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title: "NYX Professional Makeup vs Tarte: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, NYX Professional Makeup or Tarte? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Makeup and cosmetics 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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# NYX Professional Makeup vs Tarte: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, NYX Professional Makeup or Tarte? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Makeup and cosmetics 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**: NYX Professional Makeup and Tarte
- **Competitive set**: Makeup and cosmetics brands
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **NYX Professional Makeup Share of Search**: 2.1%
- **Tarte Share of Search**: 0.63%

## Which is more popular in search, NYX Professional Makeup or Tarte?

- In August 2026, NYX Professional Makeup had more branded searches than Tarte among makeup and cosmetics brands in New Zealand. NYX Professional Makeup was estimated to have 3.5K branded searches compared to Tarte’s 1.1K, and held a 2.1% Share of Search versus Tarte’s 0.63%.
- NYX Professional Makeup was ahead of Tarte in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, NYX Professional Makeup’s estimated Share of Search among makeup and cosmetics brands in New Zealand moved from 1.9% to 2.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 3K to 3.5K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Tarte’s estimated Share of Search among makeup and cosmetics brands in New Zealand moved from 0.88% to 0.63%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 1.4K to 1.1K.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand makeup and cosmetics brands in August 2026?

- In August 2026, NYX Professional Makeup rose from 16th to 15th among makeup and cosmetics brands in New Zealand.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Tarte in New Zealand fell 20.7% over 11 measured months, from 1.4K to 1.1K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | NYX Professional Makeup estimated searches | NYX Professional Makeup Share of Search | NYX Professional Makeup rank | Tarte estimated searches | Tarte Share of Search | Tarte rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 3K | 1.9% | 16 | 1.4K | 0.88% | 27 |
| Nov 2025 | 2.7K | 1.4% | 19 | 1.6K | 0.85% | 24 |
| Dec 2025 | 2.5K | 1.4% | 19 | 1.2K | 0.69% | 28 |
| Jan 2026 | 2.8K | 2% | 15 | 970 | 0.7% | 30 |
| Feb 2026 | 2.4K | 1.9% | 16 | 840 | 0.67% | 30 |
| Mar 2026 | 2.6K | 1.9% | 16 | 890 | 0.66% | 30 |
| Apr 2026 | 3.3K | 2.4% | 14 | 900 | 0.67% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 3K | 2% | 15 | 2.2K | 1.5% | 20 |
| Jun 2026 | 3K | 2% | 16 | 850 | 0.58% | 30 |
| Jul 2026 | 3.1K | 1.8% | 16 | 1.1K | 0.68% | 29 |
| Aug 2026 | 3.5K | 2.1% | 15 | 1.1K | 0.63% | 29 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using NYX Professional Makeup’s and Tarte’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.

- **NYX Professional Makeup**: Measured on the search terms “nyx cosmetics”, “nyx cosmetics brow gel”, “nyx cosmetics brow pencil”, “nyx cosmetics eyebrow gel”, “nyx cosmetics eyebrow pencil”, “nyx cosmetics eyeliner”, “nyx cosmetics highlighter”, “nyx cosmetics jumbo eye pencil”, “nyx cosmetics liner”, “nyx cosmetics makeup”, “nyx cosmetics micro brow pencil”, “nyx cosmetics nz”, “nyx cosmetics primer”, “nyx cosmetics setting spray”, “nyx cosmetics wonder stick”, “nyx jumbo eye pencil”, “nyx lip liner”, “nyx makeup”, “nyx primer” and “nyx setting spray”, summed into one figure.
- **Tarte**: Measured on the search terms “tarte”, “tarte cosmetics”, “tarte cosmetics company”, “tarte foundation”, “tarte makeup”, “tarte mascara”, “tarte nz”, “tarte tartelette tubing mascara” and “tarte tubing mascara”, summed into one figure.

- [NYX Professional Makeup profile](/demand/nz/brands/nyx-professional-makeup)
- [Tarte profile](/demand/nz/brands/tarte)
- [All makeup and cosmetics brands in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-makeup-brands): The set both shares are measured inside, 33 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, NYX Professional Makeup or Tarte?

In August 2026, NYX Professional Makeup had more branded searches than Tarte among makeup and cosmetics brands in New Zealand. NYX Professional Makeup was estimated to have 3.5K branded searches compared to Tarte’s 1.1K, and held a 2.1% Share of Search versus Tarte’s 0.63%.

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