Lanterns is HBO's Green Lantern crime series from Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King, starring Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan and Aaron Pierre as John Stewart. Google Search interest for the keyword lanterns hit 100 for the week of August 22 2026, up from 29 on August 15 and 15 on July 25. That is a +244.83% 7-day move and a +566.67% 30-day move on Trends MCP get_growth, with estimated weekly volume at 4.19 million queries versus 1.21 million a week earlier. The series premiered August 16 2026 at 9 p.m. Eastern, with eight episodes through October 4. Wikipedia Trending ranked Lanterns (TV series) 19 on August 24 2026. Data pulled August 24 2026 from source google search.
Lanterns search interest right now
Google Search interest for lanterns sits at 100 for the week of August 22 2026, the series peak, after climbing from 15 on July 25, 17 on August 1, 18 on August 8, and 29 on August 15, a +566.67% 30-day change on the stored weekly series.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Latest value (week of August 22 2026) | 100 |
| 30-day change | +566.67% (15 on July 25 2026 to 100) |
| 90-day change | +614.29% (14 on May 23 2026 to 100) |
| Peak value | 100 on August 22 2026 |
| Prior local high | 24 on February 21 2026 |
| First seen in series | August 28 2021 (value 6) |
| 7-day growth (get_growth) | +244.83% (29 to 100), recent date August 22 2026 |
| Estimated weekly volume | 4.19 million (up from 1.21 million) |
| Wikipedia Trending rank (August 24 2026) | 19 |
| Episode 1 U.S. viewers | 0.63 million on August 16 2026 |
| Series length | 261 weekly points |
Every row traces to topics/data/lanterns.json or to same-day Trends MCP get_growth and get_top_trends pulls. Values sit on the normalized 0-100 Google Search scale. Volume is estimated from that scale, not an independent census. For the underlying Google Search feed, see Google Trends.
About lanterns
Lanterns is an American superhero television series created by Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King for HBO, based on DC Comics Green Lanterns Hal Jordan and John Stewart, and it is the third DCU TV series, starring Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre in an eight-episode season that premiered August 16 2026 at 9 p.m. Eastern. It sits in James Gunn and Peter Safran's DC Universe. Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre star, with Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, Poorna Jagannathan, and Nathan Fillion (Guy Gardner) in the regular cast. The show follows a veteran Lantern and a new recruit investigating a murder in Rushville, Nebraska. HBO ordered the series in mid-2024. Filming ran in Los Angeles from February to July 2025. The first season has eight episodes from August 16 2026 through October 4, airing Sundays at 9 p.m. Eastern on HBO and HBO Max. Episode 1, Pilot, ran about 57 minutes and drew 0.63 million U.S. viewers. Episode 2 was scheduled for August 23 2026. Wikipedia listed two episodes as of the August 24 pull.
What the time series shows
The stored Google Search series for lanterns runs 261 weekly points from August 28 2021 at value 6 through August 22 2026 at value 100, a 1,820-day span in which October 2025 decorative-lantern weeks peaked at 10, so the HBO premiere week is the first 100 in the file. For most of that history the query tracked physical lanterns, with October 2025 weeks at 8, 10, 10, and 10. A February 2026 bump reached 18 on February 14 and 24 on February 21, then faded to 15 on February 28. Summer 2026 held 9 to 13 until July 25 printed 15. The climb then ran 17 (August 1), 18 (August 8), 29 (August 15, the premiere week), and 100 (August 22). get_growth matches those endpoints: +244.83% over 7 days (29 to 100) and +566.67% over 30 days (15 to 100). Ninety-day change from 14 on May 23 is +614.29%. Derived labels from the stored series are growth_label exploding, speed_label exponential, seasonality_label medium, and volatility_label low. Exploding follows the +566.67% 30-day change. Exponential follows a recent 30-day absolute move of 85 versus a prior 30-day absolute move of 3. Medium seasonality reflects yearly October lantern weeks plus one premiere spike. Low volatility matches a week-over-week percent-change standard deviation of 21.5 across nonzero steps.
Related topics
Same-day Trends MCP boards placed lanterns beside other August 2026 screen titles, and get_growth on those neighbors shows split 30-day paths: Insidious and The End of Oak Street are still rising hard, Silo is barely up, and Avengers Doomsday plus House of the Dragon are fading after earlier peaks.
- insidious: +1000.0% over 30 days on Google Search (5 to 55) and +223.53% over 7 days (17 to 55), Trends MCP get_growth, recent date August 22 2026. Insidious ranked 2 on Google Trends and Insidious: Out of the Further ranked 13 on Wikipedia Trending on August 24.
- the end of oak street: +630.77% over 30 days (13 to 95) and -5.0% over 7 days (100 to 95). Topic page: The End of Oak Street. Wikipedia rank 18; IMDb MOVIEmeter rank 3.
- silo: +11.48% over 30 days (61 to 68) and -13.92% over 7 days (79 to 68). Wikipedia Trending rank 38 on August 24.
- avengers doomsday: -47.0% over 30 days (100 to 53) and -5.36% over 7 days (56 to 53). IMDb MOVIEmeter rank 5.
- house of the dragon: -42.11% over 30 days (19 to 11) and -62.07% over 7 days (29 to 11). Lanterns took HBO's Sunday slot after that run ended.
- Source context: Google Trends and Wikipedia Trending API.