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title: "OneDrive vs WeTransfer: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, OneDrive or WeTransfer? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Cloud storage services 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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publisher: "Brandwave"
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# OneDrive vs WeTransfer: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, OneDrive or WeTransfer? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Cloud storage services 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**: OneDrive and WeTransfer
- **Competitive set**: Cloud storage services
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **OneDrive Share of Search**: 17.4%
- **WeTransfer Share of Search**: 6.2%

## Which is more popular in search, OneDrive or WeTransfer?

- In August 2026, OneDrive had more branded searches than WeTransfer among cloud storage services in New Zealand. OneDrive was estimated to have 63.6K branded searches compared to WeTransfer’s 22.8K, and held a 17.4% Share of Search versus WeTransfer’s 6.2%.
- OneDrive was ahead of WeTransfer in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, OneDrive’s estimated Share of Search among cloud storage services in New Zealand moved from 19.3% to 17.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 63.5K to 63.6K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, WeTransfer’s estimated Share of Search among cloud storage services in New Zealand moved from 6.9% to 6.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 22.8K.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand cloud storage services in August 2026?

- In August 2026, WeTransfer lost estimated Share of Search among cloud storage services in New Zealand, from 7.8% to 6.2%.
- In August 2026, OneDrive lost estimated Share of Search among cloud storage services in New Zealand, from 18% to 17.4%.

## Month by month

| Month | OneDrive estimated searches | OneDrive Share of Search | OneDrive rank | WeTransfer estimated searches | WeTransfer Share of Search | WeTransfer rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 63.5K | 19.3% | 2 | 22.8K | 6.9% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 51.9K | 18% | 2 | 22.7K | 7.9% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 35K | 16.3% | 3 | 18.6K | 8.6% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 43.1K | 17.2% | 3 | 18.6K | 7.4% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 52.3K | 18.5% | 2 | 22.8K | 8.1% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 77.6K | 20% | 2 | 22.9K | 5.9% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 54.7K | 18.9% | 2 | 22.8K | 7.9% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 81.1K | 23.4% | 2 | 22.7K | 6.5% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 55.1K | 17% | 2 | 23K | 7.1% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 52.8K | 18% | 2 | 23K | 7.8% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 63.6K | 17.4% | 2 | 22.8K | 6.2% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using OneDrive’s and WeTransfer’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.

- **OneDrive**: Measured on the search terms “installing onedrive”, “linux onedrive”, “microsoft com onedrive”, “microsoft onedrive cloud storage”, “microsoft onedrive download”, “microsoft onedrive online”, “onedrive”, “onedrive cloud storage”, “onedrive cost”, “onedrive dl”, “onedrive enterprise”, “onedrive near me”, “onedrive nz”, “onedrive online”, “onedrive osx”, “onedrive personal”, “onedrive storage” and “onedrive website”, summed into one figure.
- **WeTransfer**: Measured on the search terms “file sharing wetransfer”, “file transfer wetransfer”, “wetransfer”, “wetransfer app”, “wetransfer cloud storage”, “wetransfer com”, “wetransfer link”, “wetransfer near me”, “wetransfer nz”, “wetransfer online”, “wetransfer send files”, “wetransfer send large files”, “wetransfer share files”, “wetransfer storage” and “wetransfer transfer”, summed into one figure.

- [OneDrive profile](/demand/nz/brands/onedrive)
- [WeTransfer profile](/demand/nz/brands/wetransfer)
- [All cloud storage services in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-cloud-storage-services): 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, OneDrive or WeTransfer?

In August 2026, OneDrive had more branded searches than WeTransfer among cloud storage services in New Zealand. OneDrive was estimated to have 63.6K branded searches compared to WeTransfer’s 22.8K, and held a 17.4% Share of Search versus WeTransfer’s 6.2%.

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