Here's What Your State Is Googling About Thanksgiving This Year

By Emily Lee

November 6, 2018

Thanksgiving is right around the corner and the internet has questions. Eighteen of them, to be exact. From "how to cook a turkey" to wondering what in the world "turkey bowling" is, lots of people from around the country are turning to Google for answers. Sometimes we can feel silly asking our friends and family questions we think we should know the answer to already, but every state has one question in particular that a ton of other people are also asking. There's really no need to be embarrassed - we're all in this together, especially around the holidays!

CenturyLinkQuote used Google Trends to look at search volume around Thanksgiving-related terms throughout November 2017. After that, they determined each state’s score based on how much more a state searched that term than the other states. Their findings are pretty interesting, too. Here's what your state is googling the most about Thanksgiving:

1) Restaurants open on Thanksgiving near me

Alabama
Indiana
Georgia
Kentucky

2) Pumpkin pie

Alaska

3) When is Thanksgiving

Arizona
California
Florida
Idaho
Nevada
New Mexico
North Carolina
South Carolina
Texas
Utah

4) Turkey bowling

Colorado

5) NFL on Thanksgiving Day

Delaware
Hawaii
Massachusetts
North Dakota
Rhode Island

6) Vegetarian Thanksgiving

District of Columbia
Oregon

7) What is Thanksgiving

Iowa
Kansas
Maine
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana
Nebraska
Ohio
Tennessee

8) Pecan pie

Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma

9) Does Canada celebrate Thanksgiving

Missouri

10) How to cook a turkey

New Hampshire

11) Does England celebrate Thanksgiving

Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Virginia

12) Macy’s Parade

New York

13) Things to be thankful for

South Dakota

14) Stuffing

Connecticut
Vermont

15) Friendsgiving

Illinois
Washington

16) First Thanksgiving

West Virginia

17) Turkey trot

Wisconsin

18) Thanksgiving games

Wyoming

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