An Average 6.4M Monthly Google Searches on Citation Topics Are Made in the US

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NEW YORK, July 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Using citations is necessary to credit individuals for their creative and intellectual works used in research and to combat plagiarism. Research by TypeCite, a citation tool created by experts in the field, details and highlights the most frequently searched citation topics by Google users. Additional analysis into Google Trends delivers information on who makes up the majority of citation related searchers.

There are an average of 6.4M citation related searches on Google in the United States each month. AHREFs, a software company that provides search volume keyword data, found that “APA citation”, “citation machine”, and “MLA citation” were the most searched citation topics. There are an incredible 760K terms or phrases used monthly by Google searchers looking to create citations.

The table below highlights the top 10 searched citation topics on Google and the corresponding number of searches. These topics make up 58% or 3.7M of all citation related searches.

Most Searched Citation Topics* Monthly Searches
apa citation 1.3M
citation machine 1M
mla citation 275K
apa in text citation 212K
mla citation generator 208K
apa citation format 174K
apa citation generator 173K
citation machine apa 150K
chicago citation generator 132K
mla in text citation 106K

*as determined by AHREFs

Based on this data, “APA citation”, or the American Psychological Association, is the topic in highest demand on Google hunts, with 1.3M searches on average. It is the preferred style for those in Education, Psychology, and the Sciences. “MLA citation”, or Modern Language Association, is a style used most frequently by the Humanities. An average of 275K are shown in the table above for this topic. 1M searches per month account for the “citation machine” topic, an online system that generates citations based on input from the user.

TypeCites’ experts further analyzed Google Trends historical data for 12 months using the three highest used phrases for citation related searches. An average score out of 100 was used to establish which months boast the highest amount of citation queries. In other words, what time of the year do people most frequently seek information through Google on citation related issues?

Month Average Score
January 31/100
February 52/100
March 46/100
April 54/100
May 34/100
June 26/100
July 23/100
August 21/100
September 56/100
October 60/100
November 59/100
December 33/100

The trend shows that the majority of Google searches seeking citation help occur during February, March, April, September, October, and November. In other words, during the school year, indicating that students are the primary seekers of citation knowledge. September, October, and November make up most educational institutions’ first semester; with the second semester comprising February, March, and April.

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For more information, please contact Rosie Newman: rosie@typecite.com

All search volume data is taken from AHREFs

Monthly Score Data from Google Trends

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