The results were, in some cases, surprising — few would guess that New Yorkers seem to be really interested in claustrophobia, the fear of enclosed spaces. Half the population lives in densely populated New York City, where getting a kitchen big enough to sit down in is a relative luxury. Claustrophobia seems a common search term in Florida as well.

Other phobias — with their more exotic names — are found in California and Texas, where searches for trypophobia, or the fear of holes, was most common. Arizonans have a lot of people searching for brontophobia ― the fear of thunder and lightning. Residents of Kentucky would seem to have an inordinate fear of commitment — gamophobia — which was the most common phobia searched.