US States With The Most ‘Flat Earth’ Conspiracy Theorists REVEALED
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Earth’s greatest minds have known our world is round since at least as far back as the day Pythagoras made his calculations in ancient Greece over 2,000 years ago.
But as you might have guessed from fighting with relatives and old friends on Facebook, as many as 10 percent of Americans still believe the earth is flat, according to survey data compiled in 2021.
If you’re looking for a place offline to get away from conversations about ‘Flat Earth’ conspiracy theories (or maybe where to go to join your fellow true believers), a new analysis of Google searches across all 50 US states might help.
Die-hard ‘Flat Earthers’ may want to bundle up before relocating to Alaska, whose residents searched the most for information on the widely discredited theory.
And those looking to move on from the ‘Flat Earth’ debate entirely may want to find space in the densely populated state of New Jersey, which had the lowest interest in researching the topic online per 10,000 residents.
Find out below if you live in a ‘Flat State’ or a ‘Round State.’
The map was created using data from Google Keyword Tool, specifically the number of searches by state for the terms ‘flat earth,’ ‘flat earthers,’ and ‘the earth is flat’ over the past 12 months, from August 2022 to August 2023.
Since the population in each state varies, the total number of searches then adjusted to reflect the total number of searches per 10,000 residents in each state.
Despite experiencing the famed ‘midnight sun‘ and other seasonal phenomena directly confirming the earth’s round shape, Alaskans proved to be the most curious about ‘Flat Earth’ theories: residents typed in 23,040 flat earth-related searches last year alone, coming to about 314.33 searches per 10,000 residents.
Colorado natives came in a close second with 183,000 searches, or 311.83 per 10,000 people, followed in order by Wyoming (third), Washington (fourth), and Hawaii (fifth) — all curiously states west of the Mississippi river.
East of the Mississippi, New Jersey residents ranked the most over the debate on earth’s shape, although some were still curious. Over the last year, about 165,120 ‘Flat Earth’ searches were made in the Garden State, coming to about 178.40 inquiries to Google per 10,000 Jersey residents.
Similarly skeptical Americans across Mississippi, Kansas, Wisconsin and Virginia made their states competitive in the evidence-based bottom five.
The number-crunching was conducted by BetKentucky: a new information service that emerged after the passage of House Bill 551 in the Blue Grass State earlier this year, permitting the state’s horse tracks to become licensed-sports betting facilities.
‘For those interested in Kentucky’s ranking,’ the staff at BetKentucky added, ‘the state ranked 37th on our list.’
‘Perhaps Bluegrass State residents are more focused on incoming Kentucky sports betting apps,’ they suggested, ‘than crackpot theories.’
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