By The Numbers: Trump-Related Search Traffic Surges

The final day of the Republican National Convention -- but in particular, Donald Trump's nomination acceptance speech -- dominated Google searches across the U.S. Thursday evening, the Mountain View, California-based company announced.

Twenty of the top 20 trending queries on Google in the U.S. were related to the speeches given by Donald Trump or Ivanka Trump, Google said.

Here, a by-the-numbers look at Google search traffic, according to Google Trends:

DONALD TRUMP-RELATED

60 percent: Spike in searches for Donald Trump during his speech

180 percent: Spike in searches for "Donate to Trump"

160 percent: Spike in searches for "Vote Trump"

IVANKA TRUMP-RELATED

1,500 percent: Spike in searches for “equal pay for equal work” during Ivanka’s speech

250 percent: Spike in searches for “Ivanka Trump dress” during her speech and 300% spike in searches for “Ivanka Trump Collection”

4,900 percent: Spike in searches for “How old is Ivanka Trump?” during her speech

LGBTQ-RELATED

Trump was very vocal in his support of the LGBTQ community during his speech Friday night, prompting a spike in related searches.

15,000 percent: Spike in searches for "LGBT" during Donald Trump's speech; was also the top trending term across all of Google Thursday night

380 percent: Spoke in searches for "Gay Republicans" during Peter Thiel's speech

OTHER STATS

Most Searched “What if” on Google in the last hour of the RNC: “What if Trump wins”

Ranking for Thursday speakers: Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, Peter Thiel, Tom Barrack, Reince Priebus

Most searched issues for Ivanka Trump: abortion, immigration, women, Judaism, gay marriage

Top state searching for "Vote Trump:" Pennsylvania, Vermont, Arkansas, Delaware and Montana

Top states searching for “Vote Clinton:" Vermont, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Indiana, and Alaska

Top trending questions on Trump during his speech: -What does LGBTQ mean? -How long was Donald Trump’s speech? -What is NAFTA? -How old is Donald Trump? -Where is Donald Trump from?

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