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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.
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Russell Brand
500,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
3 news outletsSearch-first
Democrats Take Control of Both Chambers of Congress in Midterms
50,000+ searchesSearch growth +200%
9 news outletsSearch-first
Mississippi Senate race remains unresolved amid extended vote count
50,000+ searchesSearch growth +800%
4 news outletsSearch-first
Ronaldo
20,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
4 news outletsSearch-first
Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate race as first Muslim senator
50,000+ searchesSearch growth +500%
4 news outletsSearch-first
El Sayed
20,000+ searchesSearch growth +800%
9 news outletsTrending searches
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Fenerbahçe vs Liverpool200,000+ searchesLens vs Como100,000+ searchesCardiff City vs West Ham100,000+ searchesRB Leipzig vs Man City100,000+ searchesSlavia Praha vs Arsenal100,000+ searchesMississippi Senate Race100,000+ searchesBBC News100,000+ searchesTrump50,000+ searchesPub50,000+ searchesStock Markets50,000+ searchesMidterm Elections Democrats50,000+ searchesSunderland vs Dinamo Zagreb50,000+ searchesLimited linked coverage
Bank of England Base Rate50,000+ searches · 0 news outletsComo50,000+ searches · 1 news outletsSparta Praha vs Bournemouth20,000+ 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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