bitcoin vs gold
Compare bitcoin and gold search interest over the past year with a simple trend chart.
Summary
gold is searched more than bitcoin in this period, with an average gap of about 72 percent.
- bitcoin changed by about -19 percent from early to late period.
- gold changed by about 36 percent from early to late period.
At a glance
- Average interest: bitcoin 17, gold 61
- Peaks: bitcoin December 2024, gold October 2025
- Recent trend: bitcoin steady, gold rising
- Stability: bitcoin steady, gold choppy
- Head to head: bitcoin led 0 percent of the time, gold led 100 percent
- Crossovers: 0
Side by side
| Metric | bitcoin | gold |
|---|---|---|
| Average interest | 17 | 61 |
| Recent trend | steady | rising |
| Stability | steady | choppy |
| Peak month | December 2024 | October 2025 |
| Best month by average | November 2024 | October 2025 |
| Share of leading periods | 0% | 100% |
| Crossovers | 0 | not recent |
Deep dive
This view summarises how people searched for bitcoin and gold over the last 12m. The chart shows monthly values from zero to one hundred where one hundred marks the local high for a term.
Breaking the period into thirds, averages were: early bitcoin 21 and gold 53, middle bitcoin 14 and gold 57, recent bitcoin 16 and gold 70.
There was no clear crossover. One term held the lead across most of the timeline.
bitcoin peaked in December 2024, while gold peaked in October 2025.
bitcoin looks steady with a steady trend. gold looks choppy with a rising trend.
What this means
Scores come from Google Trends. Each series is scaled to its own peak within the chosen period. Use the chart to compare direction and timing rather than total search counts.