Delete Facebook

As per tradition, here’s another Google search volume chart suggesting that people not only make New Year’s resolutions to quit smoking, but also to delete Facebook. This time, I’ve also included a line for people searching how to delete Twitter (as yet, few people seem to search for ‘delete X’).

If search volume is any indicator, the Mother Jones article headlined «Is Dumping Twitter Your New Year’s Resolution?» (article, discussion) hasn’t had much of an impact. However, there have been a few peaks in people searching how to delete Twitter in 2022 (likely connected to the Musk takeover) and at the start of 2021 (perhaps connected to Trump controversy).

As always, remember that Google Trends data can be unstable and is best taken with a grain of salt.