{"id":27506,"date":"2020-08-20T13:33:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T10:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=27506"},"modified":"2025-08-26T21:12:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:12:27","slug":"google-trends-interest-in-cryptocurrencies-rises-to-january-2018-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/google-trends-interest-in-cryptocurrencies-rises-to-january-2018-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Trends: Interest in cryptocurrencies rises to January 2018 levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Investors&#8217; interest in cryptocurrencies this summer rose to the highest levels since January 2018. Arcane Research, after studying Google Trends data, said as much.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The number of searches for the phrase \u00abbuy crypto\u00bb (buy cryptocurrency) has surged in recent months. Analysts say the growth in interest could signal the arrival of new investors to the market.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">New investors entering the market?\ud83e\udd20<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc8The search interest for \u00abbuy crypto\u00bb is growing rapidly and has spiked this summer\ud83d\udcc8<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re now at the highest level since January 2018, according to data from <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoogleTrends?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@GoogleTrends<\/a>. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/ReHqNZ73he\\\">pic.twitter.com\/ReHqNZ73he<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arcane Research (@ArcaneResearch) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArcaneResearch\/status\/1296126310767632384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">August 19, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The search interest for \u00abbuy bitcoin\u00bb increased rapidly ahead of the May halving, but has not seen the same growth over the past month as \u00abbuy crypto\u00bb.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-conversation=\\\"none\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">The search interest for \u00abbuy bitcoin\u00bb increased rapidly before the halving this year, but has not seen the same growth over the past month as \u00abbuy crypto\u00bb. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/Eg46cDwryI\\\">pic.twitter.com\/Eg46cDwryI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arcane Research (@ArcaneResearch) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArcaneResearch\/status\/1296126312680169473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">August 19, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The search interest for \u00abbuy altcoins\u00bb surged sharply by August. In a short period of time this indicator reached a record high dating back to the start of 2018. Analysts say this could signal the start of the altcoin season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-conversation=\\\"none\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">The search interest for \u00abbuy altcoins\u00bb is perhaps even more interesting, as it has skyrocketed this month.<\/p>\n<p>Altseason?\ud83e\udd20 <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/c6qMnDxkoU\\\">pic.twitter.com\/c6qMnDxkoU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arcane Research (@ArcaneResearch) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArcaneResearch\/status\/1296126314722754560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">August 19, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On the backdrop of heightened interest in altcoins, the Bitcoin dominance index, according to CoinGecko, fell below 58%. A year ago this metric stood at 69%.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" class=\\\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108007\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/btc-dominance-2020-08-20-1.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"Google Trends: \u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441 \u043a \u043a\u0440\u0438\u043f\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b\u044e\u0442\u0435 \u0432\u044b\u0440\u043e\u0441 \u0434\u043e \u0443\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043d\u0435\u0439 \u044f\u043d\u0432\u0430\u0440\u044f 2018 \u0433\u043e\u0434\u0430\\\" width=\\\"1200\\\" height=\\\"1000\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/btc-dominance-2020-08-20-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/btc-dominance-2020-08-20-1-300x250.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/btc-dominance-2020-08-20-1-1024x853.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/btc-dominance-2020-08-20-1-768x640.jpeg 768w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last week, Arcane Research <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/arcane-research-notes-shift-in-investor-interest-from-bitcoin-to-altcoins\">noted<\/a> a rise in the trading volumes of several altcoins, while Bitcoin&#8217;s indicator showed a decline.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog&#8217;s channel on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCC9FnXTC8_ENzaNSO5cHQ6g\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\"> YouTube<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investors&#8217; interest in cryptocurrencies this summer rose to the highest levels since January 2018, according to Arcane Research after studying Google Trends data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[20,1694],"class_list":["post-27506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-altcoins","tag-google-trends"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"16","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27506"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27508,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27506\/revisions\/27508"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}