Yordan Alvarez, a first-time Hank Aaron Award winner according to MLB.com, topped the US daily search ranking with about 1,000-plus searches on Nov. 12, Google Trends figures showed.
The ranking did not follow search totals: “mavericks vs timberwolves” placed fourth with about 10,000-plus searches, the largest count listed. No search term appeared on both countries’ lists.
South Carolina women’s basketball ranked second in the United States with about 500-plus searches. The university’s athletics department said the team would play Thursday for a point in the Palmetto Series.
The question “is jj mccarthy playing tonight” ranked third with about 200-plus searches. CBS Sports said J.J. McCarthy would face no playing restrictions in Week 10.
Memphis versus South Florida and Sabres versus Blackhawks each drew about 5,000-plus searches. The Commercial Appeal carried coverage of the football matchup, while NHL.com supplied projected lineups for the hockey game.
Jets versus Stars and Mercer versus West Virginia each recorded about 1,000-plus searches. Yahoo Sports carried line combinations for the hockey matchup, and West Virginia University Athletics said Mercer would complete its three-game home stretch.
Jim Cramer drew about 2,000-plus searches alongside CNBC coverage of his criticism of Jensen Huang. Devin Singletary drew about 500-plus, with CBS Sports reporting he was expected to serve as Skattebo’s backup Thursday.
In South Korea, Doosan Enerbility led the ranking with about 2,000-plus searches. Newspim reported that foreign and institutional investors both bought more shares than they sold while the stock rose 6%.
Chung Myung-whun ranked second with about 2,000-plus searches, alongside JoongAng Ilbo coverage of a dispute involving Busan and his concert. Lee Seung-yuop also drew about 2,000-plus searches.
Searches for England versus Croatia standings reached about 200-plus. SBS reported that Harry Kane scored the winner during an England appearance that set a record.
Czech Republic versus Spain standings drew about 500-plus searches. Spain won 2-0 and extended its unbeaten run to 43 games, the BBC reported.
Fine dust drew about 100-plus searches alongside YTN Science coverage of autumn’s first incoming smog. Lee Sang-soon drew about 200-plus searches, while the Korean term for film recorded about 500-plus.
The S&P 500 and “skhy” each drew about 500-plus searches. CNBC carried coverage of slightly higher stock futures following market declines, while Futu carried an item about SK Hynix options trading.
On Hacker News, an item titled “Jensen Huang resigns” led with 2,817 points. “Anthropic IPO” followed with 798 points, then “Gemini 4 Hydrogen” with 444.
An item about Microsoft 365 service problems received 443 points. “Rust 1.100” and a 2016 essay about the difficulty of writing correct software each received 351.
A subscription-free embroidery-machine app drew 287 points, followed by work on running large language models on older devices with 272. “Gemini 4 Hydrogen and Orchestrator” received 267, and a modder-completed Quake 4 expansion received 233.
The Google counts cover Nov. 12, 2026, and are approximate search volumes measuring attention, not approval, popularity or quality. Hacker News points are readers’ upvotes on one technology website, not a measure of importance.
