Conor's and Khabib's current global popularity compared by Google/Youtube Trends

[kirsky]

damn bro, You are really in your feelings about a joke post lol. Holy shit.

Well for you and me, I guess this is joke... but some take/ say it seriouslly... plus its hard to feel out sarcasm especially on sherdog .

 

[Peli]

Well for you and me, I guess this is joke... but some take/ say it seriouslly... plus its hard to feel out sarcasm especially on sherdog .

lol I just doing the khabib 209 speech man. Obviously Khabib's video is going to have more. its his retirement video.

 

[kirsky]

lol I just doing the khabib 209 speech man. Obviously Khabib's video is going to have more. its his retirement video.

wasnt it comfirmed that kebab unretired already ?

 

[Peli]

wasnt it comfirmed that kebab unretired already ?

No.

 

[MMAart]

UFC 246 = 100
UFC 254 = 85

I guess that's why you decided to use the Conor vs Khabib search instead lol.

I used the search for Conor and Khabib because that's a direct comparison of their world wide popularity - the point of this thread.

When you're using the PPV event number, it is

NOT an accurate way to measure a fighters popularity, because only very few countries have UFC as PPVs. Based on my research, only US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have paid PPVs.

For example, if you do a Google Trends for these UFC events in the UK (where UFC is free), you'll see this:

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=GB&q=UFC 246,UFC 254,UFC 253

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UFC 246 heavily dominates the regions where PPV is most bought. Hence why UFC 254 did 675,000 buys compared to UFC 246.

Using an event number is a good way to gauge potential PPV numbers, but it is not a direct measure of the PPV numbers. Even if let's say that we were to use the event number as the measuring stick, then Google Trends showed that

UFC 253 (Adesanya vs. Costa) did less than
UFC 254 (Khabib vs. Gaethje) in the 4 PPV countries:

USA
UFC 253: 56
UFC 254: 100

Spoiler: USA Trends

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&q=_,UFC 254,UFC 253

Canada
UFC 253: 49
UFC 254: 100

Spoiler: Canada Trends

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=CA&q=_,UFC 254,UFC 253

Australia
UFC 253: 78
UFC 254: 100

Spoiler: Australia Trends

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=AU&q=_,UFC 254,UFC 253

New Zealand
UFC 253: 100
UFC 254: 63

Spoiler: New Zealand Trends

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=NZ&q=_,UFC 254,UFC 253

Total Trends:

UFC 253: 283
UFC 254: 363
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Average Trends:

UFC 253: 71
UFC 254: 91​

So according to the UFC event numbers' Trends, UFC 254 (Khabib) did significantly better than UFC 253 (Adesanya).

But according to third party guestimates (shown on wiki), UFC 253 did better.

So which do you believe to be more reliable in determining the actual PPV numbers?

I guess that's why you decided to use the Conor vs Khabib search instead lol. It's not like one guy retired from MMA or anything right? That wouldn't create a mass search.

The retirement announcement could not have been the cause for the rise in Google Trends for Khabib, because if you look at when Conor announced his retirement on June 6, 2020, there was NO rise in Google Trends: