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title: "Jitsi Meet vs Microsoft Teams: Which is searched more in New Zealand?"
description: "Is Jitsi Meet or Microsoft Teams more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Video conferencing tools 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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# Jitsi Meet vs Microsoft Teams: Which is searched more in New Zealand?

Is Jitsi Meet or Microsoft Teams more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Video conferencing tools 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**: Jitsi Meet and Microsoft Teams
- **Competitive set**: Video conferencing tools
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Jitsi Meet Share of Search**: 0.49%
- **Microsoft Teams Share of Search**: 27.6%

## Is Jitsi Meet or Microsoft Teams more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Microsoft Teams had more branded searches than Jitsi Meet among video conferencing tools in New Zealand. Microsoft Teams had about 22,100 branded searches, while Jitsi Meet had 390. Microsoft Teams made up 27.6% of all video conferencing tool searches we track, and Jitsi Meet accounted for 0.49%.
- Microsoft Teams was ahead of Jitsi Meet in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Jitsi Meet’s share of searches among video conferencing tools in New Zealand moved from 0.68% to 0.49%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 480 to 390.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Microsoft Teams’ share of searches among video conferencing tools in New Zealand moved from 31% to 27.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 21.9K to 22.1K.

## Top video conferencing tools in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and one Google AI Overview, Microsoft Teams appeared in all four answers. Jitsi Meet was mentioned in two out of four: in one of the three ChatGPT answers and in the Google AI Overview. Microsoft Teams was listed before Jitsi Meet in every answer.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zoom | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 1 | 4 of 4 |
| Microsoft Teams | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 1 | 4 of 4 |
| Google Meet | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 1 | 4 of 4 |
| Webex | 4th | 2 of 3 | 1 of 1 | 3 of 4 |
| Jitsi Meet | 5th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 1 | 2 of 4 |
| Whereby | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 4 |

## Every AI answer about video conferencing tools

- Asked ChatGPT "Which video conferencing tool should I use in New Zealand?": 1. Google Meet, 2. Zoom, 3. Microsoft Teams
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best video conferencing tools in New Zealand?": 1. Zoom, 2. Microsoft Teams, 3. Google Meet, 4. Webex, 5. Jitsi Meet
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best video conferencing tool in New Zealand for remote meetings?": 1. Microsoft Teams, 2. Zoom, 3. Google Meet, 4. Webex
- Searched Google, AI Overview "video meeting software": 1. Zoom, 2. Microsoft Teams, 3. Google Meet, 4. Webex, 5. Jitsi Meet

Not named in any answer: Whereby.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in New Zealand on October 19, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand video conferencing tools in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Microsoft Teams lost share of searches among video conferencing tools in New Zealand, from 33.8% to 27.6%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Jitsi Meet in New Zealand fell 18.8% over 12 measured months, from 480 to 390 in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Jitsi Meet estimated searches | Jitsi Meet Share of Search | Jitsi Meet rank | Microsoft Teams estimated searches | Microsoft Teams Share of Search | Microsoft Teams rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 480 | 0.68% | 6 | 21.9K | 31% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | 260 | 0.39% | 6 | 18.1K | 27.3% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 320 | 0.64% | 6 | 10.4K | 21% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 320 | 0.58% | 6 | 15.2K | 27.6% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 260 | 0.38% | 6 | 27K | 39.2% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 320 | 0.37% | 6 | 35.9K | 41.2% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 260 | 0.36% | 6 | 21.8K | 30.5% | 2 |
| May 2026 | 320 | 0.37% | 6 | 26.1K | 30.4% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 260 | 0.34% | 6 | 26.4K | 34.3% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 320 | 0.44% | 6 | 22.6K | 31% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 320 | 0.42% | 6 | 25.5K | 33.8% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | 390 | 0.49% | 6 | 22.1K | 27.6% | 2 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Jitsi Meet’s and Microsoft Teams’ 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.

- **Jitsi Meet**: Measured on the search term “jitsi meet”.
- **Microsoft Teams**: Measured on the search terms “installing microsoft teams”, “microsoft teams”, “microsoft teams app”, “microsoft teams business”, “microsoft teams essentials”, “microsoft teams meeting”, “microsoft teams web”, “microsoftteams”, “microsoftteams app” and “ms teams”, summed into one figure.

- [Jitsi Meet profile](/demand/nz/brands/jitsi-meet)
- [Microsoft Teams profile](/demand/nz/brands/microsoft-teams)
- [All video conferencing tools in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-video-conferencing-tools): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Jitsi Meet or Microsoft Teams more popular in search?

In September 2026, Microsoft Teams had more branded searches than Jitsi Meet among video conferencing tools in New Zealand. Microsoft Teams had about 22,100 branded searches, while Jitsi Meet had 390. Microsoft Teams made up 27.6% of all video conferencing tool searches we track, and Jitsi Meet accounted for 0.49%.

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