Well, you can see search interest: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=recession https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US

Well, you can see search interest: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=recession https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=r... The dip "out" of recession interest in mid 2008 is interesting. Also interesting that you can spot 2011, when "double dip recession" came into popularity as a buzz-phrase. (see for example at the time: https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/business/economy/american-economy-on-the-verge-of-a-double-dip-recession.html https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/business/economy/american...)