Heads-up
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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.
Same time
New Zealand vs Tonga
20,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
2 news outletsSame time
All Blacks v Scotland
10,000+ searchesSearch growth +700%
2 news outletsSearch-first
Opportunity Party
5,000+ searchesSearch growth +400%
1 news outletTrending searches
See the search data for each topic.
Australia vs Samoa50,000+ searchesNicola Willis20,000+ searchesNZ vs Tonga20,000+ searchesChris Bishop20,000+ searchesEarthquake20,000+ searchesKarina Knedler Dishonesty Charges20,000+ searchesTvnz10,000+ searchesAuckland FC vs Wellington Phoenix10,000+ searchesStuff10,000+ searchesQiulae Wong10,000+ searchesStuff NZ10,000+ searchesLimited linked coverage
Samoa vs Australia50,000+ 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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