World War II aircraft ranked by Google search results

Mitsubishi A6M Zero 788,000 results

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk – 875,000 results 

Consolidated B-24 Liberator –  1,070,000 results

Focke-Wulf Fw 190 1,850,000 results

Messerchmitt Me 262 –  2,070,000 results 

 Avro Lancaster – 2,380,000 results

 Lockheed P-38 Lightning – 2,610,000 results

 Republic P-47 Thunderbolt – 2,980,000 results

Boeing B-29 Superfortress – 2,910,000 results

Hawker Hurricane – 3,910,000 results 

Messerschmitt Bf 109 – 4,280,000 results

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress – About 4,370,000 results 

Supermarine Spitfire – About 4,420,000 results 

North American P-51 Mustang –  28,400,000 results 

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4 comments
  1. Dan's avatar

    Is it because it has the words ‘North’, ‘American’ and ‘Mustang’ (also a car and of course a horse) in it? You know what Google’s like…

    1. Lloyd Crawford's avatar

      Good point- the Martin Baker MB5 would be at the top of this list if they’d had the foresight – and marketing savvy – to call it the “Youtube Taylor Kardasian” They’d own BAE by now- though it would have to be called “Instagram Cat Video”.

  2. Lloyd Crawford's avatar

    What? This is an outrage! Clearly Russian bot farms are skewing the results! Where is the HawkerTyphoon in all of this? I search for it at least 400 times every day. And don’t get me started on the Westland Whirlwind- I search for that even more than for pictures of Tilda Swinton’s arse!

  3. Tom Burrill's avatar

    One of the most fasinating stats I have ever seen. As I scrolled down, I expected the P-51 to be number one. What I did not expect was the margin between and the Spitfire a delta of 24m.

    Question – what was the date range of the query. Thanks

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