Here’s the latest look at what hot topics are spiking in Yahoo!:
Hunger Games: As fans get ready to score pre-sale tickets tomorrow, online searches show odds are forever in favor of The Hunger Games. As a matter of fact, of the total searches on Yahoo! this year (past 365 days) for The Hunger Games, Twilight Breaking Dawn: Part I, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II, The Hunger Games has gotten 42% of the total number of searches.
Fix It Yourself: Across the country people are putting down the phone and picking up the hammer to fix it themselves. Yahoo! “fix it” searches this week include: “how to fix a leaky faucet,” “how to fix a toilet,” “how to fix a slow computer,” “how to fix a garbage disposal,” “how to fix squeaky floors,” “how to fix a washing machine,” and “how to fix a broken zipper.”
NFL Scouting Combine: Tomorrow, 300 NFL draft prospects for 2012 will take the first step in achieving their NFL dreams by participating in the weeklong NFL combine. Searches this week on Yahoo! for “NFL combine” are up 443%, with 40% of searches coming from people ages 30-44. Top states searching for “NFL combine” this month on Yahoo! include: California, Texas, Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
Kale: For the love of kale! This month on Yahoo!, people are looking up different ways to leverage the vegetable that is available year round. Kale searches this month on Yahoo! include: “how to cook kale,” “kale chip recipes” (searches are up 98%), “health benefits of kale juice,” “kale soup recipe,” “what is kale,” “how to grow kale,” and “kale smoothie.”
Gas Prices: Across the country gas prices are skyrocketing and people are nervous to see what the future holds. Yahoo! searches this week for “cheap gas finder by zip code” are up 1,024% and searches for “gas prices” are up 525%. Top states searching for “cheap gas prices” this week on Yahoo! include: Ohio, North Carolina, Michigan, Alabama, and Florida.
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