Netherlands is the most crypto obsessed country in the world, study finds 

Netherlands ranks as the most crypto-obsessed county in the world, according to a new study analysing searches for cryptocurrencies across 100 countries. 

Cryptocurrency education platform CryptoManiaks combined monthly Google searches for ten of the most popular cryptocurrencies across the worlds 100 most populated countries. They looked at the combined number of searches for these cryptocurrencies as a percentage of each country’s population size, to calculate the proportion of residents searching each month. 

1. Netherlands – 1,445,150 searches per month (8.2 per cent of population) 

The Netherlands was found to have the highest global percentage of cryptocurrency searchers, with 1.4 million monthly searches – the equivalent of 8.2% of the country’s population making a cryptocurrency related search every month. The largest proportion of these searches were for Bitcoin, at 964,000 searches per month on average.   

Surprisingly, the country’s second most searched currency was volatile meme coin, Dogecoin, which receives 201,000 searches per month – more than double the searches for Ethereum (99,000 monthly searches) which comes third. 

2. Turkey – 4,663,600 searches per month (5.5 per cent of population) 

Turkey ranked as the second most crypto-obsessed, with 4.7 million searches per month, the equivalent of 5.5 per cent of its population searching for cryptocurrencies each month. Bitcoin was also the most searched for cryptocurrency among Turkish residents, accounting for 68 per cent of the country’s total searches. Out of all the countries in the study, Turkey is home to the biggest Dogecoin fans, with 812,000 searches a month on average for the currency – more searches than any other country. 

3. Germany – 4,236,800 searches per month (5.1 per cent of population) 

Germany ranks third with 4.2 million monthly searches, or 5.1 per cent of the population searching for the most popular cryptocurrencies. As Europe’s second most populous country, it mirrors Turkey’s search habits, with Bitcoin being the most searched cryptocurrency followed by Dogecoin and Ethereum respectively. 

4. Canada – 1,671,800 searches per month (4.3% of population)  

Canada ranks as the fourth most crypto obsessed country, with 1.7 million monthly searches, the equivalent of 4.3 per cent of the country’s population searching for the ten most popular cryptocurrencies each month. With 1 in 25 people Canadians interested in cryptocurrencies, Canada also follows the trend where Bitcoin remains most popular, with Dogecoin again beating out Ethereum to take second place. 

5. Czech Republic – 448,550 searches per month (4.3 per cent of population) 

The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, rounds off the top five most crypto obsessed countries with a modest 448,550 searches each month. Czechia’s smaller population size of 10.5 million enables it high ranking, which also sees 4.3 per cent of its residents searching for popular cryptocurrencies each month. Bitcoin was Czechia’s most searched cryptocurrency by a large majority, accounting for 359,000 of the monthly searches. 

Where do the UK and US rank? 

United Kingdom   

The UK ranked 12th overall, with 1,753,000 cryptocurrency searches per month – the equivalent of 2.6 per cent of the population searching each month. 

United States 

Despite having the highest overall total across the ten cryptocurrencies, at 6,546,100 searches per month, the United States ranked as the 15th most crypto obsessed country when accounting for it population size – at just 1.9 per cent of the population searching for these cryptocurrencies. 

“It will come as no surprise that Americans are frequent searchers of cryptocurrency, a spokesperson from CryptoManiaks commented.  

“However, by considering how populous a country is, we are able to generate a much more accurate picture of a country’s general interest levels in crypto. European countries tend to dominate the rankings, accounting for seven of the ten countries that make the top ten. 

“Interestingly, Dogecoin’s popularity has surpassed that of Ethereum in a significant number of countries, with nearly 2 million more monthly searches worldwide for the coin, when considering searches over the past 12 months,” they added. 

Top 15 countries searching the most for popular cryptocurrencies 

Rank	Country	Monthly Google searches	Total monthly searches	Population size	Total searches as % of population	Searches per 1,000 people
‘binance coin’	‘bitcoin’	‘cardano’	‘dogecoin’	‘ethereum’	‘polkadot’	‘solana’	‘tether’	‘usd coin’	‘xrp’
1.	Netherlands	6,700	964,000	104,000	201,000	99,000	12,000	250	3,000	1,200	54,000	1,445,150	17,564,014	8.2%	82
2.	Turkey	2,500	3,150,000	3,300	812,000	419,000	20,000	4,900	31,000	1,900	219,000	4,663,600	85,341,241	5.5%	55
3.	Germany	19,000	3,060,000	186,000	540,000	270,000	22,000	900	47,000	1,900	90,000	4,236,800	83,369,843	5.1%	51
4.	Canada	4,400	904,000	66,000	425,000	184,000	9,100	1,000	7,100	1,200	70,000	1,671,800	38,454,327	4.3%	43
5.	Czech Republic	900	359,000	350	40,000	38,000	2,500	3,200	1,000	200	3,400	448,550	10,493,986	4.3%	43
6.	Belgium	2,100	344,000	25,000	59,000	42,000	4,900	3,100	1,000	350	6,500	487,950	11,655,930	4.2%	42
7.	Australia	4,000	590,000	73,000	227,000	15,000	13,000	100	4,300	1,100	72,000	999,500	26,177,413	3.8%	38
8.	Sweden	700	278,000	800	66,000	33,000	3,000	3,000	2,000	200	7,500	394,200	10,549,347	3.7%	37
9.	Spain	4,400	1,200,000	95,000	2,600	130,000	22,000	4,000	5,500	700	8,100	1,472,300	47,558,630	3.1%	31
10.	Poland	3,600	802,000	3,400	124,000	89,000	12,000	4,900	4,100	450	4,200	1,047,650	39,857,145	2.6%	26
11.	Portugal	1,000	169,000	19,000	36,000	28,000	3,700	3,000	1,800	200	6,400	268,100	10,270,865	2.6%	26
12.	United Kingdom	11,000	1,310,000	106,000	9,800	203,000	15,000	700	16,000	1,500	80,000	1,753,000	67,508,936	2.6%	26
13.	France	7,600	1,170,000	70,000	175,000	173,000	17,000	1,600	16,000	1,100	12,000	1,643,300	64,626,628	2.5%	25
14.	Italy	5,900	876,000	8,000	166,000	83,000	13,000	600	4,900	450	8,100	1,165,950	59,037,474	2.0%	20
15.	United States	16,000	4,570,000	247,000	729,000	611,000	40,000	6,900	88,000	1,200	237,000	6,546,100	338,289,857	1.9%	19