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All the mass of marketing (ie, going mainstream) happened at around their IPO. 2003'ish.

Also, their growth after 2004 was linear not meteoric/exponentially and they are now in decline: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%....




Do you know the parable of the blind men and the elephant?

If you are going to use a metric you have to show that it is relevant. It also helps if one agrees on what we are measuring.




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