{"id":22143,"date":"2022-03-28T19:01:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T18:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=22143"},"modified":"2022-03-28T19:11:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T18:11:48","slug":"google-searches-for-ethereum-merge-reaches-all-time-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/google-searches-for-ethereum-merge-reaches-all-time-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Google searches for Ethereum Merge reaches all-time high"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Canadians, Australians, and Singaporeans were the most curious about the next Ethereum<\/a> Merge.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Data from Google Trends shows an increasingly keen interest in Ethereum's upcoming merge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Remember when you were surfing the web at work and intermittently looking at cryptocurrency prices between social media breaks when suddenly the words \u201cEthereum Merge\u201d popped up everywhere? Well, you are not alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to data from Google Trends\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/g>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/clipPath>\r\n <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a>, over the past two weeks, people around the world have been so eager to learn about the Ethereum merge that the search term has peaked in popularity everywhere at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On March 6, \u201cEthereum Merge\u201d was about 21% more popular than it is today. An explosion of searches for this date saw the term reach an unprecedented peak of popularity around the world on March 20th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Interest in the term “ethereum merge” over the past 12 months. Source: Google Trends<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Canada accounts for the most searches in the last 365 days, so Trends assigns the country a score of 100, giving it the highest possible score for \u201cEthereum Merge\u201d searches in the population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Canada, the term peaked in popularity on March 13\u201319. By March 26, however, it had fallen to 39% of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second is the people of Australia, who have completed 84% of the polls Canadians have conducted in the last year in relation to the size of their population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Interest by region for the term “Ethereum Merge” over the past 12 months. Source: Google Trends<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Third were the Singaporeans. They were 80% as curious about the Ethereum Merge as the Canadians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fourth place was the American population: they were 76% more interested than Canadians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British and Dutch populations, in turn, ranked fifth and sixth, respectively, with both groups conducting about 52% of searches as Canadian, proportionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the UK, \u201cEthereum Merge\u201d reached around 43% of its peak popularity on March 6th. It only began to rise on March 13, after which the term peaked in popularity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Interest by region for the term “ethereum merge” over the past 12 months. Source: Google Trends<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It should be noted that the British were already curious about \u201cEthereum Merge\u201d. For example, in the period 19-25 December 2021, the term was around 99% more popular in the UK than it is today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding related search topics, Google Trends reports “Proof of Stake<\/a>“, “Ethereum Merge Date” and “Ethereum 2.0 Release Date”. This is not surprising, since all these topics are closely related.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is an Ethereum Merge?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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