Google Trends, religion, and economy
This is interesting to me.
I was messing around with Google Trends ( I love these sorts of things. Check out Facebook Lexicon and Twist sometime.) the other day and discovered some interesting trends/correlations when I aggregated a graph of the terms “religion” and “economy” within the United States.
Here is a record of the last 12 months.
And here is a record of the last 30 days.
Even more interesting, here is a record since January of 2004.
Finally, here is a global record since January of 2004.
Clearly, there is a trend here and perhaps even a correlation. Now, I know this isn’t the best of surveying people and gaining information. I know it is skewed and probably inaccurate to an extent. But it is interesting nonetheless. I don’t know what to make of it. What do you think?
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Check out the aggregated numbers for politics and religion. Those aren’t quite as fun, but they’re still interesting.
Andrew M.
29 Oct 08 at 2:01 pm
Blake, I think it’s probably more accurate than we think. And the correlation is that people think money is God. ;-P
Jonathan Brink
30 Oct 08 at 12:38 pm
I think it is interesting that the Northeast region has been declared to be the most " Godless ''
area of the USA and at the same time it has the wost economic woes of the nation.
Bill Denton
10 Mar 09 at 1:56 am