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For anyone wondering why Paraguay is the top country here, it has nothing to do with the National Security Agency but rather Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, a transportation/bus company in Paraguay.

And now if you want to depress yourself, tick the "Forecast" checkbox on the right.

Comparing with CIA search trends is equally interesting:

http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=nsa#q=nsa%2C%20CIA&cm...

https://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=national%20security%...

This does better at discriminating against bus companies and such.

The steady decline until recently is interesting.

Maybe people got lazy over time and tended to use the abbreviation?

Or maybe one can see a general decline of less popular terms due to the growth and change of the internet usage in the past 10 years? Imagine all those people who search for 'weather', 'email', 'facebook' etc.

FYI, the Poles are searching for the Supreme Administrative Court of Poland - "Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny."

Is bulgaria also a similar case?

“nsa dating” is not what I thought it was.

Interesting to see "NSA Jobs" is 4th.

Startup hockey-stick success explosion? Or:

http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=nsa#q=Snowden&cmpt=q

NSA search trends