Top Google Search Trends For April

Mason Vera Paine

Google Trends Expert, Sarah Armstrong joins me to speak about April’s top search trends in entertainment, culture, science, odd news, sports and what are the driving interest behind those searches. For the latest trends from Google visit: Trends.Google.com/TrendsFollow Twitter on Google at: Twitter.com/GoogleLike Google on Facebook at: Facebook.com/GoogleLike and Follow Google on Instagram at: Instagram.com/Google https://75dc83.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/8.-Sarah-A-April-GT.mp3 Mason Vera Paine & Sarah Armstrong: April Trends Transcription 00 :00 – Announcer: Mason Vera Paine 00:00 - Mason Paine: Sarah Armstrong, Google Trends expert, joins me to speak about the things trending in entertainment, culture, science, odd news, sports, and food. Thanks for joining me, Sarah. 00:10 - Sarah Armstrong: Thank you for having me. 00:12 - Mason Paine: So there's been a lot of things that happened this past month. Tell me, what has been trending, though? 00:17 - Sarah Armstrong: Right. So we've seen lots of different trends around entertainment, culture, sports, lots of religious holidays in April. We see that every year with Passover, Easter, and Eid. Tax season is April. Then we saw some fun trends like Coachella, the Bobby movie, NBA. So lots to talk about. 00:35 - Mason Paine: Oh, my God. Can we start off with the Bobby movie? I don't know about you, but I was weirdly excited about it. 00:41 - Sarah Armstrong: Yes, I'm so glad you're starting there. I am very excited for the Bobby movie. I'm a huge Greta Gerwood fan. She's directing the film. She also directed Lady Bird and Little Women. It is a stacked cast, so we're seeing a lot of searches around it, and there's a lot of hype on social media as well. 00:57 - Mason Paine: I saw the trailer and I thought to myself, this reminds me a lot of the Lego movie where it's a kid playing with toys. I wonder if this is the same direction because it has that feel. 1:09 - Sarah Armstrong: Right. So the trailer didn't give much away about the plot, but there's a lot of theories spinning up about it. I think yours is really good. I also wonder if there's a Wizard of Oz theme to it because they had some hints that a Wizard of Oz imagery throughout the trailer, but no one's really sure what the plot is going to be. 1:27 - Mason Paine: So I'm curious, though, besides the movie, did Barbie itself become trending as well? 1:31 - Sarah Armstrong: Yes, Bobby was absolutely trending. We looked at some of those top questions that people ask about Bobby. The top one was how old is the Bobby doll? People think that the doll is supposed to be in her 20s. When was Bobby first made? That's 1959. So very old toy, but it keeps coming back again and again. 1:53 - Mason Paine: I can't remember her full name. Isn't it Barbara Maleficent or Melissa Lindt or something like that? 2:00 - Sarah Armstrong: Yes. Melissa Roberts is the full name.2:05 - Mason Paine: Yeah. I was getting confused with the Disney movie Maleficent. 2:09 - Sarah Armstrong: Yeah, totally fair. 2:11 - Mason Paine: Besides that in entertainment, Coachella, that's a huge thing in April. I'm curious, did you go?2:16 - Sarah Armstrong: I didn't go. I'm pretty jealous of everyone who went though because it looked really fun. I'd somehow never been to Coachella, but it looks like 250,000 people go every year over the two weekends. So definitely a popular event. 2:30 - Mason Paine: Absolutely. I've known a few people who have went, but nobody has really talked about the food. And this past week, I was looking at videos of people who are eating at Coachella, and they're like spending $40 on their three Tacos. And I was like, That right there is a violation of human rights. There's no way a taco should be $40. 2:52 - Sarah Armstrong: Right. I bet it's so expensive. I worry about the weather. I know it gets really hot and it's sandy out there, but people seem to really love it.