According to Kitco News, the number of queries related to gold has increased on Google Trends. The surge in interest in the yellow precious metal began this summer, when concerns about the beginning of the recession grew, and the price rally reached $ 1,500 per ounce.

Goolge Trends service collects information on search queries in the Google search engine. According to open sources, this year the number of requests for gold from users in the US doubled. Kitco News also reports growing interest in silver. During the same time, the number of requests related to the recession has grown 8 times.

The price rally in the gold market has attracted many classic media. For example, in the first half of 2019, the New York Times published 61 articles devoted to yellow precious metals, and over the past 2 months the number of articles has grown to 62. This indicates an increase in the popularity of this topic over the past few months.

The director of the Kitco Media news agency, which covers the events in the precious metals market, said that the attendance of his resource also increased markedly and reached peak values. Other media outlets have also noted a growing interest in the topic of investment in gold.