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title: "Google searches for \"price of oil\" just hit a record high: 300% above the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war peak and the 2008 financial crisis combined."
description: "20 years of data. Every war, every crash, every crisis... all dwarfed by a single vertical line in 2026.\n\nThe whole world is watching the pump.\n\nSource: Arbor Research, Mario Nawfal on X"
---

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# [Google searches for "price of oil" just hit a record high: 300% above the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war peak and the 2008 financial crisis combined.](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/google-searches-for-price-of-oil-just-hit-a-record-high-300-above-the-2022-russia-ukraine-war-peak-and-the-2008-financial-crisis-combined)

 Written by [Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/author/charles-henry-monchau) | Apr 13, 2026, 12:55:39 PM

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