earth-trend
The world's trends, as a living map.
What is this
Search is humanity's most honest record of "what we want to know." earth-trend is a place to watch what the world is paying attention to right now, and how that curiosity connects — as a living graph. Less an analytics tool, more a mirror onto the world's curiosity.
- Trends — What the world is searching right now
- Analysis — Trace associations out from a rising word
- Globe — See the world's attention from above
Why I made this
This project began with a philosophy, not a feature. Today's social feeds and search are so personalized they mostly reflect ourselves; Google Trends, meanwhile, is just a sterile table. I wanted to watch the flow of the world's collective attention from a different, more playful angle — and to experiment with how data itself can be expressed. This is that attempt. I'll keep updating it while continually rethinking what it's for.
About the data
We show public data from Google Trends (trending searches) and Google search autocomplete (suggestions), fetched and cached at regular intervals (every 10 minutes per country). Words are machine-translated, and we arrange them with our own encoding: circle size = search volume, color = how recently it appeared. This is an unofficial personal project, not affiliated with Google LLC or any company.
Who runs this
An independent personal project run by hochu. Feedback, corrections and bug reports are welcome.
Privacy
There is no sign-up, and we do not store your personal information. We may use anonymous usage statistics (Google Analytics) to improve the site.
FAQ
Is the data real-time?
Not strictly real-time. Each country's data is fetched and cached every 10 minutes — a design choice to stay polite to the source (Google).
How many countries are covered?
24 countries. Starting from Japan, the US, the UK, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Germany, France and Brazil, we keep expanding across the English- and Spanish-speaking world and major markets.
Is this an official Google service?
No. It's an unofficial personal project with no affiliation to Google LLC. We independently visualize public data from Google Trends and search autocomplete.
How is this different from Google Trends?
Less an analytics tool, more a mirror onto the world's curiosity. With our own encoding — circle size = search volume, color = how recently a word appeared — you can feel the 'now' of attention and how it connects.
Are the sizes and rankings exact numbers?
They're relative. Circle size reflects the relative magnitude of search volume, not a share of all searches.