Disc Golf in Google Trends

[Tinkles]

Was looking at some graphs to see how the exposure of Disc Golf was impacting searches online over the last 15 years. Peak was 2016 with a slight downward trend at the top though the bottom seems to be growing meaning there may be a bigger base but why isn't the top growing? Main loves searching for disc golf.

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=disc golf

Compared to NFL with clear growth trend.
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=nfl

Can also see Paul over the last 4 years. Big bump for 18 down/SportsCenter but even bigger for Discraft move.
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=2016-01-01 2020-01-17&geo=US&q=paul mcbeth

 

[Golden Tuna]

Love seeing these metrics. Very interesting trends in search data!

 

[DiscFifty]

Peak was 2016 with a slight downward trend at the top though the bottom seems to be growing meaning there may be a bigger base but why isn't the top growing?

The industry seems to be more interested in growing the player base which in turn becomes a revenue source for the PDGA, product manufactures, dealers, etc, than it is interested in growing a fan base where little revenue would come from comparatively. I would guess we're the sport with the highest player (pro/am) to spectator ratio.

I've said it before, but the PDGA and perhaps the big 3 manufactures need to form a collective goal and market the sport to people other than players.

 

[MarkDSM]

Frolf is dying though... Frisbee downtrending too

 

[Jugular]

Comparing the graphs of Disc Golf and Ultimate Disc/Frisbee is pretty interesting. DG seems fairly flat but Ultimate is trending downwards pretty hard.

 

[Jugular]

'Disc Golf' in the UK is increasing as a search term over the past couple of years.

 

[Shamis]

I'm sure the peak in 2016 was because of Philo's albatross. That was on sportscenter, and lots of random people watched it all over the internet.

 

[Tinkles]

You can really see the Covid bump in that original link.

Some interesting manufacturer data here. I took innova out because theybdwarf the rest but if you add it in you can see they are losing market share.

https://trends.google.com/trends/ex...3m6clpb,/m/0d2dlg,/g/11g6qlztgj,/g/11g6ql4ll0

 

[ChrisWoj]

https://trends.google.com/trends/ex...cky Wysocki,Nate Doss,Ken Climo,Simon Lizotte - neat one

I added Lizotte just to see how a more YouTube oriented touring pro sits.

 

[Hampstead]

As an aside, I don't recall ever using Google to search for something disc golf related.

 

[ChrisWoj]

As an aside, I don't recall ever using Google to search for something disc golf related.

I do, pretty often. If I need to search for anything on the PDGA.com site for example I'll do a search "Paul Mcbeth pdga.com" or "Ricky Wysocki statmando" or something similar. Its the easiest thing to access from my home screen on my phone, quickest avenue to what I want.

Hell if I want to pull up something like the current live scoring for a league I'm playing on a given evening I can type my own name along with pdga.com to pull up my player profile and click right through into the league I'm playing.

 

[Tinkles]

https://trends.google.com/trends/ex...cky Wysocki,Nate Doss,Ken Climo,Simon Lizotte - neat one

I added Lizotte just to see how a more YouTube oriented touring pro sits.

https://trends.google.com/trends/ex...3m6clpb,/m/0d2dlg,/g/11g6qlztgj,/g/11dxd4_1q9

You can def see the McBeth signing reviving discraft.

 

[Hampstead]

I do, pretty often. If I need to search for anything on the PDGA.com site for example I'll do a search "Paul Mcbeth pdga.com" or "Ricky Wysocki statmando" or something similar. Its the easiest thing to access from my home screen on my phone, quickest avenue to what I want.

Hell if I want to pull up something like the current live scoring for a league I'm playing on a given evening I can type my own name along with pdga.com to pull up my player profile and click right through into the league I'm playing.

I'm proud of you.

 

[ChrisWoj]

I'm proud of you.

And thats why you're the only person on this site I keep on ignore.

A true human sack of ****.

 

[ThrowBot]

Interesting data. It's cool that Google makes these metrics and trends available to the general public.

I do wonder what ratio of search volume goes through Google, vs. how many people start from a more specific source (DGCR, PDGA, Infinite, etc.). I personally do some of both.

I'd guess that the Google searches skew somewhat towards newer players/fans.

 

[Hampstead]

And thats why you're the only person on this site I keep on ignore.

A true human sack of ****.

Chris, you felt the need to quote and respond to me.

Would you like more than my pride for your Google use?

A cookie perhaps?

 

[ChrisWoj]

Chris, you felt the need to quote and respond to me.

Would you like more than my pride for your Google use?

A cookie perhaps?

A cookie would be wonderful.

I quoted you for context into why I would provide an anecdotal example of someone using google for disc golf. Your participation further was not necessary. Instead - you chose to just demonstrate the fact that you're a sack of ****, as you tend to do anytime you're a part of the conversation. I should not have been surprised, and should not have responded stating the obvious about my thoughts on that.

 

[Hampstead]

A cookie would be wonderful.

I quoted you for context into why I would provide an anecdotal example of someone using google for disc golf. Your participation further was not necessary. Instead - you chose to just demonstrate the fact that you're a sack of ****, as you tend to do anytime you're a part of the conversation. I should not have been surprised, and should not have responded stating the obvious about my thoughts on that.

I'm proud of you.