How to Adult • Understanding Adults

How to Adult • Understanding Adults

May 6, 2025

Jenny Lee, Lead Data Analyst

with Sabrina Elfarra

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Top Trends

• "severe thunderstorm watch" spiked +1,000%, and Ohio was the top state searching

• Teachers' Day search interest spiked +3,000% in the past day and was the top-trending search topic in the past day

• "where is cinco de mayo mostly celebrated" was a top-trending "celebrated" search in the past day

• Search interest in Diana Ross spiked +4,500% in the past day and is at a five year high

• "how to get invited to the met gala" was the top-trending "how to get" search in the past day, and was the top trending theme search

Entertainment

• Search interest in The Voice broke out in the past day, and "99 red balloons" was the top-trending related search

• "ncis origins finale" was the top-trending season finale searched in the past month, and Mark Harmon was a breakout-related search

• Rihanna spiked +900% and was the top-trending "baby bump" search

Lifestyle

• "curl pattern chart" spiked +350% in the past month, and "is my hair curly or wavy" rose +110%

• Poblano search interest doubled in the past day, and "mole poblano ingredientes" broke out

• "ballet bun tutorial" broke out in the past month, and "classic ballet bun" is at an all-time high

Sports

• "Nuggets vs thunder" was the top-trending sports matchup in the past day, and Oklahoma City Thunder is at a five year high

• "lebron james knee injury" spiked 1,500% in the past day, and "lebron met gala" was a top-trending related search

• "ravens kicker draft" was the top-trending "draft" search in the past day, and "nhl draft lottery" is at an all-time high

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Adulting

• Search interest in "as an adult" has reached a record high this year. The top searched thing the U.S. wants to do "as an adult" is to "make friends"

• Americans are also searching what you "can do as an adult" with can you start ballet as an adult and can i go to chuck e cheese as an adult being the top over the past 

Top searched "is it too late to … as an adult" activities

past year, US

1. Get braces as an adult?

2. Get into theater as an adult?

3. Get an internship as an adult?

4. Graduate high school as an adult?

5. Learn a sport as an adult?

Top searched "am i too old for …"

past year, US

1. For college?

2. For lasik?

3. For braces?

4. For a nose ring?

5. For law school?

Understanding Adults

• Over the past year, the top searched "is it normal …" about adults is "is it normal to like stuffed animals as an adult"

• The top searched "why do adults act like…" is "like children" over the past year

• Over the past year, the top searched how to "with parents" is "how to set boundaries with parents"

Top searched "why are adults so…"

past year, US

1. So mean?

2. So obsessed with Disney?

3. So stupid?

4. So tired?

5. Condescending to kids?

Top searched "why are adults always…"

past year, US

1. Always so happy?

2. Always late to trends?

3. Always tired?

4. Always busy?

5. Always so unreasonable?

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For more, subscribe here:  UK , Germany, Sports For social: Instagram, Threads, X/Twitter Notes Data is U.S. based unless stated otherwise and is accurate at the time of publication Breakout: search terms had a tremendous increase, in some cases because these terms are new and had few (if any) prior searches Top or Most Searched: search terms that rank highest by search volume for a given timeframe and location Trending Searches: search terms that had the highest spike in traffic over a given time period as compared with the previous equivalent period  For more information about our methodology and how to interpret the data, please read our FAQs and learn more here If you'd like to use Trends data, please read: How to use and cite Trends data

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