Royal Wedding - Celebrity Advice and Data from Yahoo!

The much anticipated Royal Wedding is just a couple weeks away and people across the globe are showing more and more interest in the Royal event. People have been avidly searching on Yahoo! over the past week about anything and everything Prince William and Kate Middleton related. Below you’ll find the latest Royal Wedding web trends from Yahoo!.

Also, Yahoo!’s Royal Wedding site offers a digital guestbook for users around the world to share their wishes and advice to Will & Kate: http://royalguestbook.yahoo.com Celebrities including Jane Lynch, Lisa Rinna, Bill & Guiliana Rancic, Amy Brenneman and others have already shared their wishes and advice. View their videos here: http://royalguestbook.yahoo.com/videos

According to Yahoo!:

• Kate Middleton gets more searches on Yahoo! in the UK than in the US
• Prince Harry gets more searches in the US than in the UK
• In the US and France the majority of Kate Middleton searches come from males, in the UK the majority come from females
• Searches for the Royal Wedding on Yahoo! are down this week 14%.
  • 75% of searches are coming from females.
  • 32% of searches come from those over 45 years old.
  • 36% of searches come from those under 29 years old.
• Kate Middleton is still the top search on Yahoo! related to the Royal Wedding (in the US).
• Kate receives more than 2.4 times the searches on Yahoo! of Prince William (this week) and nearly 6 times more the searches of Prince Harry.
  • 22% of searches for Kate come from those over 45 years old.
• People still want to know when the Royal Wedding is – searches are up 309% this week for “when is the royal wedding”
  • Searches are up 88% for “what time is the royal wedding”

Yahoo! Searches on Royal Wedding Details:

• Guest List interest - searches are off the charts this week on Yahoo! for “royal wedding guest list”
• Invitation – a lot of interest in the invitation – searches on Yahoo! are off the charts this week for “royal wedding invitation”
• Schedule – people want to know the schedule, searches are off the charts on Yahoo! this week for “royal wedding schedule”

The “IT Girl” – Kate Middleton:

• The Dress:
  • Searches for Kate Middleton’s Wedding dress are spiking 12% this week on Yahoo!.
  • Surprisingly 30% of searches for “Kate Middleton’s dress” are by males.
  • It seems the younger folks are most interested in the dress, they make up 53% of searches (under 24)

• The Diet: Searches for Kate Middleton’s weight are spiking off the charts this week

• Regions searching the most for “Kate Middleton” this week on Yahoo!:

1. Flint-Saginaw-bay City (MI)

2. Portland (OR)

3. Philadelphia (PA)

4. Denver (CO)

5. Phoenix (AZ)

6. Los Angeles (CA)

7. Dallas-ft. Worth (TX)

8. Houston (TX)

9. Atlanta (GA)

10. Chicago (IL)

• States searching the most for “Kate Middleton” this week on Yahoo!:

1. Oregon

2. Michigan

3. Pennsylvania

4. Maryland

5. Washington

6. Colorado

7. Arizona

8. Texas

9. Louisiana

10. Connecticut

Get in Touch with Yahoo!:

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