This is the latest edition of the Google Trends newsletter, with a focus today on Singles Awareness Day and Gen-Z valentines.
Daily Quiz
Which type of relationship is most searched over the past week in the US?
friendship or intimate relationship?
Singles Awareness Day
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Speed dating spikes every February in the US, and is currently at a five year high
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“credit score dating app” is up +600% over the past week in the US
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“curacao” and “cayman islands” are the top trending “solo travel” destinations over the past week in the US
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Washington DC and New York are searching “solo travel” over “family travel” over the past year in the US
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“best meal kits for singles” and “valentines captions for singles” are the top trending “…for singles” over the past week in the US
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Maryland and Georgia are the top states searching “singles night” over the past week in the US
Top “things to do alone”
past week, US
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Movies
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Concerts
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Parks
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Spas
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Museums
Top trending “dating apps for…”
past month, US
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Dating apps for autistic adults
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Dating apps for old people
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Dating apps for serious relationships
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Dating apps for young adults
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Dating apps for gamers
Gen-Z Valentines
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“valentines rizz lines” and “valentines day rizz” each more than doubled in search interest over the past week, US
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“situationship valentines cards” and “situationship candy hearts” are breakout searches in the US over the past month
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Searches for “microcheating” more than doubled over the past week
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“will you be my valentine ideas” is currently being searched more than ever before, Texas is the top state searching “victor you actually did this” over the past week in the US
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“ketchup theory” is the top trending relationship theory over the past week in the US
MAP: West Virginia and Connecticut are the only US states searching “invisible string theory” over “orange peel theory” over the past week
Top trending dating slang “meaning”
past year, US
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Lost boys meaning
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Instant dating meaning
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1312 meaning dating
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Queuing meaning
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NATO dating meaning
Top trending “soft launch”
past week, US
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Soft launch meaning slang
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Soft launch pictures
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Soft launch instagram captions
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Soft launch urban dictionary
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Soft launch vs hard launch
Daily Quiz Answer
% of both topics search interest combined
Simon Rogers
Data Editor, Google
@smfrogers
with Katie Seaton
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