Interest in chess is declining worldwide

[Javier]

According to google, the interest in chess worldwide is declining since 2004.

Here's the official graph which "proves" it:

 

 

Apparently, what it really means is the number of searches of the word "chess" is declining. However, can we draw the conclusion that the interest in chess is declining or is it perhaps that people simply know where to go when it comes to chess?

it's hard to tell, but I searched other tems like "tennis" (it's consistently up and down), "soccer" (level, very consistent, except during the world Cup, when it goes up like a rocket), "sex" (going up), "money" (going up), "love" (going up slightly), "health" (going down), to name just a few.

 

Draw your own conclusions.

[tbp]

I don't have any conclusion but here goes another theory:

 

With the internet boom worldwide, maybe people who aren't confident with their english started doing their research also in other languages.

 

To see if interest in chess is really declining, i guess one would have do sum "chess" querys but also "ajedrez", "echecs", "xadrez" and so on.