Flock cameras are automated license plate readers from Atlanta-based Flock Safety, and search interest is at a series high. Google Search interest for the keyword flock cameras hit 100 for the week of August 22 2026, up from 74 on August 15 and 48 on July 25. Trends MCP get_growth records +35.14% over 7 days and +108.33% over 30 days. On August 24 2026 boards, flock cameras ranked 9 on Google Trends. Flock Safety announced mandatory audit tools, case-code searches, and a 7-day default retention policy on August 13 2026, following documented misuse cases and city contract fights. Data pulled August 24 2026 from source google search.
Flock cameras search interest right now
Google Search interest for flock cameras sits at 100 for the week of August 22 2026, the series peak, after a straight climb from 48 on July 25, 59 on August 1, 65 on August 8, and 74 on August 15, a +108.33% 30-day change on the stored weekly series.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Latest value (week of August 22 2026) | 100 |
| 30-day change | +108.33% (48 on July 25 2026 to 100) |
| 90-day change | +1011.11% (9 on May 23 2026 to 100) |
| Peak value | 100 on August 22 2026 |
| First nonzero week | March 29 2025 (value 1) |
| 7-day growth (get_growth) | +35.14% (74 to 100), recent date August 22 2026 |
| Google Trends rank (August 24 2026) | 9 |
| 30-day growth for flock safety (get_growth) | -24.0% (100 to 76) |
| Communities claimed (2025) | more than 5,000 across 49 U.S. states |
| Monthly vehicle scans claimed (2025) | more than 20 billion |
| Series length | 261 weekly points |
Every row traces to topics/data/flock-cameras.json or to same-day Trends MCP get_growth and get_top_trends pulls. Values sit on the normalized 0-100 Google Search scale. For the Google Search feed, see Google Trends. Coverage of the August 13 policy shift also shows up in news sentiment data.
About flock cameras
Flock Group Inc., doing business as Flock Safety, makes and operates automated license plate readers, related video hardware, and gunshot locators under contract with police departments, homeowner groups, and private property owners, with more than 5,000 communities in 49 U.S. states claimed as of 2025. Three Georgia Tech alumni, Garrett Langley, Paige Todd, and Matt Feury, founded the company in Atlanta in 2017 after building early units by hand. The Falcon and Sparrow cameras photograph the rear of passing vehicles, read plates, and log visual traits such as color and body style into a searchable database. Flock says the gear is meant to identify vehicles, not people, though its Condor line tracks people in a scene and its FreeForm search accepts natural-language queries. As of 2025 the company said it served more than 5,000 communities in 49 U.S. states and processed more than 20 billion vehicle scans a month. Wikipedia records a $7.5 billion valuation and $950 million raised by 2025. CNN reported on August 13 2026 that Flock will require Audit Assistance and case codes by year end, cut default retention from 30 days to 7, and add an evidence mode for active cases.
What the time series shows
The stored Google Search series for flock cameras runs 261 weekly points from August 28 2021 through August 22 2026, staying at zero until March 29 2025 printed 1, then remaining in single digits until April 2026, when the climb toward this week's 100 began. The query printed zeros until March 29 2025 (value 1) and stayed at 1 to 3 for the rest of 2025. 2026 opened at 3, then 6 on April 18, 9 on May 23, 10 on May 30, 14 on June 20, and 26 on June 27. July ran 17, 32, 44, and 48. August ran 59, 65, 74, and 100. get_growth matches the last two steps: +35.14% over 7 days (74 to 100) and +108.33% over 30 days (48 to 100). Ninety-day change from 9 on May 23 is +1011.11%. The company-name query flock safety is not following that path: get_growth shows -24.0% over 30 days (100 to 76). Derived labels from the stored flock cameras series are growth_label exploding, speed_label exponential, seasonality_label low, and volatility_label average. Exploding follows the +108.33% 30-day change and the +1011.11% 90-day change. Exponential follows a recent 30-day absolute move of 52 versus a prior 30-day absolute move of 22. Low seasonality reflects a single sustained rise rather than a repeating calendar peak. Average volatility matches a week-over-week percent-change standard deviation of 42.89.
Related topics
Same-day Google Trends neighbors around flock cameras at rank 9 were a mixed product board, and Trends MCP get_growth on those terms plus the company-name query flock safety shows the camera phrasing as the one still rising while flock safety, supreme, and even recent iphone 18 pro max heat tell different 30-day stories.
- flock safety: -24.0% over 30 days on Google Search (100 to 76) and -23.23% over 7 days (99 to 76), Trends MCP get_growth, recent date August 22 2026. The company-name query cooled while the product phrasing flock cameras printed 100.
- iphone 18 pro max: +61.67% over 30 days (60 to 97) and +51.56% over 7 days (64 to 97). The query ranked 39 on Google Trends on August 24 2026, on the same board as flock cameras at rank 9.
- supreme: -15.52% over 30 days (58 to 49), estimated weekly volume 2.18 million versus 2.58 million. Google Trends rank 13 on August 24.
- bitcoin: +12.9% over 30 days (31 to 35). Google Trends rank 11 on August 24.
- Source context: Google Trends and Wikipedia page views.