However, it's possible interest in running for a charity may be on the decline. The 2013 New York City Marathon, for the first time in its history, failed to fill all possible charity entries; a remarkable 3,000 were unclaimed. That's a huge number. For perspective, Boston and Chicago Marathons typically offer 5,000 charity entries each.
To get a better sense of the underlying trend, we turned to google search trends analysis, to see how interest in the three popular charities mentioned above has changed over time.
The answer in the first chart, above -- which presents the interest over time based on searches with the charity-related keywords -- appears to indicate a steadily declining trend. Is demand for racing via charity entry slowly fading? The New York Marathon experience is a distinctive example, and the chart seems to support that result.
Here's our Major Race Charity Search Trends: By Time, Geography, Keywords and Forecast analysis.
Trending Upward Searches: Team in Training
Top Searches: Dana Farber
Trending Upward Searches: Dana Farber
Team in Training, Dana Farber, Komen Race for the Cure
For more, see our comprehensive coverage of Chicago Marathon, New York City Marathon, Boston Marathon, and our vast archive of more than 200 articles/analyses on our Stats/Results/Analysis page.
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