THE SEARCH LEDGER · NEW YORK, NEW YORK · ENTERTAINMENT
Every month New York types 2,319,820 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 JUN and lowest in FEB.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Entertainment category in New York — 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 76 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “new york yankees tickets” at $4.38.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tickets ny knicks | 301,000 | $1.71 | branded | |
| 2 | yankee stadium | 301,000 | $1.86 | branded | |
| 3 | knicks tickets seatgeek | 246,000 | — | branded | |
| 4 | new york yankees tickets | 165,000 | $4.38 | branded | |
| 5 | nyy tickets | 135,000 | $4.23 | informational | |
| 6 | forest hills stadium new york | 110,000 | $1.48 | branded | |
| 7 | broadway shows nyc | 60,500 | $2.36 | informational | |
| 8 | ticketmaster knicks tickets | 49,500 | $0.95 | branded | |
| 9 | knicks tickets | 49,500 | $1.80 | branded | |
| 10 | neil simon theatre nyc | 49,500 | $1.42 | branded | |
| 11 | gershwin theatre nyc | 49,500 | $0.92 | branded | |
| 12 | winter garden theatre new york | 49,500 | $2.36 | branded | |
| 13 | minskoff theatre nyc | 40,500 | $1.79 | branded | |
| 14 | hudson theatre nyc | 40,500 | $1.63 | branded | |
| 15 | al hirschfeld theatre new york | 40,500 | $1.27 | branded | |
| 16 | belasco theatre nyc | 33,100 | $1.39 | branded | |
| 17 | walter kerr theater nyc | 33,100 | $1.28 | commercial | |
| 18 | yankee stadium tickets | 27,100 | $2.95 | branded | |
| 19 | beacon theater uws | 27,100 | $3.09 | 31 | commercial |
| 20 | longacre theatre nyc | 27,100 | $2.18 | branded |
SRC: DataForSEO, New York 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 3 of the tracked keywords in this vertical — who Google puts in the map pack, and who holds page one.
SRC: DataForSEO, New York 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 | Resorts World New York City | 3.8 ★ | 16,799 | Casino | YES |
| #2 | Empire City Casino | 3.9 ★ | 15,117 | Casino | YES |
| #3 | AMC Empire 25 | 4.1 ★ | 12,286 | Movie theater | YES |
| #4 | AMC Lincoln Square 13 | 4.4 ★ | 9,096 | Movie theater | YES |
| #5 | AMC 34th Street 14 | 4.2 ★ | 8,693 | Movie theater | YES |
| #6 | Majestic Theatre | 4.7 ★ | 8,512 | Performing arts theater | YES |
| #7 | Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Brooklyn | 4.5 ★ | 8,058 | Movie theater | YES |
| #8 | Beacon Theatre | 4.7 ★ | 7,173 | Performing arts theater | YES |
| #9 | Eataly | 4.2 ★ | 6,598 | Gourmet grocery store | YES |
| #10 | Regal Union Square | 4.1 ★ | 6,524 | Movie theater | YES |
| #11 | AMC Kips Bay 15 | 4.4 ★ | 6,192 | Movie theater | YES |
| #12 | Broadway Theatre | 4.7 ★ | 5,501 | Performing arts theater | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, New York 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, New York metro, Aug 22, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from New York entertainment results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
What is the cheapest way to get Knicks tickets?
Is it cheaper to buy Knicks tickets at the box office?
How much is an average Knicks ticket?
Are Knicks tickets cheaper on the day?
What is the best site to buy Yankees tickets?
Does Costco still sell Yankee tickets?
Is it cheaper to buy Yankee tickets the day of the game?
Can you buy yankee tickets at the gate?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, New York metro, Aug 22, 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 22, 2026. Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled.
New York, New York · Entertainment · 76 keywords · collected Aug 22, 2026