Google worldwide search quantity for “crypto” is hovering close to one-year lows, reflecting weak investor sentiment amid a broad market downturn that decreased the entire market capitalization of crypto from an all-time excessive of greater than $4.2 trillion to about $2.4 trillion.
Worldwide search quantity for “crypto” is 30 out of 100 on the time of this writing, with a studying of 100 indicating the best degree of search curiosity, which was final reached in August 2025 in parallel with the market capitalization excessive. The 12-month low is 24, based on Google Traits data.
Search quantity within the US featured the same sample, with quantity peaking at 100 in July and dropping to under 37 in January. Nonetheless, US search figures diverged from worldwide quantity knowledge by surging again as much as 56 within the first week of February.
The yearly low for the US is 32, which was recorded throughout the April 2025 market crash fueled by US President Donald Trump’s tariff insurance policies.
Crypto market quantity is down sharply, with complete market quantity dropping from a excessive of greater than $153 billion on Jan. 14 to about $87.5 billion on Sunday, based on CoinMarketCap.
Google search quantity knowledge is commonly used as a gauge of investor sentiment and corroborates different sentiment indicators just like the Crypto Worry & Greed Index, a market indicator used to measure crowd sentiment.
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Investor sentiment craters as Worry & Greed Index hits file lows
The Crypto Worry & Greed Index hit a file low of 5 on Thursday, however inched as much as 8 by Sunday, based on CoinMarketCap. Nonetheless, each ranges sign “excessive worry” within the markets.
Crypto investor sentiment is now at the same levels it was following the collapse of the Terra ecosystem and its dollar-pegged stablecoin in 2022.
The collapse of Terra despatched shockwaves via the crypto world, triggering a wave of cascading liquidations that accelerated the 2022 bear market.
Buyers are presently looking for social signals that the crypto market has bottomed to time their entries, based on market sentiment evaluation platform Santiment.
“Crowd sentiment is fiercely bearish. The ratio of constructive to destructive commentary has collapsed, with destructive feedback hitting their highest level since December 1st,” Santiment stated in a report printed Friday.
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