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Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

Tuesday 14th of April 2026

By the numbers Average monthly U.S. searches for: who created god? 25,142 why does god allow suffering? 9,769 why does god hate me? 2,442 why does god want us to worship him? 258 why doesn't god answer my prayers? 119 Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, New York Times, September 20, 2015 © 2015 Kwiple.com
By the numbers Average monthly U.S. searches for the question: Why did God make me … ugly? 422  gay? 145  black? 103  short? 33  stupid? 27  Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, New York Times, September 20, 2015 © 2015 Kwiple.com
By the numbers There are 4.7 million searches every year for Jesus Christ. The pope gets 2.95 million. There are 49 million for Kim Kardashian. … On social media, it?s the same story. Ms. Kardashian has 26.3 million likes on Facebook. Jesus has 5.6 million; the pope, 1.7 million. Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, New York Times, September 20, 2015 © 2015 Kwiple.com
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By the numbers The top Google search including the word “God” is “God of War,” a video game with more than 700,000 searches per year. Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, New York Times, September 20, 2015 © 2015 Kwiple.com
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Religion A high volume of searches by people who already have the most information holds true for religious searches, too. Searches related to the Bible, God, Jesus Christ, church and prayer are all highly concentrated in the Bible Belt. They rise on Sunday everywhere. Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, New York Times, September 20, 2015 © 2015 Kwiple.com
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