Google Trends anomaly: tiny Cheyenne, Wyoming tops US search demand for a dozen unrelated terms
lilyraynyc · x · 2026-09-29
SEO researcher Lily Ray found that for a dozen unrelated queries, Google Trends' #1 US region over the past 12 months is Wyoming — the least populated state — with demand concentrated in Cheyenne, a town of 67K. Normalization by search volume doesn't explain it; notably, Cheyenne hosts multiple data centers, pointing to data-center/automated traffic as a likely cause.
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