World War II aircraft ranked by Google search results
Mitsubishi A6M Zero 788,000 results
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk – 875,000 results
Consolidated B-24 Liberator – 1,070,000 results
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 1,850,000 results
Messerchmitt Me 262 – 2,070,000 results
Avro Lancaster – 2,380,000 results
Lockheed P-38 Lightning – 2,610,000 results
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt – 2,980,000 results
Boeing B-29 Superfortress – 2,910,000 results
Hawker Hurricane – 3,910,000 results
Messerschmitt Bf 109 – 4,280,000 results
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress – About 4,370,000 results
Supermarine Spitfire – About 4,420,000 results
North American P-51 Mustang – 28,400,000 results
Is it because it has the words ‘North’, ‘American’ and ‘Mustang’ (also a car and of course a horse) in it? You know what Google’s like…
Good point- the Martin Baker MB5 would be at the top of this list if they’d had the foresight – and marketing savvy – to call it the “Youtube Taylor Kardasian” They’d own BAE by now- though it would have to be called “Instagram Cat Video”.
What? This is an outrage! Clearly Russian bot farms are skewing the results! Where is the HawkerTyphoon in all of this? I search for it at least 400 times every day. And don’t get me started on the Westland Whirlwind- I search for that even more than for pictures of Tilda Swinton’s arse!
One of the most fasinating stats I have ever seen. As I scrolled down, I expected the P-51 to be number one. What I did not expect was the margin between and the Spitfire a delta of 24m.
Question – what was the date range of the query. Thanks