I have been using Google Trends for a while and one of the patterns is that terms go up in popularity over time. Not all terms, but many tend to. Search volume will increase as the amount of people increase and the amount of searches overall increase, which will also happen with more content to search for.
For example, randomly, "potato": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=potato
Another random one because I have one sitting next to me, "sticky note": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=sticky%20note
Do you think people in general are using more sticky notes or less sticky notes than they were in 2004, or do you just think there are more users on the internet searching for terms involving sticky notes?
These trends including the ones you have listed certainly DO have merit, especially when the rate of increase is considered; it looks like the stock market after massive QE was injected following 2020. But I have searched frequently for terms related to more deaths and often I find a pattern on Google Trends that is a steady increase over time.
Some examples:
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=dead%20grandma
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=grief
Hell, even the ones listed in OP:
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=funeral
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=funeral%20home
The last two DID however increase in RATE since 2020. But they were on an upward trajectory also the entire time since 2004.
I have been using Google Trends for a while and one of the patterns is that terms go up in popularity over time. Not all terms, but many tend to. Search volume will increase as the amount of people increase and the amount of searches overall increase, which will also happen with more content to search for.
For example, randomly, "potato": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=potato
Another random one because I have one sitting next to me, "sticky note": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=sticky%20note
Do you think people in general are using more sticky notes or less sticky notes than they were in 2004, or do you just think there are more users on the internet searching for terms involving sticky notes?