A day in the life of a fun loving Google algorithm
The day in question is December 2, 2021, and the ranking of search results for trending topics that day is as follows:
- Porn = 4.16 billion
- Covid-19 = 3.75 billion
- Taylor Swift = 738 million
- Donald Trump = 700 million
- Jesus Christ = 556 million
- Joe Biden = 363 million
- Mohammed = 361 billion
- Kim Kardashian = 238 million
- Omicron variant = 181 million
- Barack Obama = 92 million
- COP26 = 85 million
- Don McLean = 60 million
- Kyle Rittenhouse = 57 million
Google facilitates 3.5 billion daily searches, but what do these results mean beyond diversion or geeky technical analysis?
This is Part 1 of a two part series. Be sure to sign up for my Substack newsletter to get Part 2, “Eating Google,” which will publish soon with a look under the hood of Google’s algorithm-driven search functionality.
