Weight-loss jabs

How we measured this

Google Trends, region Germany, resolution by state, web search for the term “Abnehmspritze”, January–October 2026, pulled on 4 November 2026 (one term per request; a repeat pull gave identical values). Google scales each state from 0 to 100 relative to the state with the highest share of searches for the term (100 = most interest), so the index reflects how often a term is searched relative to all searches in a state, not the number of people. East and West are averages of the state values weighted by population on 31 December 2025 (our calculation).

• Hesse scores unusually high for several English-language brand names (Tinder, Bumble, Ozempic, Wegovy). Many VPN and corporate internet exits sit in Frankfurt, which may inflate Hesse for some terms.
• A search index measures interest, not behaviour: searching for something is not the same as doing it.
• Google samples its data, so values can shift by a few points between pulls.
• States below Google’s reporting threshold are shown without a value.