs jobs”, “sjs nz”, “sjs student job search”, “Student Job Search”, “student job search auckland”, “student job search christchurch”, “student job search dunedin”, “student job search hamilton”, “student job search new zealand”, “student job search nz”, “student job search palmerston north”, “student job search tauranga”, “student job search wellington” and “wellington student job search”, summed into one figure.

- [Indeed profile](/demand/nz/brands/indeed)
- [Student Job Search profile](/demand/nz/brands/student-job-search)
- [All job boards in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-job-boards): The set both shares are measured inside, 9 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, Indeed or Student Job Search?

In August 2026, Indeed had more branded searches than Student Job Search among job boards in New Zealand. Indeed was estimated to have 68.6K branded searches compared to Student Job Search’s 43.4K, and held an 8.1% Share of Search versus Student Job Search’s 5.1%.

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