THE SEARCH LEDGER · SEATTLE, WASHINGTON · ENTERTAINMENT
Every month Seattle types 91,000 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 JAN.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Entertainment category in Seattle — 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 253 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “seattle events calendar” at $5.85.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show box sodo | 18,100 | $1.85 | branded | |
| 2 | seattle events today | 8,100 | $1.37 | informational | |
| 3 | seattle concerts | 6,600 | $0.51 | informational | |
| 4 | seattle events | 6,600 | $1.35 | informational | |
| 5 | show box seattle | 5,400 | $1.94 | branded | |
| 6 | events in seattle weekend | 4,400 | $1.38 | informational | |
| 7 | admiral theater seattle | 3,600 | $0.19 | 4 | commercial |
| 8 | concerts in seattle tonight | 2,400 | $0.45 | informational | |
| 9 | candlelight concert seattle | 1,900 | $1.74 | branded | |
| 10 | emp seattle tickets | 1,900 | $3.06 | informational | |
| 11 | seattle center event | 1,900 | $0.67 | branded | |
| 12 | live music seattle | 1,300 | $1.24 | 7 | commercial |
| 13 | events in seattle tonight | 1,300 | $1.61 | informational | |
| 14 | shows in seattle | 880 | $0.99 | informational | |
| 15 | live music seattle tonight | 880 | $1.50 | 12 | commercial |
| 16 | seattle halloween events | 880 | $2.09 | informational | |
| 17 | seattle events calendar | 720 | $5.85 | informational | |
| 18 | silvercloud hotel seattle stadium | 720 | $0.68 | commercial | |
| 19 | shows in seattle tonight | 720 | $0.76 | informational | |
| 20 | concert in seattle today | 720 | $0.46 | informational |
SRC: DataForSEO, Seattle 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 2 of the tracked keywords in this vertical — who Google puts in the map pack, and who holds page one.
SRC: DataForSEO, Seattle 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 | Seattle Center | 4.6 ★ | 47,857 | Event venue | YES |
| #2 | The Gum Wall | 4.2 ★ | 13,932 | Tourist attraction | YES |
| #3 | Snoqualmie Casino & Hotel | 4.1 ★ | 12,670 | Casino | YES |
| #4 | Paramount Theatre | 4.7 ★ | 10,381 | Performing arts theater | YES |
| #5 | Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort | 4.2 ★ | 8,234 | Casino | YES |
| #6 | Pacific Place | 4.1 ★ | 5,410 | Shopping mall | YES |
| #7 | Benaroya Hall | 4.8 ★ | 4,747 | Performing arts theater | YES |
| #8 | Regal Meridian | 4.4 ★ | 4,305 | Movie theater | YES |
| #9 | Moore Theatre | 4.4 ★ | 4,188 | Performing arts theater | YES |
| #10 | SIFF Cinema Downtown | 4.8 ★ | 3,914 | Movie theater | YES |
| #11 | Neptune Theatre | 4.6 ★ | 3,630 | Performing arts theater | YES |
| #12 | AMC Southcenter 16 | 4.3 ★ | 3,611 | Movie theater | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Seattle 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, Seattle metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Seattle entertainment results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
Are The Showbox and Showbox SoDo the same?
Is Showbox SoDo standing room only?
What is Showbox SoDo Seattle?
Is there a dress code at Showbox SoDo?
What big artists are coming to Seattle?
What concert is going on in Seattle right now?
What concerts are happening in the Pacific Northwest in 2026?
What rock concerts are coming to Seattle?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Seattle metro, Sep 8, 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 Sep 8, 2026. Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled.
Seattle, Washington · Entertainment · 253 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026