Auburn vs. Mississippi State led US searches on Nov. 14 with about 5,000-plus queries, alongside news of a football kickoff-time change, according to Google and Mississippi State's official athletics website.
Jeremiah Smith placed second, also with about 5,000-plus searches in Google's counts for Nov. 14, 2026. ESPN said the Ohio State player set a Big Ten receiving record.
South Korea's list put Isegye Idol first with about 100-plus searches, although several lower-ranked terms had larger counts. TopStarNews said the six-member virtual girl group would appear on the television music show Music Core.
No search term appeared on both countries' lists. The supplied rankings did not consistently follow the size of the approximate search counts.
In the United States, “dan hicks illness” drew about 1,000-plus searches. ESPN reported that sports broadcaster Dan Hicks died at 64.
Mirra Andreeva and Saving Private Ryan each drew about 500-plus searches. SWAC TV, Millonarios-Alianza and Legend Bey also recorded about 500-plus each.
Deportivo Cali-Tolima drew about 1,000-plus searches, while Western Carolina-Samford recorded about 200-plus. Samford University's athletics website said its football team would host Western Carolina for homecoming.
In South Korea, Viper and Soop each drew about 2,000-plus searches. Portugal vs. Denmark and BLG each recorded about 1,000-plus.
Bin, Afreeca, Twitch and LCK each drew about 200-plus searches. LoL recorded about 100-plus, matching the approximate count for Isegye Idol.
On Hacker News, an item about using an old phone instead of a Pi computer led with 444 points and 262 comments. A comparison of 13 versions of Monkey Island followed with 414 points and 138 comments.
An item about Lovable apps exposing passport information and more than 200,000 private messages ranked third with 359 points. It drew 121 comments.
A discussion of technology companies' efforts to change how people understand privacy received 347 points and 135 comments. A video documentary about KDE followed with 281 points and 57 comments.
An item about an Italian fine against Meta over Android users' data access drew 244 points and 154 comments. The supplied headline put the fine at $887 million.
Redesigned PyPI project pages with clearer security information received 154 points and 57 comments. An item about generative artificial intelligence using more energy for non-English text drew 139 points and 87 comments.
An item about running the GLM-5.3 artificial intelligence model across two Nvidia DGX stations received 119 points and 59 comments. Another about Antigravity's teamwork feature for science and engineering drew 117 points and 30 comments.
Google's approximate search counts measure attention, not approval, popularity or quality. Hacker News points are reader upvotes on one technology website, not a measure of importance.
