The Biggest Tolkien Fans - According To Google Trends

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Hey, Czech republic is second in searches for Galadriel!!! That's pretty cool! (And also third for Witch-King... Greeks are the first in that and Hungarians the second.)

[littlemanpoet]

Anybody try "Middle Earth" yet? I would but my work computer allows only one site at a time.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

Anybody try "Middle Earth" yet? I would but my work computer allows only one site at a time.

You just made my day, elempi. Watch this! I did not write "Middle Earth" but "Middle-Earth" (Middle Earth I believe has Greece on the top). And guess what appeared?

1. Czech Republic, resp. by regions Prague. Mwahahaa!!! Seems to be in lead in both cases by quite a LOT (about a 1/6 or 1/5 more than the second place).
2. Hungary / by regions Bratislava (Slovakia)
3. Slovakia / Zagreb (Croatia)
4. Croatia / Budapest (Hungary)
5. Russia / Oslo (Norway)
6. Denmark / Helsinki (Finland)
7. Finland / Izmir (Turkey)
8. Norway / Athens (Greece)
9. Greece / Istanbul (Turkey)
10. Turkey / Ankara (Turkey)

[Thinlómien]

Lately, this thread has started to make more sense...

[THE Ka]

1. Czech Republic, resp. by regions Prague. Mwahahaa!!! Seems to be in lead in both cases by quite a LOT (about a 1/6 or 1/5 more than the second place).

That's because they're cool, and they know it.
Though, Brno has the better architecture...

I tried looking up Radagast, since Gandalf seems to be getting a lot of attention as of now, but it has no results.
Which is a shame, because one of the names among the slavic pantheon is 'radagast', who deals with the wellbeing of travellers and such. I found it awhile back and probably posted about it (I can never remember half the things I post anymore...), but hopefully the trend program develops further to give a little info on poor Radagast.

Rohan, name wise, is the most popular in India. Makes sense.
Next is Ireland, interesting.

Blue Mountains get Australia.

Mirkwood, no results for some reason...

Elrond is Swedish, not Agent Smith. It's settled.

No results for shelob (maybe I'm not searching right, hmm).

And thankfully, no results for sackville-baggins.

~ Ta ta, all for now Ka

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by THE Ka

That's because they're cool, and they know it.

Not sure whether it's true (the latter part, of course ), and if they were to learn it, that they don't take it the wrong way (meaning, take it as appreciation of the bad things about them).

Though, Brno has the better architecture...

Brno? You mean that small serpentine before Vienna?

I tried looking up Radagast, since Gandalf seems to be getting a lot of attention as of now, but it has no results.
Which is a shame, because one of the names among the slavic pantheon is 'radagast', who deals with the wellbeing of travellers and such. I found it awhile back and probably posted about it (I can never remember half the things I post anymore...), but hopefully the trend program develops further to give a little info on poor Radagast.

In fact, the god is named "Radegast". Not that it would make any difference. I already said somewhere around here that we have Radegast beer as well (and speaking of it, there is a statue of Radegast on mount Radhošť here - well, and of course those who know Middle-Earth was real, are aware of the fact that it's the place where Rhosgobel used to be in the Third Age ).

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Top results for Gollum: Chile, Mexico, Sweden.
Top results for Sméagol: Mexico, Brazil, Netherlands.
Conclusion: Gollum is not dead, he lives somewhere in Central or South America. Why not.

(and btw the one who made all the search entries is of course Sauron)

[Eönwë]

Originally Posted by THE Ka

Rohan, name wise, is the most popular in India. Makes sense.

Well I actually know someone who was born in India and is called Rohan

[THE Ka]

Seattle take the third way and have a thing about Eowyn (maybe she's a Riot Grrl, as she's got so many fans in Seattle?).

Ha, ha, yes, the WTO thinks we're all very bad people, and has never forgotten it...

I dunno, in 1999 I never saw any Eowyn dress ups (I was a bit younger then, but I do remember not being able to go to my uncle and aunt's house because of the riots). Mostly some angry people with GAP clothing, or trashing their stores. Maybe, methinks, she might have lead the way to the riot of the Gap of Rohan (I know, very lame joke).
Though, for the popularity, I don't have much of a clue. Did see a cardboard cut out of her in an office window once, along with a Gollum one too somewhere else. Though, my favourite is actually in Victoria, B.C., Canada, in a small record shop. Legolas and Gimli cutouts are in the window and hold different size LP's, respectively. It's called T's Records, I think.

Brno? You mean that small serpentine before Vienna?

Eh gasp!


~ pobaveny Ka

[Lalwendë]

Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

Anybody try "Middle Earth" yet? I would but my work computer allows only one site at a time.

I tried Middle Earth (minus the hyphen) for the UK, which interestingly brings up Middlesbrough as top place where this is a search term. Now I happen to know this is NOT because Middlesbrough is a secret hive of Tolkien fans, but because the town's figures will also include Whitby and one of the local heroes is Caedmon who wrote in his hymn about 'Middengeard'

Smaug - top nation is Canada, top city is LA (I wonder if that's just lots of people who cannot spell, typing in what the word 'smog', a perennial problem in LA, sounds like in a West Coast drawl? ).

Eru - overwhelmingly, disturbingly, Iceland come way above any other nation. So, what is an Eru in Icelandic then? It must mean 'beer' or something for it to get such weird figures.

Slovaks favour the morning whereas Chileans and Swedes favour the evening (the stats on Galadriel and Arwen); Finns and residents of Seattle take the third way and have a thing about Eowyn (maybe she's a Riot Grrl, as she's got so many fans in Seattle?).