Magneto is the Marvel Comics mutant created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in The X-Men number 1 (September 1963), and Google Search interest for magneto sits at 100 of 100 for the week of August 22 2026, a new series peak. That reading is up 14.94% from 87 on August 15 and up 40.85% from 71 on July 25, per Trends MCP get_growth on Google Search. TikTok Trending Searches ranked magneto at 17 as of August 25 2026 18:01 UTC. Same-week 2025 was 37 and same-week 2024 was 58. The electrical-generator meaning of the word still exists; the August climb tracks X-Men MCU casting, not hardware.
Magneto search interest right now
Google Search interest for magneto is 100 for the week of August 22 2026, up 40.85% from 71 on July 25, with get_growth also printing +14.94% over 7 days from 87 on August 15 and TikTok Trending Searches ranking magneto at 17 as of August 25 18:01 UTC.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 100 (week of August 22 2026) |
| 30-day change | +40.85% (from 71 on July 25 2026) |
| 90-day change | +170.27% (from 37 on May 23 2026) |
| Peak value | 100 on August 22 2026 |
| First seen | August 28 2021 (series start, value 27) |
| 7-day change | +14.94% (from 87 on August 15 2026) |
| TikTok Trending Searches rank | 17 as of August 25 2026 18:01 UTC |
| Same week 2025 | 37 on August 23 2025 |
| Same week 2024 | 58 on August 24 2024 |
| Same week 2023 | 31 on August 19 2023 |
| Series length | 261 weeks |
Every row traces to the stored series or to the August 25 2026 get_growth and get_top_trends pulls. The 0-100 scale is relative to this keyword's own history. This week is the first 100 in the stored window.
About Magneto
Magneto is a Marvel Comics mutant who first appeared in The X-Men number 1, cover-dated September 1963, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Wikipedia gives the birth name Max Eisenhardt and the alias Erik Lehnsherr, a German Jewish Holocaust survivor whose power is generating and controlling magnetic fields. Chris Claremont later wrote the Holocaust backstory that turned the Cape Citadel antagonist of 1963 into an antihero. Ian McKellen and Michael Fassbender portrayed the character in 20th Century Fox's X-Men films from 2000 to 2019. Wikipedia also records McKellen as set to reprise Magneto in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Avengers: Doomsday in 2026.
The August 2026 search is about who plays him next. ComingSoon, dated August 17 2026, said Marvel's D23 rollout named Sadie Sink as Jean Grey, Kit Connor as Cyclops, Samara Weaving as Emma Frost, Inde Navarrette as Rogue, and Christopher Abbott as Professor X, aiming at a 2028 release window, and that Magneto went unannounced. The same article quoted journalist Jed Fontaine on August 15 2026 saying multiple industry sources had already cast Lee Pace, who previously played Ronan the Accuser in Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain Marvel. Marvel has not confirmed that rumor. People searching magneto this week are chasing that gap, plus McKellen's Doomsday return. Jean Grey is the mutant whose MCU debut already has its own topic page.
What the time series shows
The 261-week Google Search series for magneto is a long comic-character baseline that broke into a single sustained rise through summer 2026, which is why the derived seasonality label is low, and why August 22 2026 at 100 is the first series peak. 2026 sat at 37 on May 23, 37 on June 20, 43 on July 4, 52 on July 11, 58 on July 18, 71 on July 25, 67 on August 1, 76 on August 8, 87 on August 15, then 100 on August 22. Absolute change from July 25 to August 22 is 29 points, less than 2x the prior 30-day move from 37 on June 20 to 71, so the speed label is constant. 30-day change of +40.85% is below the +100% exploding threshold, and 90-day change of +170.27% is below +500%, so growth_label is regular. Week-over-week percent-change sample standard deviation on the last 52 weeks is 10.98%, inside the low volatility band.
The character had earlier lifts that never reached this ceiling. 2024 printed 70 on August 17, 67 on August 3, and 60 on May 11. Same-week 2026 at 100 is well above 37 (2025), 58 (2024), and 31 (2023). The four labels (regular, constant, low, low) are derived from this series. Google Trends is the live board that did not list magneto in its August 25 2026 18:01 UTC top 50, even as TikTok Searches did.
Related topics
Same-day Marvel Google Search get_growth readings from the August 25 2026 pull show jean grey at +262.5% over 30 days, sadie sink at +112.5%, kit connor at +64.29%, x-men at +59.02%, and avengers doomsday at -49.0% as Magneto sits at 100.
- jean grey: +262.5% over 30 days (8 on July 25 to 29 on August 22)
- sadie sink: +112.5% over 30 days (16 on July 25 to 34 on August 22)
- kit connor: +64.29% over 30 days (14 on July 25 to 23 on August 22)
- x-men: +59.02% over 30 days (61 on July 25 to 97 on August 22)
- avengers doomsday: -49.0% over 30 days (100 on July 25 to 51 on August 22)
jean grey and sadie sink are the Brand New Day mutant and the actor who plays her; see the Sadie Sink topic. kit connor is the reported Cyclops. x-men at 97 is the franchise query sitting next to magneto at 100. avengers doomsday is the December 2026 film where Wikipedia says McKellen returns as Magneto, and that search is already off its July peak. Kit Connor is the other named X-Men cast topic on this site.