--- title: "Instant Windscreens vs Smith & Smith: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?" description: "Which is more popular in search, Instant Windscreens or Smith & Smith? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Windscreen repair companies 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/instant-windscreens-vs-smith-and-smith" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Instant Windscreens vs Smith & Smith: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand? Which is more popular in search, Instant Windscreens or Smith & Smith? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Windscreen repair companies 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**: Instant Windscreens and Smith & Smith - **Competitive set**: Windscreen repair companies - **Market**: New Zealand - **Month measured**: Aug 2026 - **Instant Windscreens Share of Search**: 2.4% - **Smith & Smith Share of Search**: 74.7% ## Which is more popular in search, Instant Windscreens or Smith & Smith? - In August 2026, Smith & Smith had more branded searches than Instant Windscreens among windscreen repair companies in New Zealand. Smith & Smith was estimated to have 12.5K branded searches compared to Instant Windscreens’ 410, and held a 74.7% Share of Search versus Instant Windscreens’ 2.4%. - Smith & Smith was ahead of Instant Windscreens in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Instant Windscreens’ estimated Share of Search among windscreen repair companies in New Zealand moved from 3.5% to 2.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 630 to 410. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Smith & Smith’s estimated Share of Search among windscreen repair companies in New Zealand moved from 74.6% to 74.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 13.4K to 12.5K. ## How did search popularity change for New Zealand windscreen repair companies in August 2026? - Instant Windscreens’ estimated Share of Search among windscreen repair companies in New Zealand has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 3.1% to 2.4% in August 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Instant Windscreens estimated searches | Instant Windscreens Share of Search | Instant Windscreens rank | Smith & Smith estimated searches | Smith & Smith Share of Search | Smith & Smith rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 630 | 3.5% | 3 | 13.4K | 74.6% | 1 | | Nov 2025 | 770 | 3.1% | 3 | 19.3K | 77.4% | 1 | | Dec 2025 | 900 | 3.4% | 3 | 19.7K | 74.3% | 1 | | Jan 2026 | 850 | 3.2% | 3 | 20.1K | 74.9% | 1 | | Feb 2026 | 990 | 3.7% | 3 | 20K | 74.4% | 1 | | Mar 2026 | 1.1K | 3.7% | 3 | 22.1K | 76.1% | 1 | | Apr 2026 | 610 | 3% | 3 | 15.3K | 74.3% | 1 | | May 2026 | 550 | 3.1% | 3 | 13.2K | 75.2% | 1 | | Jun 2026 | 500 | 3% | 3 | 12.5K | 74.3% | 1 | | Jul 2026 | 420 | 2.5% | 3 | 12.5K | 74.6% | 1 | | Aug 2026 | 410 | 2.4% | 3 | 12.5K | 74.7% | 1 | | Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Instant Windscreens’ and Smith & Smith’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. - **Instant Windscreens**: Measured on the search terms “instant windscreen”, “instant windscreens & tinting”, “instant windscreens hamilton repairs & tinting”, “instant windscreens near me” and “instant windscreens nz”, summed into one figure. - **Smith & Smith**: Measured on the search terms “smith & smith”, “smith & smith auto glass”, “smith & smith glass”, “smith & smith near me”, “smith & smith new zealand”, “smith & smith nz”, “smith & smith windscreen”, “smith & smith windscreen replacement”, “smith and smith”, “smith and smith windscreen replacement”, “smith smith”, “smith smith glass”, “smithandsmith co nz” and “smithsmith”, summed into one figure. - [Instant Windscreens profile](/demand/nz/brands/instant-windscreens) - [Smith & Smith profile](/demand/nz/brands/smith-and-smith) - [All windscreen repair companies in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-windscreen-repair): The set both shares are measured inside, 3 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, Instant Windscreens or Smith & Smith? In August 2026, Smith & Smith had more branded searches than Instant Windscreens among windscreen repair companies in New Zealand. Smith & Smith was estimated to have 12.5K branded searches compared to Instant Windscreens’ 410, and held a 74.7% Share of Search versus Instant Windscreens’ 2.4%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Instant Windscreens vs Smith & Smith: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/instant-windscreens-vs-smith-and-smith This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/instant-windscreens-vs-smith-and-smith. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.