Trump-Related Search Traffic Surges on the Final Night of the RNC
Google reports that searches for all things Trump skyrocketed Thursday night.
— -- The final day of the Republican National Convention -- but in particular, Donald Trump's nomination acceptance speech -- dominated Google searches across the U.S. Thursday evening, the Mountain View, California-based company announced.
Twenty of the top 20 trending queries on Google in the U.S. were related to the speeches given by Donald Trump or Ivanka Trump, Google said.
Here, a by-the-numbers look at Google search traffic, according to Google Trends:
DONALD TRUMP-RELATED
60 percent: Spike in searches for Donald Trump during his speech
180 percent: Spike in searches for "Donate to Trump"
160 percent: Spike in searches for "Vote Trump"
IVANKA TRUMP-RELATED
1,500 percent: Spike in searches for “equal pay for equal work” during Ivanka’s speech
250 percent: Spike in searches for “Ivanka Trump dress” during her speech and 300% spike in searches for “Ivanka Trump Collection”
4,900 percent: Spike in searches for “How old is Ivanka Trump?” during her speech
LGBTQ-RELATED
Trump was very vocal in his support of the LGBTQ community during his speech Friday night, prompting a spike in related searches.
15,000 percent: Spike in searches for "LGBT" during Donald Trump's speech; was also the top trending term across all of Google Thursday night
380 percent: Spoke in searches for "Gay Republicans" during Peter Thiel's speech
OTHER STATS
Most Searched “What if” on Google in the last hour of the RNC: “What if Trump wins”
Ranking for Thursday speakers: Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, Peter Thiel, Tom Barrack, Reince Priebus
Most searched issues for Ivanka Trump: abortion, immigration, women, Judaism, gay marriage
Top state searching for "Vote Trump:" Pennsylvania, Vermont, Arkansas, Delaware and Montana
Top states searching for “Vote Clinton:" Vermont, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Indiana, and Alaska
Top trending questions on Trump during his speech: -What does LGBTQ mean?-How long was Donald Trump’s speech?-What is NAFTA?-How old is Donald Trump?-Where is Donald Trump from?