According to Binance Research, relative search trends of the term "Bitcoin" have been shifting from west to east since 2011, and have now reached Africa.
Binance highlights Bitcoin popularity on Google Search.
For most, Bitcoin is the gateway both to other coins and to blockchain technology, which is why search trends regarding the term "Bitcoin" tend to illustrate the spread of crypto.
Binance Research, the research, and analytics arm of the world's largest crypto exchange, published an animated chart showing the changes in heat ranking of "Bitcoin" in Google Search.
The short video showed visualized changes in heat ranking of "Bitcoin" in Google search by country.
Visualized changes in heat ranking of "Bitcoin" #BTC in Google search by each Country/Region from Jan 2011 to today.
Noticeably, relative search trends of "Bitcoin" within each country have shifted from West to East, and most recently, Africa.
Until mid-2012, northern and eastern European countries took the lead when it comes to searches for Bitcoin, with Iceland, Finland, Norway, Estonia, and Russia taking the lead.Africa slowly catching onto Bitcoin.
The eastward trend that began in 2013 was in full swing in 2014, when Hong Kong and Singapore caught onto Bitcoin.
South Africa remained the region with the most Bitcoin searches for a few months in 2016, followed closely by Malaysia and Singapore.
Google search trend shows Bitcoin most popular in Africa
Published on Sep 27, 2019
by Cryptoslate | Published on Coinage
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