Lioness is Taylor Sheridan's Paramount+ spy thriller, and search interest on this series is now higher than it was during Season 2. Google Search interest for the keyword lioness hit 62 for the week of August 22 2026, up from 57 on August 15, 60 on August 8, 28 on August 1, and 14 on July 25. Trends MCP records a series-derived +342.86% 30-day rise from 14 and a +588.89% 90-day rise from 9 on May 23. get_growth, which can differ from the weekly series, printed 65 for the week of August 22, +8.33% over 7 days (60 to 65) and +333.33% over 30 days (15 to 65). Paramount+ launched Season 3 on August 2 2026 and is still dropping weekly episodes through September 20. The prior topic file, pulled August 7 2026, stopped at 44 on August 1. Data pulled August 24 2026 from source google search.
Lioness search interest right now
Google Search interest for lioness sits at 62 for the week of August 22 2026, the peak of this 261-week series, after climbing from 14 on July 25 through 28 on August 1 and 60 on August 8 as Paramount+ kept Season 3 in weekly release.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Latest value (week of August 22 2026) | 62 |
| 30-day change | +342.86% (14 on July 25 2026 to 62) |
| 90-day change | +588.89% (9 on May 23 2026 to 62) |
| Peak value | 62 on August 22 2026 |
| Prior Season 2 high on this series | 48 on December 14 2024 |
| Premiere-week value | 28 on August 1 2026 |
| 7-day get_growth | +8.33% (60 to 65), recent date August 22 2026 |
| 30-day get_growth | +333.33% (15 to 65) |
| Prior stored latest (August 7 2026 pull) | 44 on August 1 2026 |
| Series length | 261 weekly points |
| First series week | August 28 2021 (value 2) |
Every row traces to the stored topics/data/lioness.json REST series or to the same-day get_growth call. The 7-day get_growth endpoint of 65 is three points above the weekly series print of 62; the page treats the series as the chart source. For the Google Search feed, see Google Trends. Another Sheridan-adjacent action series on the site is Reacher.
About Lioness
Lioness is a Paramount+ espionage thriller created and written by Taylor Sheridan, loosely tied to a U.S. Army program that placed female soldiers with special-operations units in Iraq, and Season 3 is the reason the Google Search series is at a new high. Zoe Saldaña stars as CIA officer Joe McNamara, with Nicole Kidman as Kaitlyn Meade, Michael Kelly as Westfield, and Morgan Freeman in the senior-leadership bench. Laysla De Oliveira, Dave Annable, and Genesis Rodriguez also return. The Hollywood Reporter said Sheridan takes an on-camera role in Season 3, after appearing as CIA officer Cody Spears in Season 2.
Season 3 premiered exclusively on Paramount+ on Sunday, August 2 2026 at 3:01 a.m. ET, per Paramount+ and Decider. Eight episodes run weekly through Sunday, September 20 2026. Episode 1 is titled The Spider and the Fly. Paramount's August 14 2026 release said the premiere reached 7.1 million viewers in its first seven days, ahead of the Season 2 debut, and that preliminary Nielsen data ranked it the No. 2 most-watched streaming original in the U.S. for the week of August 2-8. Searchers this month are tracking episode dates, the Ukraine-set mission in early trailers, and whether Sheridan's cameo lands in a given week.
What the time series shows
The stored Google Search series for lioness runs 261 weekly points from August 28 2021 (value 2) through August 22 2026 (value 62), with Season 1 lifting interest from the mid-single digits to 35 on July 29 2023 and 43 on September 9 2023. Season 2 printed 46 on November 2 2024 and 48 on December 14 2024, the previous highs on this REST file. 2026 held 9 on July 4, 13 on July 18, and 14 on July 25, then 28 on August 1, 60 on August 8, 57 on August 15, and 62 on August 22.
Derived labels are growth_label exploding, speed_label exponential, seasonality_label medium, and volatility_label average. Exploding follows a +342.86% 30-day change and a +588.89% 90-day change. Exponential follows a recent 30-day absolute move of 48 versus a prior 30-day move of 3. Medium seasonality reflects premiere clusters in 2023, 2024, and 2026 without a fixed calendar month. Average volatility matches a week-over-week percent-change standard deviation of 31.1. The latest value is the peak, so the decay skip rule does not apply. This REST lock disagrees with the August 7 2026 file (44 on August 1, peak 75 on December 14 2024); successive pulls can rewrite weekly endpoints, and this refresh stays on REST.
Related topics
Same-day Trends MCP get_growth pulls on Google Search, recent date August 22 2026.
- lanterns: +546.15% over 30 days (13 to 84) and +236.0% over 7 days (25 to 84). Topic page: Lanterns.
- reacher: +478.57% over 30 days (14 to 81) and +19.12% over 7 days (68 to 81). Topic page: Reacher.
- camp rock 3: +618.18% over 30 days (11 to 79) and -21.0% over 7 days (100 to 79). Topic page: Camp Rock 3.
- the last house: +207.69% over 30 days (13 to 40) and -60.0% over 7 days (100 to 40). A fading film spike next to Lioness's still-rising TV curve.
- Source context: Google Trends.