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Interesting chart showing FB steady decline over last 5 yrs on Google Trends. May not be the strongest correlation but interesting nonetheless: https://trends.g

• downandout 8y ago
  That’s interesting because many people use Google as a locator - they don’t type in Facebook.com, they type Facebook into the omnibar and click on the first link that comes up in Google. So it does show declining intent to visit Facebook. I imagine that the URL autocomplete feature in major browsers has also played a role in the decline you’ve shown here though.
  • fullshark 8y ago
    Also the facebook app
• chrispeel 8y ago
  Larger time window with comparison to Google and Snapchat. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F02y1vz,%2Fm%2F045c7b,%2Fm%2F0mgkg,%2Fm%2F027lnzs https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F0... Google is also dropping in Google Trends. Assuming there is a drop in usage of FB (not just a drop in searches for FB), I guess the 2016 election is only one contributing factor.
  • unfunco 8y ago
    It seems odd to me that iPhone wouldn't spike, especially so around 2007. Am I reading this wrong?
    • KenanSulayman 8y ago
      It did spike, being compared with Facebook et al. normalizes the spikes away though: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F027lnzs https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F0...
      • unfunco 8y ago
        I think I expected it to be much closer to the popularity of FB, I'm quite surprised. Unrelated, I recognise your name from GitHub, thanks for your work on the psychonaut wiki, I've used that resource many times.
        • KenanSulayman 8y ago
          Great to hear, thanks! :-)