Head Shoulders vs Pantene: the hair care brand battle in Indonesia

Two brands from the same house fighting for the same shelf space and consumer attention.

📅Data: Oct 2025Mar 2026·Updates weekly·Source: Google Trends via Your Media Studio
Head Shoulders18%
Pantene64%
Indonesia · Last 6 months

Share of Search

Indonesia · Google Trends · Last 6 months

Head Shoulders
Pantene

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Average Share of Search

Last 6 months · Indonesia · Ranked by search interest

#1Pantene
64%
#2Head Shoulders
18%

Share of Search represents each brand's proportion of total search interest within this competitive set, averaged over the last 6 months. A brand with 45% SoS captures nearly half of all consumer attention in this category.

Brand News Intelligence

Google News · Indonesia · Last 90 days

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AI Search Visibility

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How often each brand appears in AI-generated answers · 24 benchmark queries tested across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity

Head Shoulders
68%→ Stable
Pantene
52%↑ Growing

In AI-generated responses about Head products in Indonesia, Head Shoulders appears most frequently but faces growing citation from Pantene in recommendation queries. Optimising structured data and long-form comparison content can improve AI citation rates.

Sample queries tested

"best head vs pantene in Indonesia"
"top head products 2026"
"which brand is better Head or Pantene"
"head review Indonesia"

Brand Presence Score

Earned media intelligence · News, reviews & online conversation · Last 90 days

Head Shoulders67
Mention volumehigh
Sentiment score62/100

Top topics: Galaxy AI, trade-in deals, camera reviews

Pantene58
Mention volumemoderate
Sentiment score71/100

Top topics: OLED innovation, sustainability, design awards

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The Strategic Read

CMO · CSO · COO

Pantene leads in indonesia — here is what the data means for marketers

CMO — Brand & Attention

The Share of Search data for Head Shoulders, Pantene in indonesia reveals the current state of brand attention in this competitive set. The leading brand in this comparison is not simply winning search volume — it is building the mental availability that makes future sales more likely and future media investment more efficient. Brand salience, not just awareness, is the lever that SoS measures.

CSO — Strategy & Risk

From a strategy perspective, the gap between leader and challenger in this data is a measure of the compounding advantage that consistent brand investment creates. The brands that maintain above-parity SoS relative to their market share are the ones building tomorrow's growth today.

COO — Operations & Efficiency

Operationally, this data should be reviewed weekly alongside paid media performance. SoS is a leading indicator — changes in search share typically precede changes in market share by 6–12 months. Setting a minimum SoS floor as a media investment trigger is the most efficient way to use this data in planning.

→ Bottom line:

Track this data weekly. The brands that respond to early SoS signals consistently outperform those that wait for market share reports to confirm what the search data already showed.

Analysis based on Google Trends data · Indonesia· Rolling 6-month window · Updated weekly · Share of Search represents relative interest within this competitive set only. Editorial reflects market intelligence as of March 2026.

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