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The search volume for "web app" spikes every September

93 points by no_gravity 8y ago

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hayksaakian 8y ago
Try comparing to iPhone app instead of iOS app if you want to see what laypeople think
reefoctopus 8y ago
I know the answer! https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=US&q=web%20app,fifa%20web%20app https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&ge...
- natdempk 8y ago
  How did you figure this out?
  - moetech 8y ago
    This has already been discussed around the web.
  - underwater 8y ago
    If you Google “web app” it’s the first hit, which is a good starting point!
    - PartOfIT 8y ago
      Or you now, you could just .. um .. read the linked article.
  - reefoctopus 8y ago
    I’m addicted to fifa, and EA just announced that the ultimate team web app comes out on wednesday. It always comes out mid september.
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vyking 8y ago
Fall semester student intake :P
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- tlrobinson 8y ago
  Eternal September
  - IronBacon 8y ago
    I was thinking the same thing. ^__^; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
    - andrelaszlo 8y ago
      There's also a band called Eternal September. I always assumed that this is where they took their name but maybe it's a coincidence. https://vimeo.com/700520 https://vimeo.com/700520
      - IronBacon 8y ago
        Never heard of that band before. Considering they have an album called "Your Computer Lies" I would say that's probably more than a coincidence they chose that name... ^__^;
- ideonexus 8y ago
  This. My website traffic picks back up in September as well. So does the vehicle traffic on my commute.
codeonfire 8y ago
WTF, Fifa? Correlation does not imply Causation. More likely lots of September students started a web dev class. But that also is not proof of causation.
- ploxiln 8y ago
  It's a sub-component. graph("web app") - graph("fifa web app") = expected smooth trend
- Kiro 8y ago
  Fifa is way bigger than you think.
  - Kurtz79 8y ago
    Yup. Fifa games sell 10M+ units yearly. The number of students starting a new web dev class are... tens of thousands, worldwide? A hundred of thousands?
  - codeonfire 8y ago
    ZOMG, found the conspiracy!! https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=US&q=web%20app,mexico%20independence%20day https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&ge... Learn some basic fucking math.
    - squaredpants 8y ago
      You are very pretentious with your web dev courses, kind sir.
    - sctb 8y ago
      You're breaking the guidelines a lot and if this continues we'll ban the account. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- xor1 8y ago
  Soccer is a huge deal outside of the US.
trynewideas 8y ago
https://www.easports.com/fifa/ultimate-team/coming-soon https://www.easports.com/fifa/ultimate-team/coming-soon The FUT Web App and other FIFA Web features are down for maintenance while we prepare for FIFA 19. The new web app launches on September 19th.
orderCounts 8y ago
Why would they mix substrings from multiple other search queries, without marking the trend as a union of overlapping queries? What if order counts, and "app web" != "web app"?
no_gravity 8y ago
Hey, great to see my post on the front page! One moment, I will add a fourth chart that shows the popularity of 'web app' when substracting the Fifa effect. ... Ok, I added a chart for which I substracted the values for 'fifa web app' from the values for 'web app'. The result is a pretty nice trend.
petercooper 8y ago
The FIFA web app is of particular interest in September not just because that's when the new one comes out, but because you can use the web app for a week or so before the actual game is released. This means you can buy packs, trade players, and start getting your squad together before you even play the actual game, and this is important if you want to get a jump on other players quickly. Once the game is out, more people just trade in game.

93 points by no_gravity 8y ago

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hayksaakian 8y ago

Try comparing to iPhone app instead of iOS app if you want to see what laypeople think

reefoctopus 8y ago

I know the answer! https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=US&q=web%20app,fifa%20web%20app https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&ge...

natdempk 8y ago
How did you figure this out?
- moetech 8y ago
  This has already been discussed around the web.
- underwater 8y ago
  If you Google “web app” it’s the first hit, which is a good starting point!
  - PartOfIT 8y ago
    Or you now, you could just .. um .. read the linked article.
- reefoctopus 8y ago
  I’m addicted to fifa, and EA just announced that the ultimate team web app comes out on wednesday. It always comes out mid september.
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vyking 8y ago

Fall semester student intake :P

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tlrobinson 8y ago
Eternal September
- IronBacon 8y ago
  I was thinking the same thing. ^__^; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
  - andrelaszlo 8y ago
    There's also a band called Eternal September. I always assumed that this is where they took their name but maybe it's a coincidence. https://vimeo.com/700520 https://vimeo.com/700520
    - IronBacon 8y ago
      Never heard of that band before. Considering they have an album called "Your Computer Lies" I would say that's probably more than a coincidence they chose that name... ^__^;
ideonexus 8y ago
This. My website traffic picks back up in September as well. So does the vehicle traffic on my commute.

codeonfire 8y ago

WTF, Fifa? Correlation does not imply Causation. More likely lots of September students started a web dev class. But that also is not proof of causation.

ploxiln 8y ago
It's a sub-component. graph("web app") - graph("fifa web app") = expected smooth trend
Kiro 8y ago
Fifa is way bigger than you think.
- Kurtz79 8y ago
  Yup. Fifa games sell 10M+ units yearly. The number of students starting a new web dev class are... tens of thousands, worldwide? A hundred of thousands?
- codeonfire 8y ago
  ZOMG, found the conspiracy!! https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=US&q=web%20app,mexico%20independence%20day https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&ge... Learn some basic fucking math.
  - squaredpants 8y ago
    You are very pretentious with your web dev courses, kind sir.
  - sctb 8y ago
    You're breaking the guidelines a lot and if this continues we'll ban the account. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
xor1 8y ago
Soccer is a huge deal outside of the US.

trynewideas 8y ago

https://www.easports.com/fifa/ultimate-team/coming-soon https://www.easports.com/fifa/ultimate-team/coming-soon The FUT Web App and other FIFA Web features are down for maintenance while we prepare for FIFA 19. The new web app launches on September 19th.

orderCounts 8y ago

Why would they mix substrings from multiple other search queries, without marking the trend as a union of overlapping queries? What if order counts, and "app web" != "web app"?

no_gravity 8y ago

Hey, great to see my post on the front page! One moment, I will add a fourth chart that shows the popularity of 'web app' when substracting the Fifa effect. ... Ok, I added a chart for which I substracted the values for 'fifa web app' from the values for 'web app'. The result is a pretty nice trend.

petercooper 8y ago

The FIFA web app is of particular interest in September not just because that's when the new one comes out, but because you can use the web app for a week or so before the actual game is released. This means you can buy packs, trade players, and start getting your squad together before you even play the actual game, and this is important if you want to get a jump on other players quickly. Once the game is out, more people just trade in game.