APEC’s summit dominated trend interest, outpacing keywords linked to top idols and pro baseball. The surge shows how global events can shape online search behavior.

According to Google Trends on November 1, the most uptrended Korean YouTube query over the past week ending October 31 was “nuclear submarine,” rising about 3,300%.

Following that, Le Sserafim spaghetti rose around 3,000% and Hanwha LG about 2,650%.

The term “nuclear submarine” also surged 2,450% as a search topic, ranking first. Within search topics, submarines rose around 1,000% and were classified in sixth place.