Heads-up
Pick a story. Get a Heads-up.
Today's top searched stories with at least three news sources. Pick one to see why people are searching and ask a follow-up.
Updated
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
Florida Learjet crash kills nine
200,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
3 news outletsSearch-first
Americans vote in 2026 midterm elections
200,000+ searchesSearch growth +900%
4 news outletsSearch-first
Shatner, Jackman and Takei honor Patrick Stewart
200,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
4 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.
Read the methodology