Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is Infinity Ward's 2026 sequel, and search interest is at a series high during beta week. Google Search interest for the keyword modern warfare 4 hit 82 for the week of August 22 2026, up from 22 on August 15, 15 on August 8, and 22 on July 25. Trends MCP records a series-derived +272.73% 30-day rise and +1266.67% over 90 days from 6 on May 23. get_growth returns +272.73% over 7 days (22 to 82). On August 25 2026 boards, mw4 beta ranked 46 on Google Trends. Data pulled August 25 2026 from source google search.
Modern Warfare 4 search interest right now
Google Search interest for modern warfare 4 sits at 82 for the week of August 22 2026, the series peak, after a jump from 22 on August 15 and a summer base of 15 to 22 through July, a +272.73% 30-day change on the stored weekly series.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Latest value (week of August 22 2026) | 82 |
| 30-day change | +272.73% (22 on July 25 2026 to 82) |
| 90-day change | +1266.67% (6 on May 23 2026 to 82) |
| Peak value | 82 on August 22 2026 |
| Prior announcement high | 62 on June 6 2026 |
| First series week | August 28 2021 (value 3) |
| 7-day growth (get_growth) | +272.73% (22 to 82), recent date August 22 2026 |
| 30-day growth (get_growth, REST) | +272.73% (22 to 82) |
| MCP get_growth 30-day print | +228.0% from 25 |
| Google Trends rank for mw4 beta (August 25 2026 12:01 UTC) | 46 |
| Series length | 261 weekly points |
| Prior stored latest (August 24 2026 page) | 65 |
Every row traces to the stored topics/data/modern-warfare-4.json series or to same-day Trends MCP get_growth and get_top_trends pulls. Values sit on the normalized 0-100 Google Search scale. An August 24 2026 refresh stored this same week at 65; the August 25 pull rescales the week to 82 after the early-access beta window. MCP get_time_series printed 84 on August 22 against get_growth's 82; the JSON uses 82 so the series matches the growth call.
About Modern Warfare 4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is Infinity Ward's 2026 sequel, launching worldwide on October 23 2026, with an Early Access beta that began August 21 and a free Open Beta booked for August 28 through September 1, which is the event behind the 82 search print. Activision's Open Beta FAQ, dated August 14 2026, splits the test in two: Weekend One from August 21 through August 25 for pre-order players on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Battle.net, or Steam, and Weekend Two from August 28 through September 1 with no pre-order, including Nintendo Switch 2.
The PlayStation Blog post dated August 21 2026, by Activision's David Hodgson, lists 22 weapons in the beta, six Core 6v6 maps (Rooftops, Silkworm, Transit 213, Cachette, Lotus, Lithium), Kill Block 3v3 and 10v10, Ground War maps Imjin Farmland and Wolves Stadium, a Campaign mission named Entrenched, and Warzone Resurgence on Zodiac from August 28. Eight beta rewards carry to launch at Level 30, including the Dread Tiger skin for Reece.
What the time series shows
The 261-week Google Search curve for modern warfare 4 sat between 3 and 6 for most of 2021 through early 2026, then broke twice: a May-June announcement spike that faded to 15 by August 8, and a beta-week jump to 82 on August 22 2026 that is now the series peak. The announcement printed 58 on May 30 and 62 on June 6, then 16 by June 27. Beta week reversed that: 21 on August 15, then 82. Same-week prints in 2022 through 2025 were 4 or 5. The new 82 peak pulled the June 6 local high down from the 65 stored on August 24 to 62.
Four labels are derived from this series. Growth is exploding at +272.73% over 30 days and +1266.67% over 90 days. Speed is exponential: the latest 30-day absolute move is 60 points (22 to 82), more than twice the prior 1-point move. Seasonality is medium. Volatility is high, with a last-52 week-over-week sample standard deviation of 126.59%. Latest equals the peak. Open Beta (August 28-September 1) is still ahead.
Related topics
Google Trends neighbors pulled at August 25 2026 12:01 UTC place mw4 beta at #46, and Google Search 30-day get_growth on cleaner adjacent queries ranges from +52.17% for fortnite to -6.52% for the franchise term call of duty, a spread the MW4-specific query is not copying.
- fortnite: +52.17% over 30 days (23 to 35). See the Fortnite topic page. Google Trends also listed fortnite admin panel codes at #21.
- nba 2k: +47.06% over 30 days (68 to 100). See the NBA 2K topic page.
- iphone 18: +45.59% over 30 days (68 to 99). iPhone 18 Pro Max release date ranked #47 on Google Trends.
- call of duty: -6.52% over 30 days (46 to 43). The franchise query did not rise with the MW4-specific term.
- mw4 beta: ranked #46 on Google Trends. get_growth prints +2533.33% over 30 days (3 to 79) with a low-quality warning because more than 90% of that series is zeros; the growth figure is omitted from the stored related block.
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