Continuing with my curiousity with the keyword “lyrics”, I wanted to know what are the top 50 searched terms on Google. Is “lyrics” one of the top searched terms on Google?

That question led me to explore a few of Google’s own keyword tools. I began by using Google Insights and sorting the data by All Search Terms/United States/Last 12 Months:

This provided me with an answer. But, I wanted to dive a little deeper.

Next I looked at Google Insights for the last 12 months for the term “lyrics in the category Entertainment > Music > Lyrics & Tabs.

Since Google Insights doesn’t provide actual search volume, I used the Google Keyword Tool to look at the monthly keyword volume:

Next I looked at Google Zeitgeist, which shows all of these searches which “had the largest volume on Google.com in the U.S.” within their respective categories:

I would think Zeitgeist and the Google Insights that show “Search Terms Related to Lyrics” to be the same. However, there are some discrepancies. For example, “Taylor Swift lyrics” is shown to be the 2nd most searched term related to lyrics. But, she doesnt show up at all in Zeitgeist.

Anyway, it makes sense that Lyrics is the #1 searched term, because more people are digitally downloading their music now, instead of buying physical CDs. And, since MP3’s don’t include lyrics, people must be searching for them. I guess it’d be safe to assume as digital downloads increase, so will the amount of searches for “lyrics” and related phrases.

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