Samara Weaving search interest after Emma Frost casting

Google Search interest for Samara Weaving hit a series peak of 68 for the week of August 1 2026 after reports cast her as Emma Frost.

Data through August 04, 2026Source google search
explodingexponentiallowaverage

Latest index

68

2026-08-01

30 days

+277%

90 days

+466%

Peak

68

2026-08-01

Tracked since

2021-08-07

Samara Weaving

Search interest index (0-100) · Source: google search

+277% past 30 days

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Samara Weaving is the Australian actor whose reported casting as Emma Frost in Marvel's X-Men reboot pushed search interest to a new high. Google Search interest for the keyword samara weaving reached 68 for the week of August 1 2026, the peak of a 261-week Trends MCP series that starts August 7 2021. Series-derived 30-day change is +277.78% from 18 on July 4 2026. get_growth returns +518.18% over 7 days (11 → 68) and +277.78% over 30 days (18 → 68), matching the weekly series on the 30-day window. On the Google Trends board as of August 4 2026 06:01 UTC, samara weaving ranked 38. Data pulled August 4 2026 from source google search.

Samara weaving search interest right now

MetricValue
Latest value (week of August 1 2026)68
30-day change+277.78% (18 on July 4 2026 → 68)
90-day change+466.67% (12 on May 2 2026 → 68)
Peak value68 on August 1 2026
Prior local high (2026)34 on March 28 2026
First seen in seriesAugust 7 2021
7-day growth (get_growth)+518.18% (11 → 68)
30-day growth (get_growth)+277.78% (18 → 68)
Nonzero weeks in series261 of 261
Google Trends board rank (August 4 2026)38
Emma Frost 30-day growth (get_growth)+144.44% (9 → 22)
Sadie Sink 30-day growth (get_growth)+1200.0% (5 → 65)
Jean Grey 30-day growth (get_growth)+2550.0% (2 → 53)

Figures come from Trends MCP get_time_series, get_growth, and same-day get_top_trends for Google Trends, pulled August 4 2026. Source for the stored chart is google search.

About Samara Weaving

Samara Weaving is an Australian actor known for Ready or Not (2019) and its 2026 sequel Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, plus credits in The Babysitter, Scream VI, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. In late July and early August 2026, Deadline and Variety reported that Marvel Studios and director Jake Schreier selected Weaving to play Emma Frost in the untitled X-Men film, with Kevin Feige producing and writers Lee Sung Jin and Joanna Calo attached in that coverage. Emma Frost is a long-running Marvel mutant, a telepath often tied to the Hellfire Club who can transform into a diamond form. The casting news landed in the same window as Spider-Man: Brand New Day's July 31 2026 U.S. open and Sadie Sink's on-screen Jean Grey reveal, so mutant-casting searches stacked. People look up Weaving for the report itself, Emma Frost comic history, and how a new X-Men cast might form after Brand New Day.

What the time series shows

Samara Weaving search interest is an actor curve with film-driven bumps and one clear casting spike. The 261-week Google Search series opens August 7 2021 at 7. Notable earlier lifts include 27 on August 28 2021, 21 on May 28 2022, and 22 on August 30 2025. Spring 2026 builds from 17 on February 28 to 34 on March 28, then eases. June 13 2026 reaches 27 around Ready or Not sequel attention, then July cools to 11 on July 25. August 1 2026 jumps to 68, the series peak, as Emma Frost casting reports circulated. Derived labels from the series: growth exploding, speed exponential, seasonality low, volatility average. Growth is exploding because 30-day change is +277.78%. Speed is exponential because the latest 30-day absolute move (18 → 68, abs 50) is more than 2x the prior 30-day move (17 → 18). Seasonality is low: casting and release spikes, not a yearly event cycle. Volatility is average on week-over-week percent changes (series stdev about 47.9%).

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Frequently asked questions

Why is Samara Weaving trending in August 2026?

Deadline, Variety, and other outlets reported that Samara Weaving is Marvel Studios' choice to play Emma Frost in the upcoming X-Men film directed by Jake Schreier. Trends MCP Google Search data pulled August 4 2026 shows interest at 68 for the week of August 1, up from 11 on July 25. get_growth returns +518.18% over 7 days and +277.78% over 30 days. On the Google Trends board that morning, samara weaving ranked 38.

Who is Samara Weaving supposed to play in the X-Men movie?

Reports name Emma Frost, also called the White Queen, a telepath who can turn her body into diamond form. January Jones played the character in X-Men: First Class (2011). Marvel Studios had not issued an official confirmation in the coverage cited for this page.

What keyword does Trends MCP track for this topic?

The exact API keyword is `samara weaving` on source google search. That spelling matches the Google Trends board entry and is what get_time_series and get_growth use for this page.

How does Samara Weaving compare with Sadie Sink right now?

Both sit on the same mutant-casting news cycle after Brand New Day. On the August 4 2026 pull, samara weaving's series 30-day change is +277.78% (18 → 68), while sadie sink's series 30-day change is +1180.0% (5 → 64). Sink's get_growth 30-day reading is +1200.0%.