Which nations and cities googled Eurovision the most in 2018
So we all know some nations have a very engaged Eurovision fan base. The Spanish online, the UK's OGAE club, Australians travelling across the world to the contest... but which nations searches out Eurovision content the most?
Google has some amazing data available and the list below is based on the amount of searches for Eurovision related content PER CAPITA.
The nation who googled Eurovision the most in 2018 was:
ICELAND!
Not surprisingly Iceland were on top with their small population and healthy obsession with the contest. They also searched for Eurovision the most in 2017.
The rest of the top 10 were made up of (with 2017 ranking in brackets):
2. Cyprus (6)
3. Malta (2)
4. Spain (9)
5. Greece (3)
6. Israel (31)
7. Estonia (4)
8. Sweden (8)
9. Moldova (5)
10. Ireland (17)
No surprises to see Israel and Cyprus have a big jump considering their excellent results in Lisbon. Ireland qualified for the final for the first time since 2013 and it showed in their search habits. They rose from 17th to 10th this year. The rest of the top 20 and other selected nations are below.
11. Finland (21)
12. Lithuania (11)
13. Belarus (7)
14. Portugal (12)
15. Norway (19)
16. Austria (20)
17. Albania (-)
18. FYR Macedonia (18)
19. Latvia (16)
20. Ukraine (10)
22. Germany
25. UK (30)
26. France (36)
30. Netherlands
31. Denmark (33)
35. Russia (37)
37. Australia (38)
40. Kazakhstan (40)
41. Italy (39)
44. Canada (44)
45. USA (45)
It was promising to see increased interest from the 'big' nations of Spain, Germany, UK and France. Though Italy did drop off.
Australia in 37th had its highest ranking since 2015 when it was 33rd.
When it comes to cities it's no surprise to see the winner is:
REYKJAVIK!
After that the rankings are dominated by Spain with 14 out of the top 20 from that nation.
2. Pamplona (Spain)
3. A Coruna (Spain)
4. Vigo (Spain)
5. Valladolid (Spain)
6. Zaragoza (Spain)
7. Thessaloniki (Greece)
8. Vittoria-Gasteiz (Spain)
9. Bilbao (Spain)
10. Granada (Spain)
11. Valencia (Spain)
12. Madrid (Spain)
13. Tel Aviv (Israel)
14. Seville (Spain)
15. Cordoba (Spain)
16. Athens (Greece)
17. Lisbon (Portugal)
18. Skanor-Falsterbo (Sweden)
19. Barcelona (Spain)
20. Malaga (Spain)
Other selected cities:
21. Tallinn (Estonia)
22. Vilnius (Lithuania)
23. Helsinki (Finland)
24. Minsk (Belarus)
25. Stockholm (Sweden)
27. Chisinau (Moldova)
29. Dublin (Ireland)
30. Oslo (Norway)
31. Kharkiv (Ukraine)
34. Vienna (Austria)
37. Zagreb (Croatia)
38. Hamburg (Germany)
42. Liverpool (UK)
43. Berlin (Germany)
44. Sofia (Bulgaria)
45. Bucharest (Romania)
46. London (UK)
47. Copenhagen (Denmark)
48. Glasgow (UK)
50. Lyon (France)
51. Belgrade (Serbia)
52. Paris (France)
53. The Hague (Netherlands)
54. Saint Petersburg (Russia)
55. Birmingham (UK)
56. Moscow (Russia)
58. Zurich (Switzerland)
60. Melbourne (Australia)
61. Budapest (Hungary)
62. Sydney (Australia)
63. Prague (Czech)
64. Perth (Australia)
65. Brisbane (Australia)
66. Milan (Italy)
67. Rome (Italy)
68. Warsaw (Poland)
69. Istanbul (Turkey)
71. New York (USA)