Google released its list of “what was trending in 2018” and ‘What is bitcoin’ ranked as the top “What is…” for users in the United States and the United Kingdom, according to Google Trends.
Google said the list, which includes top searches, news, people, and beauty questions, is “based on search terms that had the highest spike this year as compared to the previous year.”
Bitcoin was also a popular query in many other countries across the world. ‘What is bitcoin’ was the second most searched phrase in the consumer technology category in Canada. It was the seond most ‘What Is’ term in Ireland behind ‘What is blasphemy?’
Still A Lot Of Cryptocurrency Enthusiasm
Despite turbulent markets in 2018, the results from Google suggest that a good number of searchers are still interested in cryptocurrency.
Inside the United States, ‘How to buy Ripple’ was the fourth most searched ‘how to.’ Many Canadians were also interested in ‘How to buy Ripple in Canada?’
CryptoGlobe reported in November how searches for the keyword “bitcoin” started to rise in the month amid big price plummets for cryptocurrency.
In 2017, ‘What is Bitcoin’ was the second most popular ‘What is…’, coming in behind ‘What is DACA.’ In the United Kingdom, ‘What is bitcoin’ came in fourth. Globally, ‘How to buy bitcoin’ came in as the fourth most popular ‘How To…’ in 2017, according to Google Trends. As of press time, this information was not yet available for 2018.
Booming markets throughout last year, and especially in the last couple months of 2017, no doubt contributed towards massive search interest. Google Trends data showed how for much of December 2017, more people searched for “bitcoin” than for “Trump.”
Google’s Involvement With The Crypto And Blockchain World
Google have found itself linked with the world of cryptocurrency and blockchain through a variety of measures.
In early November, Google Ventures participated in a fundraising round led by Venrock that raised $15 million for Dapper Labs, creator of the popular CryptoKitties game. Around the same time, Google LLC CEO Sundar Pichai said he discovered how his 11-year old son was mining Ether on a regular computer.
CryptoGlobe reported in July that Google co-founder Sergey Brin revealed his 10-year old son was also a cryptocurrency miner. He made the remarks at a blockchain summit in Morocco.
