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.
