Is horror stories still trending?Google search interest, last 12 months
Narrated horror, which compresses into a minute better than almost any other kind of fiction.
Updated Sunday, 8 November 2026 · 54 weeks of US searches for “horror stories”.
Rising: searches for “horror stories” are up 49% on a quarter ago.
- Last 4 weeks
- 76/100
- 12-month average
- 58/100
- vs a quarter ago
- +49%
- Peak week
- Sep 20, 2026
Weekly US searches for “horror stories”
See the weekly numbers
| Week of | Interest |
|---|---|
| Nov 8, 2026 (partial) | 43 |
| Nov 1, 2026 | 57 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | 86 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | 80 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 79 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 84 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 92 |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 100 |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 62 |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 60 |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 57 |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 57 |
| Aug 16, 2026 | 58 |
| Aug 9, 2026 | 57 |
| Aug 2, 2026 | 48 |
| Jul 26, 2026 | 49 |
| Jul 19, 2026 | 49 |
| Jul 12, 2026 | 51 |
| Jul 5, 2026 | 56 |
| Jun 28, 2026 | 56 |
| Jun 21, 2026 | 49 |
| Jun 14, 2026 | 60 |
| Jun 7, 2026 | 53 |
| May 31, 2026 | 56 |
| May 24, 2026 | 59 |
| May 17, 2026 | 53 |
| May 10, 2026 | 55 |
| May 3, 2026 | 51 |
| Apr 26, 2026 | 55 |
| Apr 19, 2026 | 51 |
| Apr 12, 2026 | 55 |
| Apr 5, 2026 | 60 |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 52 |
| Mar 22, 2026 | 50 |
| Mar 15, 2026 | 50 |
| Mar 8, 2026 | 51 |
| Mar 1, 2026 | 57 |
| Feb 22, 2026 | 51 |
| Feb 15, 2026 | 57 |
| Feb 8, 2026 | 53 |
| Feb 1, 2026 | 56 |
| Jan 25, 2026 | 54 |
| Jan 18, 2026 | 52 |
| Jan 11, 2026 | 53 |
| Jan 4, 2026 | 54 |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 55 |
| Dec 21, 2025 | 49 |
| Dec 14, 2025 | 49 |
| Dec 7, 2025 | 54 |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 58 |
| Nov 23, 2025 | 57 |
| Nov 16, 2025 | 54 |
| Nov 9, 2025 | 56 |
| Nov 2, 2025 | 63 |
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Rising: growth in searches over the period, as Google reports it (“Breakout” is more than 5,000%). Top: the most-searched related terms, on the same 0–100 scale. Searches about deaths, crimes or disasters are listed without a video prompt.
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Questions about this chart
What do the numbers mean?
Google Trends does not publish search counts. It scales a term's searches so that its busiest week in the window is 100; 50 means half as many searches as that week, and 0 means too few to measure. So the chart shows how interest moved, not how many people searched.
How is “rising” or “cooling” decided?
We compare the average of the last four complete weeks with the average of the four weeks a quarter before them. Up by 15% or more is rising, down by 15% or more is cooling, anything between is steady. The current week is left out because Google is still counting it.
Why US searches?
The US is the largest of the markets Veedio's customers sell to, and a single market keeps the line comparable week to week. Other countries can trend differently.
Where does this come from, and how fresh is it?
Google Trends, read once a week through Apify, a web-data platform, and cached. The date of the latest read is on the page. Veedio is not affiliated with Google.
Should I start a horror stories channel?
Search interest is one signal: a rising line means more people are curious, a cooling one means the early wave may have passed. Pair it with what is actually winning on each platform — the YouTube, TikTok and Reels pages for this niche rank the fastest-moving videos right now.