We tracked US Google interest in 11 celebrity music feuds and three diss tracks. Feud searches burn hot and short: 14 of 14 halved within two months. The long-runners are the old ones: "50 cent ja rule" spent 24 months at a quarter of its peak or higher, and "katy perry taylor swift" 22. Drake vs Kendrick peaked in May 2024, but the diss track "Not Like Us" peaked later, in Feb 2025, the month of the Super Bowl halftime show and Grammys.
Feud staying power (US, monthly, each query scaled to its own peak = 100)
| Feud / diss track | Query | Series starts | Peak month | Months to fall to half | Months at ≥25 | 12 mo after peak | Now (Jul–Sep 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 Cent vs Ja Rule (2000s) | 50 cent ja rule | Jan 2004 | Oct 2018 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 8 |
| Katy Perry vs Taylor Swift (2014→) | katy perry taylor swift | Jan 2013 | Feb 2015 | 1 | 22 | 24 | 3 |
| Megan Thee Stallion vs Tory Lanez (2020→) | megan thee stallion tory lanez | Jan 2019 | Jul 2020 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Taylor Swift vs Scooter Braun (2019) | taylor swift scooter braun | Jan 2018 | Jul 2019 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| "Bad Blood" (diss track) | bad blood taylor swift | Jan 2014 | May 2015 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Drake vs Kendrick Lamar (2024) | drake kendrick | Dec 2023 | May 2024 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| "Not Like Us" (diss track) | not like us | Dec 2023 | Feb 2025 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Drake vs Pusha T (2018) | drake pusha t | Jan 2017 | May 2018 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Drake vs Meek Mill (2015) | drake meek mill | Jan 2014 | Jul 2015 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Nicki Minaj vs Megan Thee Stallion (2024) | nicki minaj megan thee stallion | Jan 2023 | Jan 2024 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Taylor Swift vs Kanye West (2009→) | taylor swift kanye | Jan 2009 | Sep 2009 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Nicki Minaj vs Cardi B (2018) | nicki minaj cardi b | Jan 2017 | Sep 2018 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Eminem vs Machine Gun Kelly (2018) | eminem mgk | Jan 2017 | Sep 2018 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| "Killshot" (diss track) | killshot | Jan 2017 | Sep 2018 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
What it means
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Method
- Google search interest, US, web search, monthly. Each term was queried on its own, so every line is scaled 0–100 to its own peak month (shape, not size).
- Each feud query starts shortly before the feud (dates in the table) and runs to Sep 2026.
- Dropped: "halsey" (artist name, not a feud query).
- Each line is scaled to its own peak, so this ranks how long feuds last, not which was biggest.
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aisong.lol Research. (2026). Feud season: the celebrity music feuds that generated the most search. aisong.lol. https://aisong.lol/research/feud-season-the-celebrity-music-feuds-that-generated-the-most-search
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