Heights, spiders, thunderstorms? Hungarians’ deepest fears revealed
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Ever wondered if anyone shares your deepest fears? Whether it’s anxiety about being alone, heights, spiders or even thunderstorms, chances are you’re not the only one.
Interested in identifying which phobias are the most common, the experts at PsychicWorld.com collated a seed list of the 15 most well-known phobias and analysed Google search findings in order to find out the most common phobia in Hungary.
Key Findings:
- The most common phobia in Hungary is trypophobia, with an average search volume of 5,200 searches a month. Whether it’s pancakes, sponges or honeycomb, people with this phobia fear small holes, particularly when they appear in clusters.
- Agoraphobia (fear of open spaces) and arachnophobia (fear of spiders) rank in second and third place, with 1,000 and 600 average searches per month respectively.
- Hungary’s least searched-for phobia is hemophobia, or fear of blood, with only 20 monthly searches.
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The most common phobias in Hungary
|
Ranking |
Phobia |
Phobia meaning |
Average Monthly Search Volume |
|
1 |
Trypophobia |
fear of holes |
5,200 |
|
2 |
Agoraphobia |
fear of open spaces |
1,000 |
|
3 |
Arachnophobia |
fear of spiders |
600 |
|
=4 |
Acrophobia |
fear of heights |
400 |
|
=4 |
Claustrophobia |
fear of confined spaces |
400 |
|
=6 |
Mysophobia |
fear of germs |
100 |
|
=6 |
Thanatophobia |
fear of death |
100 |
|
8 |
Trypanophobia |
fear of needles |
80 |
|
=9 |
Cynophobia |
fear of dogs |
60 |
|
=9 |
Social Phobia |
fear of social situations |
60 |
|
=11 |
Ophidiophobia |
fear of snakes |
50 |
|
=11 |
Astraphobia |
fear of thunderstorms |
50 |
|
13 |
Monophobia |
fear of being alone |
40 |
|
14 |
Aerophobia |
fear of flying |
30 |
|
15 |
Hemophobia |
fear of blood |
20 |
*= signifies a joint ranking
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The most common phobias in Europe
|
Ranking |
Phobia |
Phobia meaning |
Average monthly search volumes per country |
|
1 |
Trypophobia |
fear of holes |
2,991 |
|
2 |
Agoraphobia |
fear of open spaces |
2,810 |
|
3 |
Arachnophobia |
fear of spiders |
877 |
|
4 |
Acrophobia |
fear of heights |
679 |
|
5 |
Claustrophobia |
fear of confined spaces |
665 |
|
6 |
Thanatophobia |
fear of death |
286 |
|
7 |
Trypanophobia |
fear of needles |
240 |
|
8 |
Mysophobia |
fear of germs |
229 |
|
9 |
Cynophobia |
fear of dogs |
197 |
|
10 |
Social Phobia |
fear of social situations |
182 |
|
11 |
Aerophobia |
fear of flying |
177 |
|
12 |
Ophidiophobia |
fear of snakes |
165 |
|
13 |
Monophobia |
fear of being alone |
149 |
|
14 |
Astraphobia |
fear of thunderstorms |
110 |
|
15 |
Hemophobia |
fear of blood |
103 |