Google Trends by Category on August 29, 2026 is ten rank-1 queries, one per vertical. target halloween costume controversy leads Shopping and repeats in Hobbies and Leisure. lunar eclipse leads Science. gta 6 leads Games. Versus August 27, dodge challenger srt hellcat still appears, now at the Autos row, while tiger woods, margaret qualley, jed york, and nepal-as-Climate drop off. A Google Search growth call on the Target string through August 22 was a 0.0 index with a low-quality warning, so it is omitted. gta 6 search growth through August 22 was +157.14 percent over 7 days and +200 percent over 30 days.
Top trending searches on Google Trends by Category: August 29
target halloween costume controversy (Shopping): Target pulled the Kids' Glows Under Blacklight Circus Clown costume on August 24 after critics said it evoked minstrel caricatures. AP and CNN carried the apology. The same query also ranks 1 in Hobbies and Leisure on this mixed board.
lunar eclipse (Science): Deep partial eclipse peaking 04:12 UTC August 28 at 96.2 percent coverage. Matches Google Trends overall rank 5 and TikTok search ranks 1 and 5. Google Search 30D through August 22 was +800 percent from a 1.0 baseline.
gta 6 (Games): Rockstar Extended Look, 26 minutes, Netflix then YouTube on August 27, launch November 19 at $79.99. Matches three YouTube trending slots. Search 7D +157.14 percent (36.0 versus 14.0) through August 22.
frigorifico gorina raw beef recall (Food and Drink): FSIS recall of 29,628 pounds of Frigorifico Gorina SAIC raw beef imported without reinspection, produced May 15-20, 2026, freeze-by September 15-20, shipped to Florida and Texas. Establishment OF. 2025, shipping mark 26644-AA. Class I. No confirmed illnesses.
target halloween costume controversy (Hobbies and Leisure): Duplicate of row 1 in a second category. Same August 24 pull-down.
michelle obama martha's vineyard outfit (Beauty and Fashion): Former first lady at the Martha's Vineyard Author Series for The Look. USA Today said the Carolina Herrera Pre-Fall 2026 striped halter retails at $2,390. New versus August 27, which listed margaret qualley in Beauty.
lake ontario (Law and Government): Executive Order 14422, August 27, 30 days to rename the lake Lake America in GNIS. Matches Google Trends overall rank 8 and Wikipedia rank 5. August 27 listed jed york in this vertical.
ps5 pro (Technology): Hardware query. Marvel's Wolverine launches September 15 as a PS5 exclusive at $69.99 with PSSR noted for PS5 Pro. No separate PS5 Pro price cut was found for August 29.
vitruvias therapeutics thyroid medication recall (Health): Recurring health-recall query. Rank 1 in Health, also on the August 27 category board. No new lot figure was recaptured in this run beyond the ranking.
dodge challenger srt hellcat (Autos and Vehicles): Rank 1 in Autos, the same model that led the August 27 category mix. Recurring muscle-car query.
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What changed on Google Trends by Category since August 27
New entrants: target halloween costume controversy (Shopping and Hobbies), lunar eclipse (Science), gta 6 (Games), frigorifico gorina raw beef recall (Food), michelle obama martha's vineyard outfit (Beauty), lake ontario (Law), ps5 pro (Technology).
Holdovers: vitruvias thyroid recall (Health), dodge challenger srt hellcat (Autos).
Drop-offs versus August 27 vertical leaders: tiger woods public appearance video, margaret qualley, nepal (Climate), arch (Travel), letitia james, lunar eclipse august 2026 as a longer Science string, jed york, tennessee (Jobs).
What today's category board reveals
Every row is rank 1. Two Target costume rows are the same query in two verticals, not two events. Eclipse, GTA 6, and Lake Ontario also appear on the overall Google Trends ten, which is the overlap that matters.
The beef recall at 29,628 pounds is a food-safety row the overall Google ten dropped when it exited the chicken-recall query. Obama's $2,390 dress is a fashion spike, not a policy query. Do not flatten this mix into a 1-10 popularity ladder.
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This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends feed for Google Trends by Category with limit 10 as of 2026-08-29T02:01:36.626516+00:00. The matching data source page is Google Trends by Category API.
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