Ohioans love Lebron James, Californians worry about earthquakes, and Hawaiians want to go to Disneyland, according to a recent analysis of the hottest research in each U.S. state by WordStream.
The report was based on Google Trends data for the United States for the past 12 months (February 2014 to February 2015). Researchers identified the most popular searches specific to each state (that is, growing queries that were not part of national trends). Several locations did not have unique trends with sufficient search volume, which is why national searches were chosen.
Some of the more popular searches over the past 12 months were related to major news events, like the queries on “Ferguson” in Missouri, while others were more local, like the popularity of supermarket searches ” Market Basket “in New Hampshire.
Below is the top trending search in each state (plus Washington DC); to verify the full report for more details :
Alabama: Isis; Credit Karma
Alaska: earthquake in Alaska; Cabela’s
Arizona: Jennifer lawrence
Arkansas: Google Class; Uark Mail; Quizlet
California: Earthquake; giants
Colorado: Amazon prime
Connecticut: Sound cloud; Powerschool
Delaware: Cabela’s; UDSIS (University of Delaware student portal)
Florida: Sound cloud; Cool math games
Georgia: Credit Karma; Tiempo
Hawaii: Disneyland; South West
Idaho: Twitch (video and community platform for gamers); Khan Academy (non-profit educational organization)
Illinois: Student portal; Xfinity
Indiana: Zillow; Blackboard
Iowa: Isis; Snapchat
Kansas: Royals
Kentucky: Black Friday 2014; Clash of the clans
Louisiana: Credit Karma; Costco
Maine: Zillow; Snapchat; Mega-sharing
Maryland: Cool math games; Reddit; Orioles
Massachusetts: Santander; 2014 calendar
Michigan: Google Docs; Reddit; Kate upton
Minnesota: Craigslist MPLS (Minneapolis); Minnesota Savage
Mississippi: Kevin Gates; Lil boosie
Missouri: Ferguson
Montana: Charter (telecommunications); D2L (Desire 2 Learn, e-learning company)
Nebraska: Ferguson; Marcus Theaters
Nevada: Galaxy s5
New Hampshire: 2014 calendar ; Market basket
New Jersey: Google Drive; Google docs
New Mexico: 2014 calendar ; T Mobile
New York: Accuweather
North Carolina: Powerschool
North Dakota: BisManOnline; Tic
Ohio: James lebron
Oklahoma: Isis; Costco
Oregon: VK (social network with adult content)
Pennsylvania: Groupon
Rhode Island: Santander; Aspen
Caroline from the south: Credit Karma
South Dakota: My Sanford Chart (University of South Dakota medical portal)
Tennessee: Divergent (2014 film, based on a YA series)
Texas: Tiempo; Spurs
Utah: Zillow; Canvas (a learning management system)
Vermont: Buzzfeed; Putlocker (online movie platform)
Virginia: Tubidy (mobile video search engine); Waptrick (free music downloads); WhatsApp (mobile messaging)
Washington: giants
West Virginia: EngradeWV (educational portal); Destiny (video game released in 2014)
Wisconsin: brewers; Hobby lobby
Wyoming: Charter; Katy Perry
Washington DC: Patriots; Ferguson
About the research: The report was based on Google Trends data for the United States for the past 12 months (February 2014 to February 2015).
