What's trending on Google today: August 4, 2026
spiderman brand new day holds number 1 on Google on August 4, 2026, after Deadline and CNBC put Spider-Man: Brand New Day at $360M domestic, beating Avengers: Endgame's $357.1M record, with $932M worldwide (August 3, 2026). Trends MCP get_top_trends returned 50 searches (as_of 2026-08-04T06:01:41 UTC) for type Google Trends. jean grey jumps from #11 on August 3 to #5 as cast lookups rise beside the film title. spokane fires cools from #5 to #12 while spokane enters at #14 as Seattle Times and KUOW update acreage near 10,265 and about 700 structures lost.
Top trending searches on Google: August 4
spiderman brand new day: The Tom Holland sequel stays #1 among 50 API rows after Monday actuals raised the North American opening to $360M across 4,487 screens, with a $169.8M opening day (Deadline/CNBC, August 3, 2026). get_growth reports +316.67% over 7 days and +733.33% over 30 days on google search (Trends MCP API, August 4 2026).
idaho murders: Residual searches around the 2022 University of Idaho student murders hold #2 after Bryan Kohberger's July 27, 2026 plea-withdrawal filing and Netflix's The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare drop on July 29. get_growth shows +1900% over 7 days on google search (Trends MCP API, August 4 2026).
aa1937 emergency landing: American Airlines flight AA1937 made an emergency return to Houston IAH after takeoff toward Phoenix on July 27, 2026. Residual safety searches hold at #3 for a sixth day.
tmobile outage: A nationwide T-Mobile service outage on July 27, 2026 peaked near 62,000 Downdetector reports, with residual Aug 3 complaint spikes still feeding the query at #4.
jean grey: Opening coverage for Spider-Man: Brand New Day confirms Sadie Sink plays Jean Grey. Climbs from #11 on August 3 to #5 as cast searches surge next to the film title at #1.
ariana grande: Grande released her eighth studio album Petal on July 31, 2026, with the title-track video the same day. Climbs from #12 on August 3 to #6 as album residual traffic continues.
glen hansard: Oscar-winning Irish musician Glen Hansard died in a motorcycle crash in Dublin in the early hours of July 29, 2026, at age 56. Tribute coverage cools one slot to #7.
ceuta: Roughly 60,000 migrants entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco in late July 2026, with EU border coverage still active on BBC and Google News feeds. Holds near prior days at #8.
lollapalooza: Chicago's Lollapalooza ran July 30 through August 2, 2026, at Grant Park with rain delays on August 1 and about 170 artists across 8 stages. New versus the August 3 published top 15 at #9.
dr fauci: Residual biographical and news searches for Dr. Anthony Fauci sit at #10. No widely reported trigger identified for August 4, 2026 beyond ongoing political and health coverage.
lindsay clancy: In the Lindsay Clancy trial, jurors heard ex-husband Patrick Clancy's 911 call, with late-July coverage dated around July 29, 2026. Trial residual searches cool from #9 to #11.
spokane fires: The Spokane Area Fires (Old Trails, Fairview, Autumn Lane) started August 1, 2026, with about 700 structures destroyed, 8,000 to 10,265 acres burned, and tens of thousands evacuated (Seattle Times/KUOW, August 3 to 4). Cools from #5 on August 3 to #12.
sadie sink: Cast lookups for Sadie Sink as Jean Grey hold at #13 beside jean grey at #5 as spider-man queries absorb day-after demand.
spokane: City-level searches enter at #14 beside spokane fires at #12 as readers track evacuation maps and acreage updates after the August 1 ignition cluster.
wicker movie: Fantasy comedy Wicker, starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgard, continues trailer-driven searches after a late-July trailer drop ahead of an October 23, 2026 theatrical date (Deadline). New at #15.
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What changed on Google since yesterday
Compared with the August 3, 2026 Google daily post, the film title still owns #1 while cast queries climb, wildfire terms cool, and festival plus trailer searches enter the published cut.
| Change | Details |
|---|---|
| New entrants | lollapalooza (now #9); dr fauci (now #10); spokane (now #14); wicker movie (now #15) |
| Big movers (5+ ranks) | jean grey (11 to 5); ariana grande (12 to 6); spokane fires (5 to 12) |
| Drop-offs from August 3 top 15 | louisiana; seattle shooting; bryan kohberger; vincent pastore |
What today's Google trends reveal
Record box office still owns the top slot. spiderman brand new day remains #1 among 50 API rows on August 4, 2026, after Monday actuals confirmed $360M domestic and $932M worldwide (Deadline, August 3), while jean grey at #5 and sadie sink at #13 show cast pages catching up a day after the Endgame record headlines.
Hard news cools but does not leave. idaho murders holds #2 on +1900% 7-day growth, spokane fires slides to #12 as acreage reports settle near 10,265, and tmobile outage sticks at #4 a week after the July 27 spike near 62,000 Downdetector reports. Festival residual (lollapalooza at #9) and trailer curiosity (wicker movie at #15) fill slots vacated by louisiana and seattle shooting.
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These ranks came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends API on August 4, 2026, using type Google Trends and limit 50. The feed serves analysts, marketers, and agent workflows that need live boards. Related data page: https://www.trendsmcp.ai/google-trends.
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- Evergreen guide: https://www.trendsmcp.ai/blog/google-trends-api-python