- Atlanta, Georgia, is America’s capital of cheating, based on analysis of their recent search history.
- The most faithful cities appear to be Laredo and Brownsville in Texas.
- Cheaters are 6.4 times less bothered about covering their tracks than those investigating their partner’s possible cheating.
There is a higher chance of being cheated on if you live in Atlanta, Georgia, than in any other US city, new research into a year’s online search history has found. Texas, on the other hand, is home to two of the most faithful cities in America – Laredo and Brownsville. On average, people who suspect their partners of cheating appear to be 6.4 times more invested in their relationship than cheaters, based on how much online research they do. “Ashley Madison” accounts for more than half of cheating-related searches in America.
This is according to a new study from CasinoAlpha.com, which analyzed online search histories via Google of residents across 177 US cities between September 1st, 2023, and August 31st, 2024. They split their findings into three categories: what cheaters might search for, what their suspecting partners may Google, and what either of them may inquire about online. The final ranking includes all three categories to reveal the US cities most plagued by cheating. The researchers used Ahrefs to create an appropriate seed list of keywords, then sourced the search volumes via Google Keyword Planner.
Top Ten Capitals of Cheating
Atlanta, Georgia, is the US capital of cheating, based on their recent search history. Every month, there are 3,071 cheating-related searches per 100,000 residents. Interestingly, for every online search a potential cheater carries out, there are at least 12.4 others from suspecting partners. This is almost double the ratio nationwide, estimated at 6.4 times.
Cheaters’ top five most searched keywords are “cheaters website”, “affair sites”, “dating site for married people”, “how to cheat”, and “free cheating sites”. Atlantans suspecting their partners of cheating most of all looked for “mobile tracker free”, “cheating wife”, “phone tracker”, “caught cheating”, and “suspicious partner”.
As for neutral terms that either party could have searched for, “Ashley Madison” ranked first – which is true of every single US city included in the study. These comprise 64.3% of all cheating-related searches in Atlanta. The next most searched neutral terms suggesting cheating could be involved are “infidelity”, “cheat”, “mSpy”, and “unfaithful”.
Salt Lake City, Utah, is the second most unfaithful city in the US, with 2,955 monthly searches about cheating for every 100,000 inhabitants. Cheaters seek out 74.5 infidelity inquiries per month, whereas those suspecting their partners of cheating do so 479.7 times a month, or 6.4 times more.
Though displaying a little more remorse than cheaters from Atlanta, those in Salt Lake City look for almost the same things. “Affair sites” is their most sought keyword in the year leading up to August 31st, 2024. Interestingly, their next most searched inquiry is “how to forgive yourself for cheating” though only 5.29 in 100,000 cheaters in Salt Lake City show such remorse per month. “Cheaters website”, “married dating sites” and “how to cheat” are the next most searched terms here.
Suspecting partners in Salt Lake City mainly Google “cheating wife”, “phone tracker”, “mobile tracker free”, “suspicious partner” and “why do men cheat”. In the neutral category, “Ashley Madison” accounted for a third of all cheating-related searches. “Infidelity”, “cheat”, “heated affairs” and “mSpy” are the next most popular neutral online inquiries in Salt Lake City.
Orlando, Florida, is America’s third most cheating-plagued city, with 2,839 related searches every month per 100,000 residents. The cheater-“cheatee” search ratio here appears to be one to eight. In other words, cheaters from Orlando are more blasé about their actions than those in other US cities, and eight times more relaxed compared to suspecting partners.
Orlando cheaters display no remorse but appear less knowledgeable about how to go about their infidelity, compared to the two higher-ranking cities. Their top five searches here are “cheaters website”, “affair sites”, “how to cheat”, “dating sites” and “affair dating”.
Meanwhile, residents of Orlando at the receiving end of infidelity tend to search mostly for “mobile tracker free”, “cheating wife”, “phone tracker”, “suspicious partner” and “why do men cheat”. Neutral searches are largely for “Ashley Madison”, which covers 61.9% of cheating-related inquiries, “infidelity”, “cheat”, “mSpy” and “unfaithful”.
The next most likely cities to cheat are Minneapolis, Minnesota; St. Louis, Missouri; Birmingham, Alabama; Cleveland, Ohio; Miami, Florida; Denver, Colorado; and Cincinnati, Ohio.
The cities with the most faithful residents are Laredo, Texas; Brownsville, Texas; Cape Coral, Florida; Chula Vista, California; Hialeah, Florida; Oakland, California; Corpus Christi, Texas; Wichita, Kansas; Moreno Valley, California; and Montgomery, Alabama.
On average, people who suspected their partners of cheating made 6.4 more searches than cheaters. Overall, “Ashley Madison” is the most popular cheating-related search across all US cities, accounting for 56.5% of all cheating-related terms included in the study. Specifically, there are 400,833 searches for it every month. More subtle inquiries such as “infidelity”, “cheat” and “unfaithful” are the next most popular keywords. Three searches for geolocation tracking tools ranked among the top ten most common cheating-related inquiries (“mSpy”, “mobile tracker free” and “phone tracker”). Another dating app besides Ashley Madison – “Heated Affairs” – ranked seventh, with 11,747 searches per month, while “cheating wife” and simply “affair” ranked eighth and ninth, with 10,255 and 10,248 monthly searches, respectively.
“It is very telling when you realise cheaters are six times less bothered about their actions compared to their suspecting partners,” said a spokesperson for CasinoAlpha.com. “While there is no excuse for cheaters, what the person who is being cheated on needs to remember is that simply considering tracking one’s location or checking their partner’s phone without permission indicates trust issues in the relationship, which could well be founded. However, crossing that line further may cause irreparable damage and should be thoroughly considered.”
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