CNN’s chief data analyst Harry Enten breaks down Americans’ interest in the Epstein files.

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Recent data analysis shows a dramatic surge in Google searches for Jeffrey Epstein, with interest increasing by 1900% compared to the previous week. Epstein is currently the most-searched topic in connection with Donald Trump, despite Trump's requests for his supporters to move on from the issue.

The heightened interest surpasses that of other major news stories, including those related to Grok and tariffs. However, betting markets and conventional wisdom suggest that the likelihood of Trump releasing additional Epstein files is decreasing, with both supporters and analysts expressing doubt that further disclosures will occur.

The top topic searched alongside Trump on Google

Why don't we take a look at Google searches for Jeffrey Epstein. Take a look at this. Today versus a week ago. Up like a rocket, up 1900%. My goodness gracious. And get this, it is currently the top term topic being searched alongside Donald Trump. Today, if Donald Trump, who is begging, asking his supporters to drop it, he is not getting his wish whatsoever. His supporters are not dropping it. Interest in this story is at basically an all time high. And of course, this is such an interesting story because it is one that unites different parts of the far right. It's one of the few stories that actually brings together folks like Steve Bannon and Elon Musk. They all are wondering what the heck is going on here. And at this particular point, Donald Trump has not figured out a way to solve this problem and quell the problem on the right side of his base. So put this interest into perspective when you compare it to other news stories this week. Yeah. OK. So we're talking about right now Google searches for Epstein. What about some other big stories this week? You know, take a look here again. We're looking at Google searches today. Get this. Searches for Epstein have been, get this, four times higher than they are for Grok. Of course, Grok, the whole thing that, of course, is part of X went off on its own, the A.I. and started throwing out anti-Semitic stuff, talking about Hitler and all that jazz. But interest far higher for for this particular topic than there is, in fact, for Grok, much higher for, of course, Epstein. And then for tariffs, which, of course, have very much been in the news. Get this. Searches for Epstein today have been seven point six times higher. So interest for the Jeffrey Epstein story through the roof, Jessica. And what's the feeling around if Trump will actually release any of these, any more information, any more files this year? Yeah. So we can go with the conventional wisdom. We can look at the betting markets. And I think this is part of what's going on is that a lot of folks are saying, you know what? He's not going to release any more files. The Trump administration is not going to release any more files. Get this. Trump releasing more Epstein files in 2025, according to the betting markets. You go two months ago, it was 40 percent. You go a month ago, it was 39 percent. Now it is just 21 percent. So the MAGA base is hoping, is hoping that there'll be more files to be released. But at this particular point, neither they, neither they nor the betting markets, in fact, believe there'll be any more files to be released. And that, of course, is a problem for Donald Trump based upon what we've seen from the MAGA base over the last 24, 48 and 72 hours.

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