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# | Search count | Work | Genre |
1 | 258,042 | King Lear | Tragedy |
2 | 390,175 | Romeo and Juliet | Tragedy |
3 | 298,891 | Othello | Tragedy |
4 | 103,513 | Timon of Athens | Tragedy |
5 | 129,755 | Titus Andronicus | Tragedy |
6 | 497,957 | Macbeth | Tragedy |
7 | 129,347 | Troilus and Cressida | Tragedy |
8 | 152,759 | Julius Caesar | Tragedy |
9 | 196,323 | Antony and Cleopatra | Tragedy |
10 | 174,947 | Coriolanus | Tragedy |
11 | 458,222 | Hamlet | Tragedy |
12 | 181,486 | Cymbeline | Tragedy |
13 | 144,111 | Sonnets | Sonnet |
14 | 10,574 | Phoenix and the Turtle | Poem |
15 | 34,573 | Passionate Pilgrim | Poem |
16 | 107,410 | Rape of Lucrece | Poem |
17 | 83,933 | Venus and Adonis | Poem |
18 | 45,242 | Lover's Complaint | Poem |
19 | 184,431 | Henry IV, Part I | History |
20 | 124,591 | King John | History |
21 | 131,977 | Henry VIII | History |
22 | 150,682 | Richard III | History |
23 | 136,123 | Henry VI, Part III | History |
24 | 131,124 | Richard II | History |
25 | 145,797 | Henry VI, Part II | History |
26 | 150,502 | Henry VI, Part I | History |
27 | 191,737 | Henry V | History |
28 | 170,547 | Henry IV, Part II | History |
29 | 104,019 | Pericles | History |
30 | 145,579 | Winter's Tale | Comedy |
31 | 125,355 | Taming of the Shrew | Comedy |
32 | 159,954 | Tempest | Comedy |
33 | 89,078 | Two Gentlemen of Verona | Comedy |
34 | 132,295 | Measure for Measure | Comedy |
35 | 148,680 | Much Ado about Nothing | Comedy |
36 | 187,024 | Midsummer Night's Dream | Comedy |
37 | 103,293 | Merry Wives of Windsor | Comedy |
38 | 155,920 | Merchant of Venice | Comedy |
39 | 190,152 | Twelfth Night | Comedy |
40 | 141,769 | Love's Labour's Lost | Comedy |
41 | 110,594 | Comedy of Errors | Comedy |
42 | 171,246 | As You Like It | Comedy |
43 | 175,364 | All's Well That Ends Well | Comedy |
Last updated on February 16, 2025 at 3:00 am (GMT-8)
There have been 12,676,483 total searches since search logging began on September 22, 2012. Of those, 6,959,935 (54.9%) specified particular works, and those searches are tabulated above.
Searches that specify multiple works are counted multiple times. For example, performing a search within "Hamlet" and "Macbeth" will increase the search count by one for both plays, even though it was only one search.
You can also see keyword search statistics, including the most-searched keywords.