Heads-up
Pick a story. Get a Heads-up.
Explore trending searches by time range. Each Heads-up story has at least one relevant news source.
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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
Mississippi Senate Race
100,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
1 news outletSearch-first
S&P 500
50,000+ searchesSearch growth +100%
2 news outletsSearch-first
Nasdaq
50,000+ searchesSearch growth +300%
2 news outletsSearch-first
Budget 2026
20,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
1 news outletAbout 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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