Internet Statistics
So here's a hell of a graph. Aside from the wider and more obvious implications (read: the internet is for porn), and aside from the fact that we'd really need to know more about what this is measuring and be given real numbers to consider it meaningful, there are a few points worth making.
-In general, the search volume of "Porn" grows with time, while political searches merely spike. I suppose this is just because more and more people are using the internet, and everyone uses the internet to find pornography.
-Pornography dwarfed searches for political subjects during the last 4+ years, except during the '04 election. It'll be interesting to see what happens in October and November of this year.
-Nevertheless, "Porn" flatlines on the measure of news coverage volume in comparison to the other three.
-The combination of political and pornographic searches, of course, puts a DC suburb and Washington, DC itself on the top of the "searched by" list.
Here's "Porn" by itself. More thoughts:
-Ireland? Really? And the U.S. is 7th?
-Especially since 3 English cities top Dublin. Apparently the Irish are quite consistent across regional demographics in their love of pornography.
-Apparently Turkish-speaking countries also love their porn.
-What on earth caused that huge spike around May/June/July November/December of 2005? There's no corresponding spike in news coverage, and we eliminated Paris Hilton. Her video was "released" in 2003. This, maybe?
-Given that the most U.S. searches for porn took place in L.A. and one of its suburbs: how many of those searchers were honestly seeking employment?
-2008 already looks to be a better-than-average year for pornography.
-Google Trends is tight.
(special thanks to G. Newman and C. Witherspoon)
-In general, the search volume of "Porn" grows with time, while political searches merely spike. I suppose this is just because more and more people are using the internet, and everyone uses the internet to find pornography.
-Pornography dwarfed searches for political subjects during the last 4+ years, except during the '04 election. It'll be interesting to see what happens in October and November of this year.
-Nevertheless, "Porn" flatlines on the measure of news coverage volume in comparison to the other three.
-The combination of political and pornographic searches, of course, puts a DC suburb and Washington, DC itself on the top of the "searched by" list.
Here's "Porn" by itself. More thoughts:
-Ireland? Really? And the U.S. is 7th?
-Especially since 3 English cities top Dublin. Apparently the Irish are quite consistent across regional demographics in their love of pornography.
-Apparently Turkish-speaking countries also love their porn.
-What on earth caused that huge spike around May/June/July November/December of 2005? There's no corresponding spike in news coverage, and we eliminated Paris Hilton. Her video was "released" in 2003. This, maybe?
-Given that the most U.S. searches for porn took place in L.A. and one of its suburbs: how many of those searchers were honestly seeking employment?
-2008 already looks to be a better-than-average year for pornography.
-Google Trends is tight.
(special thanks to G. Newman and C. Witherspoon)