Artificial intelligence has become a clear-cut winner in the battle for job-seekers, according to new analysis from cryptocurrency data aggregator CoinGecko.
From 2020 to 2022, searches for “AI jobs” and “crypto jobs” remained fairly close with AI taking the crown most days and crypto pulling into the lead on occasion upon Bitcoin (BTC) reaching an all-time high of $69,000 in November of 2021.
Along with increased adoption and interest for both Web3 and cryptocurrency technologies, the crypto boom of 2022 brought jobseekers in record numbers — at least if we gauge such interest by Google searches.
After the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, however, searches for “AI jobs” skyrocketed to nearly five times what searches for “crypto jobs” peaked at.
1/ Which search term is more popular: ‘Crypto Jobs’ or ‘AI Jobs’?
Our study indicates that search interest in ‘AI jobs’ peaked 4 times higher than ‘crypto jobs’ as more industries and job seekers shift focus to the AI sector.
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According to a study conducted by cryptocurrency data aggregator CoinGecko, “AI job” searches in 2023 peaked at nearly five times the number for “crypto jobs” at its peak and, as of July 5, remain four times higher.
The report indicates that prior to BTC’s all-time-high of $69,000, searches for “AI jobs” trumped similar crypto-related queries by a margin of three-to-one. Once BTC hit $69,000, however, searches for “crypto jobs” eclipsed AI on two occasions:
“At its peak score of 26 on both January 9 and 30, 2022, search interest in ‘Crypto Jobs’ surpassed ‘AI Jobs’, and was also 5 times higher than its baseline in January 2020.”
CoinGecko’s methodology utilizes a rank scoring system to determine “search interest.” It takes into account Google Search data from around the world. However, the researchers do mention that Google isn’t the primary search engine in every geographical area, so the results may not necessarily reflect the ground truth for interest.
Notably, among the analysts’ other findings, Singapore has the highest search interest rating among all nations for both “AI jobs” and “crypto jobs” keywords.
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