Fun with Google Trends
I found a post in this blog from several years ago, in which I commented that it was odd that most Google searches for the keyword “mary magdalene” came from the Philippines and Raleigh, NC. Today I revisited Google Trends to see if the same is still true.
As it happens, it is still true. But more interesting than that is the chart of search and news volume results for the same keywords. The peak of activity in 2004 was the publication of the Da Vinci Code book. The peak of activity in 2006 was the release of the Da Vinci Code movie. As you can see, interest in Mary Magdalene drops off fairly dramatically after that. I believe that the smallish spike in 2007 was due to the “Jesus Tomb” Discovery Channel special.
Google Trends for ‘mary magdalene’
Fascinating!
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