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title: "Paw Justice vs SPCA: Which is searched more in New Zealand?"
description: "Is Paw Justice or SPCA more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Animal welfare charities 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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# Paw Justice vs SPCA: Which is searched more in New Zealand?

Is Paw Justice or SPCA more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Animal welfare charities 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**: Paw Justice and SPCA
- **Competitive set**: Animal welfare charities
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Paw Justice Share of Search**: 0.17%
- **SPCA Share of Search**: 96.1%

## Is Paw Justice or SPCA more popular in search?

- In September 2026, SPCA had more branded searches than Paw Justice among animal welfare charities in New Zealand. SPCA had about 40,300 branded searches, while Paw Justice had 70. SPCA made up 96.1% of all animal welfare charity searches we track, and Paw Justice accounted for 0.17%.
- SPCA was ahead of Paw Justice in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Paw Justice’s share of searches among animal welfare charities in New Zealand moved from 0.22% to 0.17%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 90 to 70.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, SPCA’s share of searches among animal welfare charities in New Zealand moved from 96.6% to 96.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 40.4K to 40.3K.

## Top animal welfare charities in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, SPCA appeared in all five answers. Paw Justice was mentioned in one out of five: not in any of the three ChatGPT answers, but in one of the two Google AI Overviews. SPCA was listed before Paw Justice 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SPCA | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| HUHA | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| SAFE | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Paw Justice | 4th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Guide Dogs NZ | 5th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Bird Rescue | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about animal welfare charities

- Asked ChatGPT "Which animal welfare charity should I join in New Zealand?": 1. SPCA, 2. SAFE, 3. HUHA
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best animal welfare charities in New Zealand?": 1. SPCA, 2. SAFE, 3. HUHA
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best animal welfare charity in New Zealand for animal lovers?": 1. SPCA, 2. SAFE, 3. HUHA
- Searched Google, AI Overview "animal welfare charities": 1. SPCA, 2. HUHA, 3. Paw Justice, 4. Guide Dogs NZ
- Searched Google, AI Overview "charities for animals": 1. SPCA, 2. HUHA

Not named in any answer: Bird Rescue.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in New Zealand on October 20, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand animal welfare charities in September 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Paw Justice in New Zealand fell 22.2% over 12 measured months, from 90 to 70 in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Paw Justice estimated searches | Paw Justice Share of Search | Paw Justice rank | SPCA estimated searches | SPCA Share of Search | SPCA rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 90 | 0.22% | 6 | 40.4K | 96.6% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 70 | 0.17% | 6 | 40.3K | 95.8% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 70 | 0.17% | 6 | 40.2K | 96.2% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 110 | 0.25% | 6 | 41.9K | 96.6% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 90 | 0.25% | 6 | 34.2K | 96.6% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 110 | 0.26% | 6 | 40.8K | 96.8% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 170 | 0.4% | 5 | 41.2K | 96.9% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 90 | 0.21% | 6 | 41.5K | 97.2% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 90 | 0.21% | 6 | 41K | 97.3% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 90 | 0.22% | 6 | 40.8K | 97.5% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 110 | 0.26% | 6 | 40.5K | 96% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | 70 | 0.17% | 6 | 40.3K | 96.1% | 1 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Paw Justice’s and SPCA’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.

- **Paw Justice**: Measured on the search term “paw justice”.
- **SPCA**: Measured on the search terms “a spca”, “otago spca”, “spca”, “spca adoption”, “spca animals”, “spca cat”, “spca cat adoption”, “spca dogs”, “spca foster”, “spca hours”, “spca kittens”, “spca marlborough”, “spca number”, “spca operating hours”, “spca opshop”, “spca puppies”, “spca southland”, “spca telephone number” and “waikato spca”, summed into one figure.

- [Paw Justice profile](/demand/nz/brands/paw-justice)
- [SPCA profile](/demand/nz/brands/spca)
- [All animal welfare charities in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-animal-welfare-charities): 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 Paw Justice or SPCA more popular in search?

In September 2026, SPCA had more branded searches than Paw Justice among animal welfare charities in New Zealand. SPCA had about 40,300 branded searches, while Paw Justice had 70. SPCA made up 96.1% of all animal welfare charity searches we track, and Paw Justice accounted for 0.17%.

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