Month: December 2020

  • Top 25 Google search terms in Knoxville for 2020

    Top 25 Google search terms in Knoxville for 2020

    The top 25 rising Google search terms for the Knoxville area in 2020 are not much of a surprise — almost of them had to do with “Life in the Pandemic” or the election. Popular Google Doodle Games, Kobe Bryant, Tesla stock and PS5 may be the exceptions. The top 25 rising Google searches for…

  • COVID-19 vaccinations by day in Knox County

    COVID-19 vaccinations by day in Knox County

    Here’s a look at how COVID-19 vaccinations are going in Knox County, according to the Tennessee Deparmtent of Health. They can’t come fast enough; the rolling seven-day average as of Dec. 21 was 23.11% of the coronaivrus tests were coming back positive. (Simple visualization using Google Flourish.)

  • 2020 in review from Google, Facebook, Reddit and Twitter

    2020 in review from Google, Facebook, Reddit and Twitter

    2020 is nearly done and here’s a look back at the year that got sick. From Google Trends: See the top searches. Facebook’s take on 2020 (large PDF): And then there was Reddit: Twitter weighs in with a blog post. YouTube just couldn’t bear to remember 2020. Featured image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay