Mid East Journal, December 27, 2023: Quantifying the rise in global antisemitism by evaluating the increase in antisemitic Google search queries since the events of October 7. Google searches drive more than 50% of web traffic, with estimates putting the number of searches per day at more than eight billion. The search terms people use on Google are a litmus test for what the public is looking to consume and a guide to their overall interests and sentiments. For this reason, it’s instructive to understand how user behavior has changed on the search engine since the events in Israel of October 7, 2023. Specifically, are we seeing a marked increase in the number of people running anti-Semitic searches on Google? If so, what might this tell us about the state of antisemitism across the globe? To find these answers, we pulled data from , the well-established digital marketing platform. Specifically, we looked at search volumes for particular keywords in September 2023 compared to October 2023. In simple terms, the data we collected looked at the increase in how often specific search terms on Google were used immediately prior to and then following the Hamas attack on October 7.

• There has been an 1800% increase in people searching on Google for the term “kill Jews”
• Since October 2023, people searching for the term “Hitler was right” has increased 122%
• The terms “intifada revolution,” “From the river to the sea,” and “Glory to our martyrs” have all skyrocketed in search frequency, jumping above 10,000%…”