Good morning! New Year's Eve is a time when many people consume more alcohol than they are otherwise accustomed to, and so it follows that New Year's Day is a day when many people experience a hangover more severe than they are otherwise accustomed to.
We reached out to the Trends team at Google News Lab to get the full figures for searches for the phrase " hangover " on January 1 in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
We recieved data on how many searches there were for "hangover" in over 200 metropolitan areas. We then looked at the largest metros the 63 where there were more than 500,000 inhabitants to determine which were the least and the most hungover based on Google's metrics.
Here they are, ranked from "most capable of entering sunlight" to "least likely to leave their bed."
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The Birmingham AL metro had 38% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce FL metro had 40% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem NC metro had 47% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Portland OR metro had 48% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Tampa-St. Petersburg metro had 52% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Knoxville TN metro had 54% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Ft. Myers-Naples FL metro had 56% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Salt Lake City UT metro had 56% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Tulsa OK metro had 56% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Greenville-Spartanburg SC-Asheville NC-Anderson SC metro had 58% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Mobile AL-Pensacola metro had 60% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Phoenix AZ metro had 60% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Oklahoma City OK metro had 63% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne FL metro had 63% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto CA metro had 63% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Wilkes Barre-Scranton PA metro had 64% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Minneapolis-St. Paul MN metro had 64% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Seattle-Tacoma WA metro had 64% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Charlotte NC metro had 64% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Miami-Ft. Lauderdale FL metro had 64% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Indianapolis IN metro had 66% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Raleigh-Durham metro had 66% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The New Orleans LA metro had 68% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Austin TX metro had 68% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News VA metro had 70% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Kansas City MO metro had 70% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Little Rock-Pine Bluff AR metro had 71% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Atlanta GA metro had 71% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Jacksonville FL metro had 71% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Buffalo NY metro had 72% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA metro had 72% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York PA metro had 72% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Albuquerque-Santa Fe NM metro had 72% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Washington DC metro had 72% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Hartford & New Haven CT metro had 73% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The San Diego CA metro had 73% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Nashville TN metro had 74% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Cleveland-Akron metro had 74% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Providence RI-New Bedford MA metro had 74% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Dallas-Ft. Worth TX metro had 74% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Baltimore MD metro had 75% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Los Angeles CA metro had 76% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The San Antonio TX metro had 76% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Denver CO metro had 77% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Houston TX metro had 78% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Richmond-Petersburg VA metro had 80% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Memphis TN metro had 80% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Cincinnati OH metro had 81% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Columbus OH metro had 82% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Boston MA-Manchester NH metro had 82% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Milwaukee WI metro had 83% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY metro had 85% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Chicago IL metro had 85% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The New York NY metro had 86% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The St. Louis MO metro had 86% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Philadelphia PA metro had 91% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI metro had 92% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Detroit MI metro had 92% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Las Vegas NV metro had 95% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Fresno-Visalia CA metro had 97% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Pittsburgh PA metro had 97% of the New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' as Louisville, the top large metro.
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The Louisville KY metro had the highest New Year's Day search volume for 'hangover' of any metro with more than 500,000 inhabitants.
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