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Published July 24, 2024

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Jenny Lee

Lead Google Trends Analyst

with Katie Seaton

Top Trends

• “Why are the olympic beds made of cardboard” increased +170% and “is cardboard biodegradable” is up +250%, past day, US

• “Is yellowstone erupting” and “hydrothermal meaning” were breakout searches over the past day, US

• “Secret service director salary” is a breakout search and “who is the new secret service director” increased +500%, past day, US

• Celine Dion is the top trending person searched with the Olympic Games over the past day in the US and “opening ceremony olympics time” is the top trending related search

• “what is a breaching whale” is the top trending whale question over the past day, and “whale jumps boat” is a breakout search

Entertainment

• “who does benedict bridgerton marry” is up +300% and ”“sophie bridgerton” increased 600% over the past day

• Over the past week, the top trending name change is Shiloh’s name change

• The top trending music video over the past day is Freedom by Beyonce with“freedom beyonce meaning” becoming a breakout search

Lifestyle

• “junk journaling ideas” is a breakout search with “junk journaling supplies” nearly doubling over the past month

• Search interest in staycation spikes every July in the US and this year, it’s at the second highest point since 2020

• “what does brat mean” is up +550% and “brat aesthetic” increased +350%, past week

 Sports

• Searches asking “what is the pup list in nfl” spiked +250% in the US over the past day

• “india women vs nepal women” was the top trending matchup in the US over the past day

• Searches for “kayak cross olympics” spiked +450% in the US over the past day

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Daily Quiz

Which is more searched in the US over the past six months:

how to make photos blurry or how to make photos clearer?

Social Media

All data is based on the US unless otherwise stated

• “finsta username generator” increased +400% and “whats a finsta” more than doubled this year

• Search interest in “hard launch” and “soft launch” are at a record high this year and over the past month, “soft launch vs hard launch relationship” was a breakout search

• “handle generator” is currently at an all time high and “caption generator” reached an all time high in June

GRAPH: Search interest in “photo dump” has been on the rise since June 2020 and this year, “random photo dump caption” increased +150%

MAP: Search interest in “instagram photos” vs “facebook photos” over the past year

Trending photo caption “ideas”

past week, US

1. Zach Bryan caption ideas

2. Couples caption ideas

3. NYC caption ideas

4. Caption ideas for photo dump

5. Caption ideas for vacation

Top trending social media platform searched with…

past month, US

• Gen Alpha: Instagram

• Gen Z: Pinterest

• Millennials: Twitter (X)

• Gen X: Twitter (X)

• Baby Boomers: Twitter (X)

Photography

All data is based on the US unless otherwise stated

• Over the last 5 years, “.5 camera” increased +2,050% and “what phones have .5 camera” +1,500%

• Searches for “digital camera photos” and “digital camera look” are currently at a 12+ year high

• “disposable camera filter” and “90s filter”  are breakout searches over the past month

• “how to make pictures blurry” was a breakout search over the past month

• “canon g7x mark iii” and “nikon coolpix s6900” are the top trending cameras for Instagram photography over the past year

GRAPH: Search interest in panoramic photography has been on the decline for over five years, and is at an all time low this month

Top trending “how to take…” selfie types

past week, US

1. How to take gym selfies

2. How to take a .5 selfie

3. How to take a good full body selfie

4. How to take a selfie headshot

5. How to take mirror selfies for guys

Daily Quiz: Answer

% of both topics search interest combined

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• Breakout: search terms had a tremendous increase, in some cases  because these terms are new and had few (if any) prior searches

• Top or Most Searched: search terms that rank highest by search volume for a given timeframe and location

• Trending Searches: search terms that had the highest spike in traffic over a given time period as compared with the previous equivalent period 

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