Google Trends Data on Early Childhood Caries Across 21 Countries

Relative search volume data collected from Google Trends across 21 countries between September 19 and 30, 2024. The dataset is organized by 14 validated topics related to early childhood caries and includes values for the last 7 and 30 days before collection. It is associated with a 2025 research article in the European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry.

Use Cases

• Identify public information voids on early childhood caries based on relative search volume patterns.
• Compare public interest in dental health topics across 21 different countries.
• Analyze temporal trends in search behavior for the last 7 and 30 days before data collection.

Strengths

• Data covers 21 countries, providing a multi-national perspective.
• Search queries are based on 14 validated topics from a pre-existing social listening taxonomy.
• Data collection period is precisely defined as September 19-30, 2024.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is small (205.7 KB), indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

Google Trends, collected by Bruna Nogueira.

Collection Method

Searches analyzed for two time periods using 14 validated topics.

Time Range

Data collected September 19-30, 2024; searches cover the last 7 and 30 days before those dates.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-27 23:43:45; freshness should be verified.

Geography

21 countries: Brazil, China, Colombia, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam.