Top Google searches today: August 13, 2026

meteor shower takes Google #1 on August 13, 2026 as Perseids peak under a new moon, solar eclipse 2026 jumps to #2, and karoline leavitt enters after the White House exit news.

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Top Google searches today: August 13, 2026

meteor shower is the sharpest spike on Google on August 13, 2026, jumping to #1 as the Perseid meteor shower peaks overnight August 12 to 13 under a new moon, with NASA and Space.com citing rates near 100 meteors per hour for dark-sky viewers. Trends MCP get_top_trends returned 50 searches (as_of 2026-08-13T08:01:36 UTC) for type Google Trends. Trends MCP get_growth for meteor shower on google search showed about +50% over 7 days and +500% over 30 days (recent_date 2026-08-08). karoline leavitt enters at #11 after President Trump announced August 12 that the White House press secretary will leave at month's end (Axios/AP).

  1. meteor shower: Perseid peak-night searches take #1 after the August 12 to 13 maximum under dark new-moon skies, with NASA livestream coverage and AMS rate estimates near 100 per hour (Space.com/NASA). Trends MCP get_growth for the keyword on google search showed about +50% over 7 days and +500% over 30 days as of the August 8 recent_date window. The term outranks every other query across all 50 API rows as of 2026-08-13T08:01:36 UTC.

  2. solar eclipse 2026: Totality-path curiosity climbs from #13 on August 12 to #2 a day after the August 12 eclipse crossed Greenland, Iceland, and Spain, the first Europe-path totality since 1999 (NYT/AP/BBC). Trends MCP get_growth for solar eclipse 2026 on google search showed about +120% over 7 days and +450% over 30 days.

  3. powerball: Lottery lookups hold #3 after a single Illinois ticket won the August 12, 2026 drawing's $1.040 billion jackpot (cash option about $450.5 million), the eighth Powerball prize above $1 billion (Powerball/NBC). The shorter "powerball" label replaces yesterday's "powerball drawing" phrasing inside the published 15.

  4. tommy detamore: Country pedal-steel player Tommy Detamore holds #4 after dying suddenly at age 70 on August 5, 2026, with memorial and Steel Guitar Hall of Fame tributes still circulating (USA Today). Rank cools from #2 on August 12.

  5. the last house: Netflix sci-fi thriller The Last House holds #5 after its August 7, 2026 premiere starring Greta Lee and Wagner Moura under director Louis Leterrier (Netflix Tudum).

  6. chris hansen: Television journalist Chris Hansen holds #6 after A24's August 6 Primetime trailer cast Robert Pattinson as Hansen ahead of a September 25 theatrical date (Deadline/Variety).

  7. colombia earthquake: Disaster searches hold #7 after a magnitude 7.4 quake hit Chocó on August 10, 2026, with rescue and death-toll updates still moving through August 11 to 12 coverage (BBC/AP).

  8. david crowley: Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley enters at #8 after winning Wisconsin's August 11 Democratic gubernatorial primary over Francesca Hong by about 40.0% to 39.6% and advancing to face Republican Tom Tiffany (NBC/Wisconsin Watch).

  9. singer: Generic singer lookups hold #9 amid ongoing K-pop search volume. No single dated United States headline using the bare term was identified for August 13, 2026.

  10. louisiana vibrio vulnificus outbreak: Louisiana flesh-eating bacteria searches hold #10 after state reports of five deaths among nine Vibrio vulnificus cases tied to seawater wound exposure (USA Today/WAFB, August 6 to 8).

  11. karoline leavitt: White House press secretary searches enter at #11 after Trump announced August 12 that Karoline Leavitt, 28, will step down at the end of August to spend more time with her children and continue as an outside adviser (Axios/AP/CNN).

  12. the end of oak street: Warner Bros. dinosaur thriller The End of Oak Street enters at #12 ahead of its August 14, 2026 United States theatrical release starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, after an August 9 premiere and strong early reviews (Variety/Warner Bros.).

  13. google store: Hardware storefront lookups enter at #13. No widely reported trigger identified for August 13, 2026.

  14. lindsay clancy case: Massachusetts murder-trial searches hold #14 during Lindsay Clancy's Plymouth trial, with August 11 testimony on psychiatric medications before the January 2023 deaths of her three children (AP/USA Today).

  15. terremoto: Spanish-language earthquake searches enter at #15 beside the English colombia earthquake term at #7, reflecting continued Chocó magnitude 7.4 aftermath reading (BBC/AP).

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What changed on Google since yesterday

Compared with the August 12, 2026 Google daily post, sky-event queries rewrite the top of the board. meteor shower debuts at #1, solar eclipse 2026 jumps 11 ranks to #2, and karoline leavitt, david crowley, the end of oak street, google store, and terremoto enter the published 15 while the Perez Hilton crisis cluster exits.

ChangeDetails
New entrantsmeteor shower (#1); david crowley (#8); karoline leavitt (#11); the end of oak street (#12); google store (#13); terremoto (#15)
Big movers (5+ ranks)solar eclipse 2026 (13 to 2); powerball / powerball drawing (11 to 3); tommy detamore (2 to 4)
Drop-offs from August 12 top 15perez hilton (#1); perez hilton cutting himself (#3); abdul el-sayed (#4); sterling point (#6); wisconsin governor race (#12); joe biden (#15)

Calendar astronomy owns the August 13 upper board. meteor shower at #1 and solar eclipse 2026 at #2 sandwich a Powerball jackpot aftermath at #3, replacing the multi-day Perez Hilton hospital cluster that led August 12. Growth readings of +50% / +500% for meteor shower and +120% / +450% for solar eclipse 2026 on google search (Trends MCP get_growth) match that sky-event squeeze.

Politics and theatrical IP refill the middle ranks. karoline leavitt at #11 tracks the August 12 press-secretary exit, david crowley at #8 continues Wisconsin primary fallout, and the end of oak street at #12 tees an August 14 wide release.

These ranks came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends API on August 13, 2026, using type Google Trends and limit 50. The feed serves analysts and agent workflows that need live boards. Related data page: https://www.trendsmcp.ai/google-trends.

{
  "type": "Google Trends",
  "limit": 50
}
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  • Data source: https://www.trendsmcp.ai/google-trends
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