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Explore trending searches by time range. Each Heads-up story has at least one relevant news source.
Collected at
Not enough stories in the past 48 hours, so showing the past 7 days.
What do these labels mean?
We compare Google’s trend start, or our first search observation when that’s unavailable, with the earliest qualifying linked article. Older background coverage stays in Sources.
- News-first
- The news came first. The first linked article appeared more than an hour before the search trend began.
- Search-first
- Searches came first. The search trend began more than an hour before the first news story we track.
- Same time
- Searches and linked news coverage began within an hour of each other.
Search-first
Democrats won control of the Senate in the 2026 midterm elections.
500,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
2 news outletsNews-first
Midterm Elections Results
500,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
1 news outletSearch-first
Florida Plane Crash
200,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
2 news outletsNews-first
Mammoth – Canadiens
100,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
2 news outletsSame time
Russell Brand
100,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
7 news outletsSearch-first
Time in Vancouver
100,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
2 news outletsTrending searches
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US Election Results500,000+ searchesRepublican Party500,000+ searchesDaylight Saving Time Clocks Change200,000+ searchesTrump200,000+ searchesPlane Crash Florida200,000+ searches2026 United States Senate Elections200,000+ searchesUS Midterm Results200,000+ searchesWhat Time Is It200,000+ searchesUS Midterm Elections Results200,000+ searchesFox News200,000+ searchesMidterms 2026200,000+ searchesAmerican Election 2026200,000+ searchesLimited linked coverage
Dow Jones Stock Markets50,000+ searches · 0 news outletsMammoth vs Canadiens20,000+ searches · 0 news outletsSherritt Layoffs20,000+ searches · 0 news outletsAbout the search figures and timing labels
Search figures use Google’s 48-hour measurement window. Timing labels compare qualifying linked article dates with the search timestamps; older background coverage is excluded; they do not establish cause or the first report anywhere.
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