Google Trends Game

[QurazyQuisp]

So, after working on a project, some of my friends and I got sucked into Google Trends... We quickly found out that we can't find a single word/trend that beats Christmas. I'm not looking for average, but a one time spike, or a spike annually or whatever.

http://www.google.com/trends

type your "trends" and seperate by commas to compare the trends.

Can anyone find one? (In search volume, not news volume)

Michael Jackson was the closest one, but 2004 christmas still beat it.

 

[OOBradm]

Here are a few:

Hurricane:
http://www.google.com/trends?q=hurricane&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

Leap Year:
http://www.google.com/trends?q=leap+year&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

janet jackson

 

[Locut0s]

Obama comes close during the last elections:

http://www.google.com/trends?q=Christmas%2C+obama&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

Edit: Well not compared to 2004 though.

 

[QurazyQuisp]

Here are a few:

Hurricane:
http://www.google.com/trends?q=hurricane&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

Leap Year:
http://www.google.com/trends?q=leap+year&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

You're doing it all wrong... you have to compare it to Christmas. So do Hurricane, Christmas. You'll see the two compared. Neither comes close.

 

[Locut0s]

Interesting how "sex" peeks around the same time as Christmas every year as well:

http://www.google.com/trends?q=Christmas,+sex&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

And correspondingly "school" drops at the same time

http://www.google.com/trends?q=Christmas,+school&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

 

[Lotheron]

Beats it in search volume...

http://www.google.com/trends?q=Christmas%2C+google&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

 

[QurazyQuisp]

janet jackson

Looks like this one wins... can anyone beat janet jackson?

 

[Locut0s]

Looks like this one wins... can anyone beat janet jackson?

WTF why Janet Jackson back in 04?

 

[OOBradm]

You're doing it all wrong... you have to compare it to Christmas. So do Hurricane, Christmas. You'll see the two compared. Neither comes close.

Ah, i see this now. How about this then:

http://www.google.com/trends?q=christmas,+google&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

2007: the year google beat christmas

 

[Lotheron]

Ah, i see this now. How about this then:

http://www.google.com/trends?q=christmas,+google&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

2007: the year google beat christmas

I already had that .. but Janet still wins.. damn wardrobe malfunction...

 

[CottonRabbit]

http://www.google.com/trends?q=christmas%2C+free&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

"Free" crushes Christmas in search volume every year.

Edit: You can't get any better than free.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

world cup is close, but doesn't beat it

 

[gar3555]

Google has surpassed it

apparently people google google quite often.

someone beat me to it.

 

[Lotheron]

Google has surpassed it

apparently people google google quite often.

That's because people type Google in their Google search bars to go to Google.

 

[Locut0s]

Those are all trends though not spikes like the OP mentions.

 

[PepePeru]

WTF why Janet Jackson back in 04?

the superbowl half-time show where she exposed her breast.

 

[Locut0s]

the superbowl half-time show where she exposed her breast.

Oh yeah forgot about that. Amazing people actually got worked up about that

 

[OOBradm]

Beats it in search volume...

http://www.google.com/trends?q=Christmas,+google&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

beat to the punch!

 

[destrekor]

christmas, google

edit: damn, got bested by quite a few on this one
never refreshed the page, apparently spent a few minutes trying things, and then trying to see if I could find others that also won

 

[OOBradm]

A new champion:

Facebook:
http://www.google.com/trends?q=christmas%2C+facebook&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

I like how people are competing for being the first to respond with items that don't address what the OP is asking

I'm not looking for average, but a one time spike, or a spike annually or whatever.

If you just wanted a lot of results, you'd think you'd start more basic
http://www.google.com/trends?q=christmas%2C+the&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

 

[OOBradm]

I like how people are competing for being the first to respond with items that don't address what the OP is asking



If you just wanted a lot of results, you'd think you'd start more basic
http://www.google.com/trends?q=christmas,+the&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

Nope, facebook still wins
http://www.google.com/trends?q=the,+facebook&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

 

[coldmeat]

lol even "superbowl" spikes in 2004.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Nope, facebook still wins
http://www.google.com/trends?q=the,+facebook&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

Yes, I realize this. The others were about averages.

To the OP...

If you think that you want to count it, years seem to go in and out of style on an annual basis

2004 for example