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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 take control of both chambers of Congress
50,000+ searchesSearch growth +800%
3 news outletsSearch-first
A red thunderstorm warning was issued for Auckland
20,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
3 news outletsSearch-first
Democratic Party
20,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
1 news outletSearch-first
Tonga beat Samoa, with Fonua-Blake scoring the winner
20,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
3 news outletsSame time
Vector Outages
10,000+ searchesSearch growth +900%
2 news outletsTrending searches
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Perjury20,000+ searchesTab20,000+ searchesWeather Tomorrow20,000+ searchesUS Election20,000+ searchesUS Election Results10,000+ searchesLiam Lawson Racing Bulls Seat Future10,000+ searchesKarun Chandhok Liam Lawson Defense10,000+ searchesPenrose Fire10,000+ searchesNZ vs IND10,000+ searchesFlorida Plane Crash10,000+ searchesGuy Fawkes10,000+ searchesThe Hui Current Affairs Show Ending10,000+ searchesAbout 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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