GoFan Search Hits 100 as Kickoff Week Peaks

GoFan is the high-school ticketing query, and Google Search interest for gofan printed 100 the week of August 29 2026. That is up 1011.11% from 9 on August 1 and up 33.33% from 75 on August 22, per Trends MCP get_growth on google search pulled August 30 2026. The 261-week series opened at 41 on September 4 2021 and now peaks at 100 on August 29 2026, above last year's 88 on August 30 2025. Same-week 2024 printed 73. Same-week 2023 printed 68. App downloads for co.gofan.fan.iron have only 82 daily points, under the 90-day floor, so this page stays on Google Search.

About gofan

GoFan is the high-school ticketing product inside PlayOn Sports, named in a PR Newswire release dated April 26 2022 as the 2001 electronic-ticketing firm that merged with the 2008 high-school media company, with KKR and Panoramic Growth Equity backing a combined Atlanta group that would serve about 10,000 high schools.

That same release said GoFan was already the official ticketing partner to 40 NFHS member state associations and more than 500,000 events nationwide, with BJ Pilling as GoFan chief executive at the merger and David Rudolph as PlayOn Sports chief executive. A PlayOn Sports blog post dated October 22 2025 named Perkins Miller, previously of Fandom, StubHub, the NFL, and WWE, as chief executive, with Rudolph staying on streaming and analytics. Public brands under that umbrella include GoFan, MaxPreps, and the NFHS Network. The consumer ticket site is gofan.co. The Android listing uses package name co.gofan.fan.iron.

What the time series shows

Google Search interest for gofan printed 100 the week of August 29 2026, up 1011.11% from 9 on August 1, with get_growth also printing +33.33% over 7 days from 75 on August 22, on a 261-week series that now peaks at 100 on that same August 29 date.

Last eight weekly prints are 6, 6, 10, 9, 19, 36, 75, and 100. Absolute change from August 1 to August 29 is 91 points. The prior 30-day window from 9 on June 27 to 9 on August 1 was flat, so the speed of this climb is a late-August step rather than a two-month grind. 90-day change from 16 on May 30 is +525.0%. Same-week 2025 was 88, 2024 was 73, and 2023 was 68. This year's 100 sits 13.64% above last August, 36.99% above 2024, and 47.06% above 2023. The JSON sidecar chart_from is 2024-08-24, 735 days before the latest point, labeled Last 2 years.

Neighbor queries and the MCP calls

School-calendar Google Search neighbors also printed large 30-day gains in the same August 30 2026 snapshot, which is why gofan belongs next to those topic pages rather than next to a one-day sports headline, and why the related grid points at College GameDay, ParentSquare, and ClassDojo. College GameDay rose 1160.0%. High school football rose 437.5%. Schoology rose 342.86%. ClassDojo rose 333.33%. Canvas login rose 257.89%. Kahoot rose 141.18%. NFHS rose 93.33%. Those neighbors share a back-to-school calendar, not a shared product. Week-over-week percent-change sample standard deviation on the last 52 comparable weeks is 43.6%, with 20 up weeks, 27 down weeks, and 5 unchanged. App Store Top Free as of 2026-08-29T22:01:36Z did not list GoFan in the first 50 rows. App downloads for co.gofan.fan.iron returned 82 daily points, a 7-day gain of 225.49% from 10.2 to 33.2, and a 30-day gain of 1228.0% from 2.5 to 33.2, with install volume 11,628 versus 3,570 a week earlier. That series cannot carry a topic page.

get_time_series with source google search and keyword gofan is the call behind the chart: 261 weekly points from 2021-09-04 through 2026-08-29, stored as {date, value} with no smoothing. get_growth on the same pair, windows 7D and 30D, is the headline math: 75 to 100 (+33.33%) and 9 to 100 (+1011.11%). Those tools have to share a source. Mixing the Android 33.2 with the Google Search 100 would invent a story the APIs do not tell. The Google Search data page documents the 0-100 weekly index. Topic pages: College GameDay, ParentSquare, ClassDojo.

A copy-paste pair for Claude or Cursor:

get_time_series source="google search" keyword="gofan"
get_growth source="google search" keyword="gofan" percent_growth=["7D","30D"]

REST is the same body at https://api.trendsmcp.ai/api with Authorization: Bearer and mode set to get_time_series or get_growth.

Frequently asked questions

Why is GoFan search interest at 100 in late August 2026?

High-school kickoff returns every August, and ticket searches return with it. Google Search interest for gofan printed 100 the week of August 29 2026, up from 75 on August 22 and 9 on August 1. get_growth on google search, pulled August 30 2026, prints +33.33% over 7 days and +1011.11% over 30 days. The last eight weekly prints are 6, 6, 10, 9, 19, 36, 75, and 100, a ramp rather than a one-week spike.

What is GoFan?

GoFan is the high-school ticketing brand inside PlayOn Sports. A PR Newswire release dated April 26 2022 said GoFan, founded in 2001, merged with the 2008 high-school media company, with KKR and Panoramic Growth Equity backing the combined Atlanta group at about 10,000 high schools, 40 NFHS member state associations, and more than 500,000 events nationwide. The consumer ticket site is gofan.co, and Android uses package co.gofan.fan.iron.

Is 100 a new peak for GoFan searches?

Yes. The 261-week series now peaks at 100 on August 29 2026, above the prior high of 88 on August 30 2025. Same-week prints were 88 on August 30 2025, 73 on August 31 2024, and 68 on September 2 2023. Last year's next print after 73 on August 23 2025 was that 88.

Should the GoFan Android app series be used instead of Google Search?

App downloads for co.gofan.fan.iron has 82 daily points, under the 90-day floor a topic page needs. get_growth on that source, pulled August 30 2026, prints +225.49% over 7 days (10.2 on August 24 to 33.2 on August 29) and +1228.0% over 30 days (2.5 on July 29 to 33.2). Install volume is 11,628 versus 3,570 a week earlier. Google Search has 261 weekly points from September 4 2021 through August 29 2026, so that is the story source. App Store Top Free's first 50 rows as of 2026-08-29T22:01:36Z do not list GoFan.

What MCP calls reproduce this GoFan page?

Call get_time_series with keyword gofan, source google search, which returns 261 weekly points from 2021-09-04 through 2026-08-29 stored as raw {date, value} rows. Call get_growth on the same keyword and source with windows 7D and 30D for the headline math, 75 to 100 (+33.33%) and 9 to 100 (+1011.11%). Those two tools have to share a source, because mixing the Android 33.2 with the Google Search 100 would invent a story the APIs do not tell.