Monday, September 21, 2026
NVDA search interest collapsed 76% while the stock rallied 17% off lows, signaling a retail-attention gap. Meanwhile, MP Materials queries broke out 24,000% after China stake news drove the stock to a 3-month low, and anxious Bitcoin FOMO spiked at $81,000.
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SanDisk Stock Price & SNDK Spinoff Discovery
Still TrendingSanDisk continues to dominate rising semiconductor queries with a +36,850% breakout in 'sandisk stock' searches, suggesting retail is still discovering the Western Digital spinoff narrative.
See previous coverageSPCX & SpaceX Search Frenzy
Still TrendingSpaceX and SPCX queries remain in breakout territory across multiple search seeds, with 'spacex stock' and 'spcx stock' continuing to see +600% to +36,000% spikes as retail hunts pre-IPO exposure.
See previous coverageWendy's Short Squeeze Query Rotation
Still TrendingWendy's short squeeze queries are still breaking out at +64,450% in the 'short squeeze' seed, maintaining its position as the top retail squeeze narrative even as the stock trades near multi-year lows around $6.74.
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NVDA Price Bounces 17% Off July Lows to $222
NVDA bottomed at $189.80 on July 29 and rallied to $222.27 by September 18, a 17% recovery that occurred while retail search attention was evaporating.
MP Materials Drops 21.6% Over 3 Months to $47.26
MP Materials has fallen from $60.29 to $47.26 over three months, including a 4.3% drop on September 18 after Reuters reported China Rare Earth Group's talks to acquire Shenghe Resources, a 3% stakeholder in MP.
SMH Recovers 13.7% Off Lows While Retail Search Stays Flat
The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) bounced from $504.22 in late July to $573.00 by September 18, a 13.7% recovery that happened while 'semiconductor stocks' search interest flatlined near zero.
NVDA Search Interest Collapses 76% From August Peak
Search interest in 'nvidia stock' peaked at 51 in late July/early August and has since collapsed to 12 by September 21, a 76% drop even as the share price recovered off its lows.
How to Buy Bitcoin Safely Breaks Out From Near-Zero to 6
Search interest in 'how to buy bitcoin safely' spiked from 0-1 for most of the summer to 6 by September 21, a 3,950% breakout as Bitcoin trades at $81,793.
Semiconductor Stock Search Interest Flatlines Near Zero
Search interest for 'semiconductor stocks' has hovered between 0 and 8 for the entire three-month period, even as the VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) bounced 13.7% off its July lows.