Welcome to Trends Daily—Christmas Day 2025, the legendary 25/25/25 date. Team is on holiday, prescheduled episode. Back live Monday, December 29th. TOP SEARCHES OF 2009: Global #1: Michael Jackson—King of Pop died June 25th, internet literally collapsed. Google thought cyberattack. 4 million searches per minute. CNN, AOL, Twitter, Wikipedia all crashed. Memorial: 2.5 billion viewers. US #1: Twitter—exploded from 6M to 75M users. Real-time news born. Real-time arguments too. Top Rising: Facebook (killed MySpace, your aunt joined), Swine Flu H1N1 (no idea what was coming 11 years later), Lady Gaga (Poker Face, meat dress era incoming), Twilight New Moon (Team Edward vs Jacob discourse unhinged). Top News: Obama Inauguration (hope trending), Susan Boyle (algorithm learning we love underdogs), Jon and Kate divorce (America hooked on other people's problems). Celebrity Deaths: Farrah Fawcett, Patrick Swayze, Billy Mays—Grim Reaper had a schedule. The Pattern: Birth of real-time internet culture. MJ's death = first "where were you?" moment of social media era. The chaotic, emotional, always-on internet started here. Created by Adam J Carswell. Connect on LinkedIn.

Welcome to Trends Daily—Christmas Eve. Team is on holiday, prescheduled episode. Back live Monday, December 29th. TOP SEARCHES OF JULY 24, 2025: Entertainment: Hari Hara Veera Mallu (Pawan Kalyan Telugu epic dominated India), K-Pop Demon Hunters (Netflix series, billion TikTok views). Sports: OKC Thunder NBA Championship (first title, endless highlight reels), India vs Australia T20 (cricket rivalry heating up). Political Circus: Trump's 79th birthday (protests AND celebrations—peak theater, zero resolution), Syria flare-up ("Iran WW3" trending—mostly misinformation, fear clicks). Media industrial complex stayed fed. Tech & Viral: Bitcoin above $85K (crypto bros emerged to post charts), Taylor Swift Europe Tour (Swifties boosted economies), NASA Mars Simulation Day 50 (humanity dreams of escape). The Pattern: Entertainment peaks + geopolitical noise + sports celebrations. Summer energy meets real-world tension. The internet chose escapism. Smart move. Created by Adam J Carswell. Connect on LinkedIn.

Welcome to Trends Daily—holiday retrospective week. Team is on holiday, prescheduled episode. Back live Monday, December 29th. TOP SEARCHES OF 2019: Global #1: India vs South Africa cricket. US #1: Disney Plus—streaming wars began, password economy born. Top People: Cameron Boyce (tragic death at 20), Nipsey Hussle (murdered in LA), Luke Perry (Gen X icon), Antonio Brown (NFL chaos). Top News: Notre-Dame fire (800 years, gone in hours), Hurricane Dorian (Cat 5), Hong Kong protests (millions marching for autonomy). Top Entertainment: Avengers Endgame ($2.8B), Game of Thrones finale (united in disappointment), Joker (stairs dance mood). Top Music: Old Town Road by Lil Nas X—country-rap broke Billboard records. Genre gatekeepers lost. The people won. The Pattern: 2019 was about heroes—Marvel on screens, first responders in disasters, Greta yelling at world leaders. Streaming wars launched. Social media became how we argued about everything. Created by Adam J Carswell. Connect on LinkedIn.