The first Pride Parade was actually a riot. Yes, you read that right. While today Pride is perceived by many as a fun celebration of love, hashtags like #loveislove and parading out in the streets of San Francisco, the LGBTQ community isn't welcome everywhere, even today.

The Pride Parade was, and still is, a fight for recognition, which started after the events at Stonewall in 1969. Unsure what happened there? It's okay, I'll loop back to that in one second.

The internet is a reflection of what's happening in the world around us. We have the ability to literally watch and analyze the evolution of social and political events as they unfold. We can see the language people use via queries in search engines, how people are using language thanks to search intent, and even evaluate which websites are popular by watching traffic trends.

I know, I know. It's not shocking that an SEO Director believes in the power of analyzing searches, so I don't expect you to take my word for it. That's why I dove into Similarweb data to prove it to you.

But, before we see how the internet is celebrating Pride in 2022, let's quickly brush up on the event's history.