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title: "Windcave vs Worldline: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Windcave or Worldline? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Payment providers 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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# Windcave vs Worldline: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Windcave or Worldline? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Payment providers 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**: Windcave and Worldline
- **Competitive set**: Payment providers
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Windcave Share of Search**: 5%
- **Worldline Share of Search**: 1.2%

## Which is more popular in search, Windcave or Worldline?

- In August 2026, Windcave had more branded searches than Worldline among payment providers in New Zealand. Windcave was estimated to have 5.2K branded searches compared to Worldline’s 1.3K, and held a 5% Share of Search versus Worldline’s 1.2%.
- Windcave was ahead of Worldline in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Windcave’s estimated Share of Search among payment providers in New Zealand moved from 5.6% to 5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 6.2K to 5.2K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Worldline’s estimated Share of Search among payment providers in New Zealand moved from 2.2% to 1.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.4K to 1.3K.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand payment providers in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Worldline fell from 4th to 6th among payment providers in New Zealand.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Windcave in New Zealand fell 15.7% over 11 measured months, from 6.2K to 5.2K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Windcave estimated searches | Windcave Share of Search | Windcave rank | Worldline estimated searches | Worldline Share of Search | Worldline rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 6.2K | 5.6% | 3 | 2.4K | 2.2% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 5.6K | 5% | 3 | 2.4K | 2.2% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 5.2K | 4.9% | 3 | 2K | 1.8% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 5K | 4.5% | 3 | 2.1K | 2% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 5.4K | 5% | 3 | 2.1K | 1.9% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 5.4K | 4.6% | 3 | 2.9K | 2.4% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 5.4K | 5% | 3 | 2.7K | 2.5% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 5.5K | 5.1% | 3 | 2.2K | 2.1% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | 5.4K | 5% | 3 | 2.3K | 2.1% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | 5.2K | 4.9% | 3 | 1.7K | 1.6% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | 5.2K | 5% | 3 | 1.3K | 1.2% | 6 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Windcave’s and Worldline’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.

- **Windcave**: Measured on the search terms “windcave”, “windcave com”, “windcave contact”, “windcave eftpos”, “windcave eftpos machine”, “windcave ltd”, “windcave near me”, “windcave new zealand”, “windcave nz”, “windcave payment”, “windcave payment gateway” and “windcave support”, summed into one figure.
- **Worldline**: Measured on the search terms “paymark worldline”, “worldline”, “worldline com”, “worldline eftpos”, “worldline insights”, “worldline near me”, “worldline new zealand”, “worldline nz”, “worldline online”, “worldline paymark”, “worldline payment gateway” and “worldline payments”, summed into one figure.

- [Windcave profile](/demand/nz/brands/windcave)
- [Worldline profile](/demand/nz/brands/worldline)
- [All payment providers in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-payment-gateways): The set both shares are measured inside, 8 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, Windcave or Worldline?

In August 2026, Windcave had more branded searches than Worldline among payment providers in New Zealand. Windcave was estimated to have 5.2K branded searches compared to Worldline’s 1.3K, and held a 5% Share of Search versus Worldline’s 1.2%.

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