THE SEARCH LEDGER · AUSTIN, TEXAS · ENTERTAINMENT
Every month Austin types 221,880 entertainment searches into Google. This is the public record of what those searches are, what they cost, and who currently answers them.
Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in OCT and lowest in JUN.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Entertainment category in Austin — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword.
The 20 highest-volume of 35 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “f1 ticket austin” at $2.79.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bass concert austin | 33,100 | $2.46 | branded | |
| 2 | tickets to austin city limits | 33,100 | $1.95 | navigational | |
| 3 | palmer events center austin | 33,100 | $1.14 | branded | |
| 4 | cap city comedy club austin | 22,200 | $0.57 | branded | |
| 5 | main event austin tx | 18,100 | $1.18 | branded | |
| 6 | formula 1 austin grand prix tickets | 12,100 | $1.90 | informational | |
| 7 | austin concerts | 8,100 | $0.37 | informational | |
| 8 | austin city festival | 8,100 | $1.92 | branded | |
| 9 | austin rodeo tickets | 6,600 | $2.02 | informational | |
| 10 | comedy shows austin | 4,400 | $0.91 | informational | |
| 11 | live music austin | 4,400 | $0.62 | commercial | |
| 12 | events in austin today | 4,400 | $0.69 | informational | |
| 13 | comedy club austin | 3,600 | $0.71 | informational | |
| 14 | east austin comedy club | 3,600 | $0.86 | branded | |
| 15 | live music austin tonight | 2,900 | $0.49 | commercial | |
| 16 | austin events today | 1,900 | $0.55 | informational | |
| 17 | austin events | 1,900 | $0.57 | informational | |
| 18 | f1 ticket austin | 1,900 | $2.79 | informational | |
| 19 | stubb's waller creek amphitheater | 1,900 | $2.07 | branded | |
| 20 | concerts in austin tonight | 1,900 | $0.52 | informational |
SRC: DataForSEO, Austin metro, Aug 30, 2026. Volume and CPC are Google Ads twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week. Difficulty is DataForSEO’s 0–100 score; blank where it has not been scored.
Live position tracking for 3 of the tracked keywords in this vertical — who Google puts in the map pack, and who holds page one.
SRC: DataForSEO, Austin metro, Aug 30, 2026. LOCAL marks an organic domain that matches a business tracked in this metro; an unmarked domain is simply not one of them, which includes directories and firms we do not track.
The 12 most-reviewed businesses we track in this vertical, with the profile signals that put them where they are.
| RANK | BUSINESS | RATING | REVIEWS | CATEGORY | WEBSITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Cinemark Pflugerville 20 and XD | 4.5 ★ | 7,841 | Movie theater | YES |
| #2 | Moonshine Grill | 4.6 ★ | 7,425 | Grill | YES |
| #3 | Bullock Texas State History Museum | 4.7 ★ | 7,423 | History museum | YES |
| #4 | Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Lakeline | 4.4 ★ | 6,594 | Movie theater | YES |
| #5 | Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken | 4.5 ★ | 5,950 | Chicken | YES |
| #6 | Alamo Drafthouse Cinema South Lamar | 4.5 ★ | 5,825 | Movie theater | YES |
| #7 | Omni Austin Hotel Downtown | 4.4 ★ | 5,203 | Hotel | YES |
| #8 | Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Mueller | 4.5 ★ | 4,807 | Movie theater | YES |
| #9 | Austin City Limits Live (ACL Live & 3TEN ACL Live) | 4.7 ★ | 4,706 | Live Music | YES |
| #10 | Perry's Steakhouse & Grille - Downtown Austin | 4.6 ★ | 4,587 | Steak | YES |
| #11 | Casino El Camino | 4.5 ★ | 4,481 | Grill | YES |
| #12 | Museum of the Weird | 4.2 ★ | 3,876 | Museum | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Austin metro, Aug 30, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim.
Branded demand is the clearest read on who has built recall here — searches for a business by name, the volume nobody has to bid for.
SRC: DataForSEO, Austin metro, Aug 30, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Austin entertainment results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
Is there a Bass Concert Hall in Austin?
What concerts are happening in Austin in 2026?
Is there a dress code for Bass Concert Hall in Austin?
Where does Matthew McConaughey hang out in Austin?
How much does it cost to attend Austin City Limits?
How much are tickets to Austin City Limits in 2026?
How do you get Austin City Limits tickets?
Are ACL 2026 tickets sold out?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Austin metro, Aug 30, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here.
Everything above is the market. If you want to be in it, start with where you stand today.
Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand.
ENTERTAINMENT IN OTHER METROS
HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE
Every figure is collected, not estimated. Keyword volume and cost-per-click come from Google Ads via DataForSEO and are twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week — a weekly delta on either would measure the averaging window, not the market. Map-pack and organic positions are a live SERP read taken Aug 30, 2026. Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled.
Austin, Texas · Entertainment · 35 keywords · collected Aug 30, 2026
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