Americans remain morbidly fascinated by serial killers.
Ted Bundy is the nation’s most-searched serial killer, generating a remarkable 1,013,950 monthly Google searches in 2026, according to iGaming experts VIP Grinders. He ranked first in 13 states, including Pennsylvania, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina and Ohio.
The notorious murderer, who confessed to killing 30 people, also topped searches in Arizona, Colorado, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Washington, Vermont and North Dakota.
John Wayne Gacy, the infamous “Killer Clown” responsible for murdering 33 young men and boys, placed second nationwide with 778,350 searches.
Dennis Rader, known as the BTK — short for Bind, Torture, Kill — murderer, ranked third with 421,350 searches. He killed 10 people in Kansas and led searches in 15 states, more than any other serial killer.
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“Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez followed closely with 417,850 searches, while Aileen Wuornos ranked fifth with 387,800. Wuornos’ Florida killing spree inspired the Oscar-winning film “Monster.”
Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer, came sixth with 319,900 searches. He was followed by Ed Kemper, known as the Co-Ed Killer, with 279,650, and Samuel Little, who confessed to 93 murders, with 120,350 searches.
Joseph DeAngelo, the Golden State Killer, recorded 21,400 searches. Donald Harvey, a hospital orderly dubbed the Angel of Death after murdering dozens of patients through poisoning and suffocation, drew 9,400 searches.
The grim ranking also includes Robert Hansen, known as the Butcher Baker, who abducted, raped and murdered at least 17 women in Anchorage, Alaska; Patrick Kearney, the Trash Bag Killer, who sexually assaulted and murdered at least 28 young boys; and the unidentified Zodiac Killer, who generated 2,950 searches.
California had the highest number of serial-killer searches in the country, with 374,300 monthly searches. Ramirez accounted for 55,500 of them, while Rader generated 55,050.
