Food Content Trends in July

It’s SUMMER! The season of sunshine and fresh foods and beaches and sand between our toes.

And that means it’s also the time of year for some exciting (and delicious) trending searches in food blogging! So, if you’re looking for ideas for summer-inspired content, look no further: here’s what’s trending in July! ☀️

Upcoming Holidays

If you’re not new to the food blogging game, you’ll know there are always food-related holidays to look out for. In a time like the summer where there aren’t that many well-known holidays to prepare for, it might be fun to pick out a few of these food holidays for which you can create recipes. One of my favorite resources to stay current on all of these crazy holidays is Foodimentary.

Did you know that July 6 is National Fried Chicken Day or that July 11 honors one of my favorite summer drinks, mojitos, on National Mojito Day? OR that July is National Pickle Month and National Blueberry Month? Anyone? Bueller?

Yeah, I didn’t either. That’s why a site like Foodimentary is a great resource for food bloggers to stay current with these fun holidays and give you some ideas to build out your editorial calendar for the month.

While the searches for the 4th of July are an obvious focal point, searches for other less-common times of the year start to increase. For instance, in July, some people are already starting to look for back-to-school lunch and snack recipes, as well as “Christmas in July” ideas.

Corn

July is also the month when one of my favorite veggies is trending: corn! Three cheers for corn!

Corn is interesting because it trends a few times each year. It’s trending now because it’s in-season, and it will also trend again as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches (corn casserole anyone?).

Make dips! Make meals! Make snacks! There are so many things you can do with corn, and your readers are here for it. While recipes are always a great idea, our sister site, Pinch of Yum, also has a great guide for grilling corn. Think outside the box!

Summer Sweet Treats

Along with all of those healthy recipes, people’s interest in sweets peaks during the month of July. If you’re surprised by this like I was, I have just one word for you: s’mores. In fact, there’s a huge spike in searches for “s’mores” this month.

Everyone can make a s’more. How can you jazz it up? Make it vegan? Add different candy? Make a white chocolate version? Add cookie butter?! Make this classic dish your own and give your readers some fun ideas.

Another popular July search term? Ice cream, and lots of it.

Interest in ice cream peaks in July, so be sure to promote your frozen sweet treats this month!

Perhaps a nice fruit-filled sorbet or a…wait for it…s’mores-flavored ice cream (!!!) will make your readers (and taste-testers) happy this season.

Picnic

Nothing says summertime like a picnic lunch at the park. And by the looks of the Google trends results for the term picnic, others agree!

Take advantage of this interest in picnicking to share some recipes for picnic sandwiches, a nice refreshing picnic lemonade, or even combine July trends and make a picnic fruit salad (more on that, below)!

Fruit

Unsurprisingly, searches for fruit spike in July. Who would have thought?

Admittedly, “fruit” is a vague search term. One of my very favorite things about Google Trends though is checking out the top related queries for a search. If we look at those for “fruit,” this is what we see:

Dragon fruit, fruit salad, fruit trees and passion fruit would be helpful areas of focus this time of year. What about posting a dragon fruit fruit salad!

These related topics will give those vague trending topics some context, and help you produce (lol, get it?) helpful, valuable content for your readers.

Try Something New

Remember how we talked about The Summer Slump last month? Summer is the perfect time to try publishing new content and see how it performs with your audience and on social media.

A great thing to try: video. If you haven’t tried your hand at this popular way to repurpose your recipes, summer would be a great time to start. It’s a great way to refresh some of your older content and keep it relevant, as well as adding a little extra to your recipe’s structured data.

If you don’t know where to start, don’t worry—we’ve got your back. Check out this article about the gear you’ll need to create awesome food videos, and see what you can do.

And for those around the world…

We are sending all the warm vibes to our friends facing colder temps in the middle of winter in the Southern Hemisphere this month.

July 1st also marks Canada Day, which is an important holiday for Canadians at home, and living abroad! Consider sharing a poutine or maple syrup recipe, to commemorate the occasion.

Now let’s chat: What kinds of content do you think you’ll be focusing on in the month of July?