Where Is Visual Snow More Common?

There is no official data for visual snow incidence but search data can help to (roughly) map where visual snow could be more prevalent and provides a representation for how common visual snow is. Ranking a selection of the world’s visual snow countries: the US and Germany lead on overall searches; when adjusted for the corresponding internet population it is however Finland and Sweden that lead the rankings.

Visual Snow Countries

Average Monthly Search Volume For Visual Snow Per Country

Country	Value	Rank
USA	6600	1
Germany	2720	2
United Kingdom	1900	3
Sweden	1300	4
Canada	880	5
Netherlands	760	6
Australia	720	7
Poland	650	8
Italy	390	9
Finland	330	10
Russia	327	11
Turkey	320	12
Switzerland	210	13
Austria	170	14
Japan	170	14
India	170	14
Brazil	170	14
France	140	18
New Zealand	110	19
Norway	110	19
Denmark	90	21
Ireland	90	21
Spain	90	21
Belgium	90	21
Philippines	90	21
Hungary	70	26
Mexico	70	26
Malaysia	50	28
Israel	40	29
Portugal	40	29
Greece	40	29
Chile	30	32
Taiwan	30	32
Iceland	10	34
Venezuela	10	34

Average Monthly Search Volume For Visual Snow Per 100,000 (Google Reach Population)

Country	Value	Rank
Sweden	17.6	1
Finland	7.66	2
Germany	4.69	3
Australia	4.39	4
United Kingdom	3.46	5
Netherlands	3.41	6
Switzerland	3.23	7
Iceland	3.19	8
Canada	3.07	9
Norway	3.03	10
New Zealand	2.97	11
Poland	2.95	12
USA	2.47	13
Austria	2.28	14
Ireland	2.25	15
Denmark	2.19	16
Hungary	1.06	17
Belgium	1.05	18
Italy	0.92	19
Turkey	0.718	20
Israel	0.64	21
Greece	0.638	22
Russia	0.545	23
Portugal	0.541	24
Philippines	0.399	25
France	0.288	26
Japan	0.288	26
Malaysia	0.243	28
Spain	0.231	29
Chile	0.206	30
Taiwan	0.165	31
Brazil	0.128	32
Venezuela	0.11	33
Mexico	0.102	34
India	0.0788	35

 

Data sources: Google Keyword Planner, KWFinder, Yandex Keyword Statistics (For Russia only), Google Trends, The New Zealand Medical Journal.

Bing and other search data outside the above sources was not included.

This is a selection of visual snow countries, not a definitive ranking.

Netherlands, Russia, Poland and Germany include an additional translated search word for “visual snow” : oogruis, визуальный снег, śnieg optyczny, Augenrauschen.

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