Discord Wrapped
Discord launched its first-ever year-end activity recap feature, 'Checkpoint 2025,' on December 4, generating high interest from users eager to see and share their personalized stats.
Discord launched its first-ever year-end activity recap feature, 'Checkpoint 2025,' on December 4, generating high interest from users eager to see and share their personalized stats.
The annual announcement of 'Cloud Dancer' (an off-white neutral) as the Pantone Color of the Year for 2026, made on December 4, caused a major spike in searches.
The search spike was due to a false 5.9 magnitude earthquake warning near Reno, Nevada, that was sent out across Nevada and California by the USGS ShakeAlert system on December 4, 2025.
The suspect in the high-profile January 6, 2021, DC pipe bomb case, Brian Cole Jr., was arrested and charged on December 4, 2025, following a breakthrough in the investigation.
The final full moon of the year, known as the 'Cold Supermoon,' reached its full phase on December 4, 2025, which caused a spike in searches for viewing information.
A widespread service outage on the popular payment platform caused a spike in searches as users reported technical failures and an inability to send payments.
The search spike occurred because the highly-anticipated annual feature, Spotify Wrapped 2025, was officially released on December 3, leading users to search for instructions on how to access and view their personalized music recap.
Search interest spiked because a massive voluntary recall of over 1.5 million bags of shredded cheese due to possible metal fragment contamination was announced and recently updated by the FDA.
The holiday was expected to be the busiest Thanksgiving travel period in 15 years, leading millions to search for information on crowds and preparedness.