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title: "Pitchblack Partners vs VML: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Pitchblack Partners or VML? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Creative and Integrated Agencies 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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# Pitchblack Partners vs VML: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Pitchblack Partners or VML? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Creative and Integrated Agencies 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**: Pitchblack Partners and VML
- **Competitive set**: Creative and Integrated Agencies
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Pitchblack Partners Share of Search**: 2.5%
- **VML Share of Search**: 4.2%

## Which is more popular in search, Pitchblack Partners or VML?

- In August 2026, VML had more branded searches than Pitchblack Partners among creative and integrated agencies in New Zealand. VML was estimated to have 440 branded searches compared to Pitchblack Partners’ 260, and held a 4.2% Share of Search versus Pitchblack Partners’ 2.5%.
- VML was ahead of Pitchblack Partners in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Pitchblack Partners’ estimated Share of Search among creative and integrated agencies in New Zealand moved from 1.6% to 2.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 170 to 260.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, VML’s estimated Share of Search among creative and integrated agencies in New Zealand moved from 10.4% to 4.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 1.1K to 440.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand creative and integrated agencies in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Pitchblack Partners rose from 14th to 13th among creative and integrated agencies in New Zealand.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for VML in New Zealand fell 61.4% over 11 measured months, from 1.1K to 440 in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Pitchblack Partners estimated searches | Pitchblack Partners Share of Search | Pitchblack Partners rank | VML estimated searches | VML Share of Search | VML rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 170 | 1.6% | 15 | 1.1K | 10.4% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 210 | 2.1% | 12 | 630 | 6.3% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 210 | 2.7% | 11 | 360 | 4.6% | 7 |
| Jan 2026 | 170 | 1.8% | 14 | 390 | 4.1% | 7 |
| Feb 2026 | 210 | 2.1% | 14 | 450 | 4.5% | 7 |
| Mar 2026 | 320 | 2.5% | 13 | 500 | 4% | 10 |
| Apr 2026 | 260 | 2.6% | 13 | 400 | 4% | 10 |
| May 2026 | 260 | 2.7% | 13 | 460 | 4.7% | 8 |
| Jun 2026 | 210 | 2.1% | 15 | 490 | 4.9% | 9 |
| Jul 2026 | 210 | 2.3% | 14 | 430 | 4.6% | 8 |
| Aug 2026 | 260 | 2.5% | 13 | 440 | 4.2% | 8 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Pitchblack Partners’ and VML’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.

- **Pitchblack Partners**: Measured on the search term “Pitchblack Partners”.
- **VML**: Measured on the search terms “vml”, “vml agency”, “vml auckland”, “vml new zealand”, “vml nz”, “vml wellington”, “vmly&r” and “wunderman thompson nz”, summed into one figure.

- [Pitchblack Partners profile](/demand/nz/brands/pitchblack-partners)
- [VML profile](/demand/nz/brands/vml-new-zealand)
- [All creative and integrated agencies in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/creative-integrated-agencies): The set both shares are measured inside, 16 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, Pitchblack Partners or VML?

In August 2026, VML had more branded searches than Pitchblack Partners among creative and integrated agencies in New Zealand. VML was estimated to have 440 branded searches compared to Pitchblack Partners’ 260, and held a 4.2% Share of Search versus Pitchblack Partners’ 2.5%.

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