According to a study conducted by cryptocurrency data aggregator CoinGecko, “AI job” searches in 2023 peaked at nearly five times the number for “crypto jobs” at its peak and, as of July 5, remain four times higher.
The report indicates that prior to BTC’s all-time-high of $69,000, searches for “AI jobs” trumped similar crypto-related queries by a margin of three-to-one. Once BTC hit $69,000, however, searches for “crypto jobs” eclipsed AI on two occasions: “At its peak score of 26 on both January 9 and 30, 2022, search interest in ‘Crypto Jobs’ surpassed ‘AI Jobs’, and was also 5 times higher than its baseline in January 2020.”
CoinGecko’s methodology utilizes a rank scoring system to determine “search interest.” It takes into account Google Search data from around the world. However, the researchers do mention that Google isn’t the primary search engine in every geographical area, so the results may not necessarily reflect the ground truth for interest. Notably, among the analysts’ other findings, Singapore has the highest search interest rating among all nations for both “AI jobs” and “crypto jobs” keywords.