Below is a collection of current and historical search data Google has published related to the events of September 11, 2001. The information is separated by time period.

  • The Year in Review
  • September 11, 2001 in Review

The Year in Review

• Searches in September 2001 for "cnn" were 16 times greater than those in August 2002.

• Searches for "bbc" during September 2001 were 8 times greater than those in August 2002.

• Osama Bin Laden was the No. 1 person searched for in October 2001.

• Anthrax was the No. 4 overall search term for October 2001.

These graphs represent number of searches for terms related to September 11, 2001 for the year following the event.

September 11, 2001 in Review

• Among the top 200 queries on September 11, 2001, news-related searches were 60 times greater than the number of news-related searches conducted the previous day.

• More than 80 percent of the top 500 queries conducted on September 11, 2001 were related to the terrorist attacks.

• At 6:51 a.m. on September 11, 2001, more than 6,200 queries for "cnn" were conducted on Google. Between 6:26 a.m. and 7:06 a.m., the number of searches for "cnn" averaged approximately 6,000 queries per minute. Please see below: