Google search data for five rap sub-genres in one US query shows "phonk" rising from 10 to 54 on a shared scale between the first and last 12 months of the past five years, overtaking "trap music" and "drill music". State maps show regional loyalty. Texas leads "chopped and screwed", Louisiana leads "bounce music", California leads "hyphy", New Jersey leads "jersey club", Georgia leads "trap music" and Mississippi leads "crunk".
National trend, five terms on one scale (US, weekly, past 5 years)
| Term | First 12 months avg | Last 12 months avg | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| drill music | 6.7 | 6.7 | 1.0x |
| trap music | 10.8 | 12.0 | 1.1x |
| boom bap | 1.7 | 2.8 | 1.6x |
| phonk | 9.7 | 54.5 | 5.6x |
| jersey club | 23.9 | 47.6 | 2.0x |
Where each sub-genre is searched hardest (top 3 states, each term scaled to its top state = 100)
| Sub-genre | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| drill music | New York (57) | District of Columbia (51) | Connecticut (40) |
| trap music | Georgia (100) | Virginia (85) | District of Columbia (82) |
| boom bap | District of Columbia (57) | Maryland (57) | Nevada (50) |
| phonk | California (100) | Hawaii (95) | Texas (93) |
| jersey club | New Jersey (100) | Delaware (19) | Pennsylvania (17) |
| crunk | Mississippi (100) | Alabama (83) | Georgia (74) |
| bounce music | Louisiana (100) | Mississippi (25) | District of Columbia (22) |
| hyphy | California (100) | Nevada (38) | Oregon (35) |
| chopped and screwed | Texas (100) | Louisiana (94) | Mississippi (52) |
| horrorcore | Rhode Island (100) | Vermont (80) | Oklahoma (60) |
Each state's most over-indexed sub-genre (state score ÷ national median for that term)
| Sub-genre | States where it over-indexes most |
|---|---|
| horrorcore | Alaska, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin |
| chopped and screwed | Arkansas, Florida, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas |
| jersey club | Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Utah |
| hyphy | Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington |
| trap music | District of Columbia, Georgia, Virginia |
| crunk | Alabama, Maine, Tennessee |
| drill music | Massachusetts |
| bounce music | Louisiana |
| boom bap | New Hampshire |
What it means
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Method
- Google search interest, US, past 5 years (Oct 2021–Oct 2026), web search. The national trend uses one query with five terms (shared scale). State maps use one query per term (each scaled to its own top state; scores are already population-adjusted).
- Over-index = a state's score for a term ÷ the median state score for that term; the dialect map gives each state the term where it over-indexes most.
- Wyoming is not included in the state maps.
Cite and download
Free to use and cite with a link back to this page.
aisong.lol Research. (2026). Drill, trap, boom bap: America's rap dialect map. aisong.lol. https://aisong.lol/research/drill-trap-boom-bap-americas-rap-dialect-map
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