THE SEARCH LEDGER · CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA · ENTERTAINMENT
Every month Charleston types 38,260 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 MAY and lowest in AUG.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Entertainment category in Charleston — 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 34 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “festival charleston” at $16.54.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | north charleston coliseum north charleston sc | 18,100 | $2.06 | branded | |
| 2 | charleston concerts | 3,600 | $0.31 | informational | |
| 3 | james island light festival | 2,400 | — | branded | |
| 4 | charleston events | 1,600 | $1.27 | informational | |
| 5 | charleston events today | 1,600 | $0.80 | informational | |
| 6 | quality inn coliseum charleston | 1,600 | $2.25 | branded | |
| 7 | charleston live music | 1,300 | $1.05 | branded | |
| 8 | charleston museum tickets | 880 | $7.80 | 11 | commercial |
| 9 | live music charleston tonight | 720 | $0.84 | branded | |
| 10 | candlelight concert charleston | 590 | $2.10 | branded | |
| 11 | james island cajun festival | 390 | — | branded | |
| 12 | charleston nightlife | 390 | $0.74 | branded | |
| 13 | charleston music hall concerts | 390 | $1.43 | branded | |
| 14 | festival charleston | 390 | $16.54 | branded | |
| 15 | charleston music hall events | 320 | $3.11 | informational | |
| 16 | charleston christmas events | 320 | $1.44 | branded | |
| 17 | festival hall charleston | 320 | $2.04 | branded | |
| 18 | coliseum north charleston sc | 260 | $0.82 | branded | |
| 19 | restaurants near charleston coliseum | 260 | $0.22 | 1 | commercial |
| 20 | charleston shows | 260 | $0.86 | informational |
SRC: DataForSEO, Charleston metro, Aug 22, 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 2 of the tracked keywords in this vertical — who Google puts in the map pack, and who holds page one.
SRC: DataForSEO, Charleston metro, Aug 22, 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 | USS Yorktown CV-10 | 4.8 ★ | 8,678 | Museum | YES |
| #2 | Regal Azalea Square | 4 ★ | 3,546 | Movie theater | YES |
| #3 | Northwoods Stadium Cinema | 4.2 ★ | 3,342 | Movie theater | YES |
| #4 | Mount Pleasant Towne Centre | 4.5 ★ | 3,329 | Shopping mall | YES |
| #5 | Charleston Visitor Center | 4.6 ★ | 3,298 | Visitor center | YES |
| #6 | Black Fedora Comedy Mystery Theatre and Shoppe | 4.9 ★ | 2,758 | Performing arts theater | YES |
| #7 | Cinemark Summerville | 4.3 ★ | 2,493 | Movie theater | YES |
| #8 | Citadel Stadium 16 | 4.2 ★ | 2,404 | Movie theater | YES |
| #9 | Kaminsky's Dessert Cafe | 4.4 ★ | 2,170 | Dessert | YES |
| #10 | Charleston Music Hall | 4.8 ★ | 2,110 | Movie theater | YES |
| #11 | Charleston Gaillard Center | 4.8 ★ | 1,838 | Performing arts theater | YES |
| #12 | Regal Palmetto Grande | 3.7 ★ | 1,342 | Movie theater | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Charleston metro, Aug 22, 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, Charleston metro, Aug 22, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
Everything above is the market. If you want to be in it, start with where you stand today.
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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 22, 2026. Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled.
Charleston, South Carolina · Entertainment · 34 keywords · collected Aug 22, 2026