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 65 for the week of August 22 2026, up from 17 on August 15, 13 on August 8, and 18 on July 25. Trends MCP records a series-derived +261.11% 30-day rise and +1200.0% over 90 days from 5 on May 23. REST get_growth on the same day returns +266.67% over 7 days (18 to 66) and +247.37% over 30 days (19 to 66); the stored weekly series endpoint is 65, not 66. On August 24 2026 boards, mw4 beta ranked 39 on Google Trends, and a Modern Warfare 4 YouTube video sat at 39 on YouTube Trending. Data pulled August 24 2026 from source google search.
Modern Warfare 4 search interest right now
Google Search interest for modern warfare 4 sits at 65 for the week of August 22 2026, the series peak, after a jump from 17 on August 15 and a slower summer base of 12 to 18 through July, a +261.11% 30-day change on the stored weekly series.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Latest value (week of August 22 2026) | 65 |
| 30-day change | +261.11% (18 on July 25 2026 to 65) |
| 90-day change | +1200.0% (5 on May 23 2026 to 65) |
| Peak value | 65 on August 22 2026 |
| Prior announcement high | 51 on June 6 2026 |
| First series week | August 28 2021 (value 3) |
| 7-day growth (get_growth) | +266.67% (18 to 66), recent date August 22 2026 |
| Google Trends rank for mw4 beta (August 24 2026) | 39 |
| YouTube Trending rank, Modern Warfare 4 video (August 24 2026) | 39 |
| Series length | 261 weekly points |
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. For the Google Search feed, see Google Trends. The YouTube clip is on the YouTube Trending API board.
About Modern Warfare 4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is a first-person shooter developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. The May 28 2026 Call of Duty blog and PlayStation Blog set a global launch of Friday, October 23 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Nintendo Switch 2. It is not shipping on PlayStation 4 or Xbox One. Wikipedia lists it as the 23rd mainline Call of Duty and the fourth game in the 2019-reboot Modern Warfare line, after Modern Warfare III in 2023. Digital pre-orders include campaign access from October 16 2026.
The current search wave lines up with the multiplayer beta, not the October launch. Activision Support dated August 14 2026 lists Early Access Weekend One from August 21 through August 25 for pre-order players, then a free Open Beta from August 28 through September 1, including Nintendo Switch 2. Wikipedia notes Warzone on last-gen consoles ends when Season 1 starts after launch.
What the time series shows
The stored Google Search series for modern warfare 4 runs 261 weekly points from August 28 2021 through August 22 2026, mostly between 2 and 8 until the May 28 2026 announcement. That week jumped from 5 on May 23 to 50 on May 30 and 51 on June 6, then faded to 18 by July 25. August ran 15, 13, 17, then 65 on August 22 as early-access beta weekend opened.
Derived labels from the stored series are growth_label exploding, speed_label exponential, seasonality_label medium, and volatility_label average. Exploding follows the +261.11% 30-day change and the +1200.0% 90-day change. Exponential follows a recent 30-day absolute move of 47 versus a prior 30-day absolute move of 1. Medium seasonality reflects two event spikes (announcement, then beta) rather than a yearly calendar repeat. Average volatility matches a week-over-week percent-change standard deviation of 61.13 across 260 steps. The latest value is the peak. The June 6 mark of 51 is now second, 21.5% below this week.
Related topics
Same-day Trends MCP get_growth pulls on Google Search put other shooter queries on a slower track than modern warfare 4, with GTA 6 the next-fastest 30-day mover in this set.
- gta 6: +183.33% over 30 days on Google Search (12 to 34) and +161.54% over 7 days (13 to 34), Trends MCP get_growth, recent date August 22 2026.
- fortnite: +52.17% over 30 days (23 to 35) and +40.0% over 7 days (25 to 35).
- call of duty: -2.27% over 30 days (44 to 43) and +30.3% over 7 days (33 to 43). The franchise query barely moved on a 30-day basis while the numbered sequel printed 65.
- Source context: Google Trends, YouTube Trending API, and Steam trends.