THE SEARCH LEDGER · SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA · ENTERTAINMENT
Every month San Francisco Bay Area types 95,510 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 SEP and lowest in APR.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Entertainment category in San Francisco Bay Area — 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 218 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “san francisco concert venues” at $5.01.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cobb's comedy club san francisco | 12,100 | $2.18 | branded | |
| 2 | punchline comedy club san francisco | 9,900 | $2.17 | branded | |
| 3 | san francisco events today | 6,600 | $1.05 | informational | |
| 4 | de young museum san francisco tickets | 5,400 | $0.75 | 28 | commercial |
| 5 | folsom street festival san francisco | 5,400 | $0.04 | branded | |
| 6 | fillmore theater san francisco | 4,400 | $1.92 | 24 | commercial |
| 7 | sf bay area events | 3,600 | $1.65 | informational | |
| 8 | san francisco event | 3,600 | $1.65 | informational | |
| 9 | sanfrancisco concerts | 3,600 | $0.61 | informational | |
| 10 | concert san francisco ca | 3,600 | $0.61 | informational | |
| 11 | san fran comedy club | 2,900 | $2.31 | informational | |
| 12 | sf moma tickets | 2,900 | $0.85 | informational | |
| 13 | san fran events this weekend | 2,400 | $2.44 | informational | |
| 14 | exploratorium sf tickets | 1,600 | $1.77 | informational | |
| 15 | events in sf tonight | 1,300 | $1.58 | informational | |
| 16 | concerts in sf tonight | 1,300 | $0.59 | informational | |
| 17 | sf concert golden gate park | 1,300 | $1.93 | commercial | |
| 18 | san francisco concert venues | 1,000 | $5.01 | branded | |
| 19 | nightlife sf | 880 | $0.65 | informational | |
| 20 | shows in san francisco | 880 | $1.78 | informational |
SRC: DataForSEO, San Francisco Bay Area metro, Sep 8, 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 the tracked keyword in this vertical — who Google puts in the map pack, and who holds page one.
SRC: DataForSEO, San Francisco Bay Area metro, Sep 8, 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 | San Pablo Lytton Casino | 3.7 ★ | 11,048 | Casino | YES |
| #2 | Hard Rock Cafe | 4.1 ★ | 7,398 | Cafe | YES |
| #3 | Metreon | 4.3 ★ | 7,266 | Shopping mall | YES |
| #4 | Orpheum Theatre | 4.7 ★ | 6,086 | Performing arts theater | YES |
| #5 | Alamo Drafthouse Cinema New Mission | 4.6 ★ | 4,833 | Movie theater | YES |
| #6 | Cinemark Century Daly City 20 XD and IMAX | 4.3 ★ | 4,197 | Movie theater | YES |
| #7 | AMC Metreon 16 | 4.4 ★ | 4,025 | Movie theater | YES |
| #8 | Bill Graham Civic Auditorium | 4.5 ★ | 3,605 | Live Music | YES |
| #9 | Wayfare Tavern | 4.5 ★ | 3,078 | American | YES |
| #10 | The Castro Theatre | 4.7 ★ | 2,688 | Movie theater | YES |
| #11 | War Memorial Opera House | 4.8 ★ | 2,502 | Opera house | YES |
| #12 | AMC Kabuki 8 | 4.1 ★ | 2,382 | Movie theater | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, San Francisco Bay Area metro, Sep 8, 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, San Francisco Bay Area metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
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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 Sep 8, 2026. Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled.
San Francisco Bay Area, California · Entertainment · 218 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026