The Royal Baby is a thousand times more popular than Baby Kimye
Kate Middelton gave birth to the Royal Baby this week and, essentially, broke the Internet. Every news anchor, writer, blogger, Tumblr-er, town crier, and Morse code specialist spent their afternoon announcing the arrival of the baby, speculating about his name, and pontificating about his future and his affect on England and the world. This isn't the first time that the world has reacted to the birth of a famous baby, though.
Kate Middelton gave birth to the Royal Baby this week and, essentially, broke the Internet. Every news anchor, writer, blogger, Tumblr-er, town crier, and Morse code specialist spent their afternoon announcing the arrival of the baby, speculating about his name, and pontificating about his future and his affect on England and the world. This isn't the first time that the world has reacted to the birth of a famous baby, though.
First there was Blue Ivy. Then, more recently, there was Baby Kimye aka North West (ugh, that name). Over at The Cut, Maureen O'Connor took a look at the numbers and ascertained that the Royal Baby is literally more than a thousand times more popular than North West, at least in terms of Google results. She also takes a look at the rest of the numbers to see how North West stacks up against the Royal Baby.
Google Hits in 24 Hours Following News of Birth
• Kate Middleton Baby: 139,000,000
• Kim Kardashian Baby: 130,000
• "Royal Mint" "Silver Coin" Babies: 588