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Audience before trend: who searches, why and when?

A topic brings enquiries when 3 things fit: your audience searches for it, is in the right decision phase, and the timing is right. This analysis shows it with real search data from Austria and Germany, retrieved on 22 September 2026.

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3 phases of a decision: understand, compare, decide

In an analysis of 1.5 million searches, more than 80% were for information. Only about 10% aimed at an action such as buying or downloading. Each phase therefore needs its own format.

  1. 1

    Understand

    “was ist coaching” (what is coaching) · “was ist achtsamkeit” (what is mindfulness)

    Explanatory posts, reels and carousels. This is where trust grows, long before the first enquiry.

  2. 2

    Compare

    “online coaching” · “business coaching” · “resilienz seminar” (resilience seminar)

    A separate page for each offer: process, duration, examples and client voices.

  3. 3

    Decide

    “coaching wien” (coaching Vienna) · “coaching kosten” (coaching cost)

    Location, price and the way to an appointment at a glance. Business customers name price as the information they need most. This is what the offer page from stage 3 does.

Audiences behind “Coaching”: 1 search term, 3 groups in Austria

Future clients

coaching wien (Vienna)Phase 3100
online coachingPhase 256
business coachingPhase 246
life coachingPhase 224
was ist coaching (what is coaching)Phase 119
coaching kosten (cost)Phase 318

Aspiring coaches

coaching ausbildung (coach training)54
coaching jobs25

Sport

sport coaching12

Rank 4 is “coaching ausbildung” (coach training). These are mostly people who want to become coaches themselves.

So the audience comes first, then the topic. A review of many studies counts messages matched to the person among the most reliable ways to persuade.

The phase shows which format fits: “was ist coaching” needs an explanation, “coaching wien” a page with location and booking.

Data source: Google Trends (https://www.google.com/trends), Austria, web search, 12 months, retrieved 22 Sep 2026: related searches for “Coaching”, “Top” view, 100 = most frequent. German search terms. Selection from 25, without ambiguous terms such as “best coaching” and “coach”. Assignment to audiences and phases: Teddynews · Teeny, Siev, Briñol, Petty, Journal of Consumer Psychology, 2021

Short peak, growing baseline: “life coach” over 5 years

Search interest in “life coach” in Germany, September 2021 to September 2026A single line. From September 2021 to September 2025 the average is 13. In the week of 22 February 2026 it peaks at 100, 1 week later it is 22. Over the last 12 months, without the 3 peak weeks, the average is 23.0501002022202320242025202622 Feb 2026: 100 Search interest in “life coach” in Germany, September 2021 to September 2026A single line. From September 2021 to September 2025 the average is 13. In the week of 22 February 2026 it peaks at 100, 1 week later it is 22. Over the last 12 months, without the 3 peak weeks, the average is 23.05010020222023202420252026
  • life coachpeak 100
  • Ø Sep 2021 to Sep 202513

In February 2026, “life coach” in Germany rose from 31 to 100 within 3 weeks and was at 22 1 week later. Without these 3 peak weeks, interest averaged 23 over the last 12 months, compared with 13 in the 4 years before. Baseline interest is growing.

What catches on very fast often fades faster too. First-name data from over 100 years in France and the US show this.

For your plan: use short peaks as a hook, build offers on lasting interest.

Data source: Google Trends (https://www.google.com/trends), Germany, web search, weeks from 19 Sep 2021 to 13 Sep 2026, retrieved 22 Sep 2026. 100 = highest value in a joint query with 3 other terms · Berger, Le Mens, PNAS, 2009

Timing and your own numbers: 2 notes for your topic plan

Timing: after fresh starts

At the start of a week, month or year, people pursue their goals more often. Searches for “diet”, gym visits and new goal commitments show this. Search interest in “Coaching” in Austria is also highest in January and February: prepare in December, publish in January.

Your own numbers: more precise than any curve

For exact pre-purchase searches such as “coaching kosten” (coaching cost), volumes in Austria are too small for weekly curves, and Google Trends then shows 0. Your enquiries and Google Search Console help here. It shows which searches bring people to your website.

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