In terms of people Googling the show, Thrones is roughly on a par with Friends, a sitcom that ended 17 years ago. But by 2020, barely a year after GoT ended, 13 years since the last proper Harry Potter novel, Potter was once again a massively more popular search term. Let's look at how many people searched the Web for news or information about the series, a rough but reasonably reliable indicator of mass popularity.Īccording to Google Trends, between 20 'Game of Thrones' dwarfed 'Harry Potter' as a search term whenever the show was on air.
Thrones inspired endless memes and merchandise, tattoos and Twitter handles - surely that cultural influence can't just go up in flames like an iron chair remodeled by an angry dragon. It's pretty clear the ending of the series inspired a backlash, but that doesn't mean the show was tarnished for all viewers. Reddit, of course, is hardly reflective of the broader viewing public. Eight years of memes, refferences, a presence you could not get away even if you tried and didn't care and all of this, ALL OF IT, undone to such a point that i can't even remember the last time i saw GoT refferenced or talked about.- Windlass🔞 January 18, 2020
