--- title: "WordPress vs WordPress.com: Which is searched more in New Zealand?" description: "Is WordPress or WordPress.com more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Website builders 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." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/wordpress-vs-wordpress-com" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # WordPress vs WordPress.com: Which is searched more in New Zealand? Is WordPress or WordPress.com more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Website builders 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**: WordPress and WordPress.com - **Competitive set**: Website builders - **Market**: New Zealand - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **WordPress Share of Search**: 0.09% - **WordPress.com Share of Search**: 5.7% ## Is WordPress or WordPress.com more popular in search? - In September 2026, WordPress.com had more branded searches than WordPress among website builders in New Zealand. WordPress.com had about 4,560 branded searches, while WordPress had 70. WordPress.com made up 5.7% of all website builder searches we track, and WordPress accounted for 0.09%. - WordPress.com was ahead of WordPress in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, WordPress’ share of searches among website builders in New Zealand moved from 0.38% to 0.09%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 320 to 70. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, WordPress.com’s share of searches among website builders in New Zealand moved from 6.7% to 5.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 5.6K to 4.6K. ## Top website builders in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, both WordPress and WordPress.com showed up in all five answers. WordPress.com was listed before WordPress 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Wix | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Squarespace | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | WordPress.com | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Rocketspark | 4th | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Shopify | 5th | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | WordPress | 6th | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Webflow | 7th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | GoDaddy | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | Hostinger | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | Framer | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about website builders - Asked ChatGPT "Which website builder should I use in New Zealand?": 1. Wix, 2. Squarespace, 3. Shopify, 4. WordPress.com, 5. WordPress, 6. Rocketspark - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best website builders in New Zealand?": 1. Wix, 2. Squarespace, 3. Shopify, 4. WordPress.com, 5. WordPress, 6. Rocketspark, 7. Webflow - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best website builder in New Zealand for a business website?": 1. Wix, 2. Squarespace, 3. WordPress.com, 4. WordPress, 5. Shopify, 6. Rocketspark - Searched Google, AI Overview "website builders nz": 1. Rocketspark, 2. Wix, 3. WordPress.com, 4. WordPress - Searched Google, AI Overview "build website nz": 1. Rocketspark, 2. Wix, 3. Squarespace, 4. Shopify, 5. WordPress.com, 6. WordPress, 7. Webflow Not named in any answer: GoDaddy, Hostinger and Framer. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in New Zealand on October 19, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for New Zealand website builders in September 2026? - In September 2026, WordPress.com lost share of searches among website builders in New Zealand, from 6.5% to 5.7%. - Estimated monthly branded searches for WordPress in New Zealand fell 78.1% over 12 measured months, from 320 to 70 in September 2026. ## Month by month | Month | WordPress estimated searches | WordPress Share of Search | WordPress rank | WordPress.com estimated searches | WordPress.com Share of Search | WordPress.com rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 320 | 0.38% | 9 | 5.6K | 6.7% | 5 | | Nov 2025 | 260 | 0.33% | 9 | 4.7K | 6% | 5 | | Dec 2025 | 260 | 0.4% | 9 | 4K | 6.3% | 5 | | Jan 2026 | 260 | 0.32% | 9 | 5.8K | 7.2% | 5 | | Feb 2026 | 260 | 0.32% | 9 | 5.1K | 6.3% | 5 | | Mar 2026 | 260 | 0.28% | 9 | 7.3K | 7.8% | 5 | | Apr 2026 | 140 | 0.16% | 10 | 5.8K | 6.7% | 5 | | May 2026 | 90 | 0.1% | 10 | 6.2K | 6.9% | 5 | | Jun 2026 | 70 | 0.08% | 10 | 6.3K | 7.2% | 5 | | Jul 2026 | 110 | 0.13% | 10 | 5.4K | 6.4% | 5 | | Aug 2026 | 110 | 0.13% | 10 | 5.4K | 6.5% | 5 | | Sep 2026 | 70 | 0.09% | 10 | 4.6K | 5.7% | 5 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using WordPress’ and WordPress.com’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. - **WordPress**: Measured on the search term “wordpress website”. - **WordPress.com**: Measured on the search terms “hosting wordpress”, “wordpress”, “wordpress blog”, “wordpress cms”, “wordpress com”, “wordpress com templates”, “wordpress developer”, “wordpress page builder”, “wordpress plugins”, “wordpress seo plugins”, “wordpress templates”, “wordpress themes”, “wordpress web” and “wordpresscom”, summed into one figure. - [WordPress profile](/demand/nz/brands/wordpress) - [WordPress.com profile](/demand/nz/brands/wordpress-com) - [All website builders in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-website-builders): The set both shares are measured inside, 10 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 WordPress or WordPress.com more popular in search? In September 2026, WordPress.com had more branded searches than WordPress among website builders in New Zealand. WordPress.com had about 4,560 branded searches, while WordPress had 70. WordPress.com made up 5.7% of all website builder searches we track, and WordPress accounted for 0.09%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "WordPress vs WordPress.com: Which is searched more in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/wordpress-vs-wordpress-com This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/wordpress-vs-wordpress-com. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.