Jiri Lehecka topped the U.S. search list for Nov. 3 with about 500 or more searches following his Swiss Indoors final defeat by Valentin Vacherot, according to Google Trends.
Conor McGregor led South Korea's list with about 200 or more searches. Election-related queries appeared in both countries, although no exact search term appeared on both lists.
Several U.S. terms drew larger counts than Lehecka despite appearing lower in the supplied ranking. “Elder scrolls 6” recorded about 10,000 or more searches, with The Verge reporting that the game had been named Sentinel.
“Playstation store black friday 2026” drew about 5,000 or more searches alongside a PlayStation Blog item about store discounts. “Lego godzilla” had about 1,000 or more, alongside news of a 5,363-piece model standing over 27 inches tall.
“Voting centers near me” and “where can i drop off my ballot” each drew about 2,000 or more searches. Their accompanying headlines concerned Washington polling hours and voting locations in California's Stanislaus County, respectively.
“How to vote online” and “texas election” each recorded about 200 or more searches, alongside election guidance and Texas results. “Mardi gras 2027” also drew about 200 or more, with a headline about the celebration's return to Zachary.
“School building” recorded about 1,000 or more searches. CNN reported that at least 33 people died after Russia dropped nine bombs on a Ukrainian school building.
In South Korea, McGregor's accompanying headline concerned his suggestion that he might retire from fighting. “Kbo,” referring to the Korea Baseball Organization, drew about 2,000 or more searches, alongside a baseball photograph.
“Ponzi fraud,” a scheme that pays earlier investors with later investors' money, drew about 500 or more searches. Its accompanying headline concerned a property investment commentator's alleged involvement in such a scheme.
“Comprehensive real estate holding tax” and “Korea Aerospace Industries” each drew about 200 or more searches. Their headlines concerned property tax changes and growth in the aircraft company's quarterly sales and operating profit.
“Small business” and “Satoshi” each had about 200 or more searches, alongside headlines about Wisconsin businesses and a baseball appearance. “Choi Mina-su,” “midterm elections 2026” and “Naejangsan interchange” each drew about 100 or more.
On Hacker News, a post claiming Astra could read and write Qwen's model weights, the numerical settings underlying its responses, led with 2,885 points. A post disputing that claim followed with 544 points.
Hacker Times, a New York Times-inspired version of Hacker News, received 408 points. DiscImageStudio's disc-artwork item had 316, Nvidia's open-source auto-ontology item 227, and a question about chess software on a Pentium beating Kasparov in 1996 had 222.
Toit v2.0.0 received 179 points, an AI resistance item 139, and “Life with Down Syndrome” 108. An item about Fujifilm increasing tape production fivefold amid AI archiving demand received 101.
The search counts cover Nov. 3, 2026, and are approximate minimums published by Google. They measure attention, not approval, popularity or quality. Hacker News points are reader upvotes on one technology website, not a measure of importance.
