Açaí: Google search popularity
Search popularity
These numbers reflect how many searches have been done for a particular term, relative to the total number of searches done on Google over time. They don't represent absolute search volume numbers, because the data is normalized and presented on a scale from 0-100.
Dr Nicholas Perricone appears on Oprah in November 2004 to endorse açaí berries as the number one superfood in his book The Perricone Promise. MonaVie açaí juice launches two months later. Next »
People magazine runs an article in January 2006 on the Black brothers, founders of Sambazon and original importers of açaí berries. Next »
From mid-2008 to 2009 açaí berries are mentioned in the New York Times, the Express, Time Out and the Guardian as well as throughout the press and across the Internet. Next »
Searches for acai fruits have increased by 91% between 2004 and 2009, and new products – particularly those associated with weight loss – have flooded the Internet. The Federal Trade Commission now estimates that consumers were scammed out of $30 million in 2009. Next »
In June 2010, and with $785 million in sales, MonaVie is listed at number 17 of the ‘Global 100’ top direct selling companies in the world compiled by Direct Selling News. The MonaVie tag line, “A more meaningful life,” is trademarked in September. Next »
The New Yorker publishes “Strange Fruit: The Rise and Fall of Acai” in May 2011. Next »
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Relative Google search popularity for superfruits, four-week average
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Who made this? Data, design and construction by Andrea Jezovit; research and text by Cassie Werber