Media content search results ranked by popularity

A system for customizing search results for a user, the system comprising:

• hardware processing circuitry configured to:
• receive, from a user, a first request to search for media assets, the first request comprising a keyword;
• based on receiving the first request:
• retrieve, from storage circuitry, a first data structure comprising a first plurality of database entries each corresponding to a respective media asset, wherein each database entry comprises descriptive metadata associated with the respective media asset;
• compare, using control circuitry, the keyword to the descriptive metadata associated with each of the first plurality of database entries;
• identify, based on the comparing, a first subset of the first plurality of database entries that are associated with the descriptive metadata that includes the keyword, wherein the first subset of the database entries comprises a database entry for a first media asset;
• and
• store, in user interaction metadata, the first request;
• receive, from the user, a selection of the first media asset;
• based on receiving the selection of the first media asset, store, in user interaction metadata associated with the first request, an indication of the selection of the first media asset;
• receive, from the user, a second request to search for a media asset, the second request comprising the keyword;
• in response to receiving the second request:
• retrieve, from the storage circuitry, a second data structure comprising a second plurality of database entries each corresponding to a respective media asset, wherein each database entry comprises descriptive metadata associated with the respective media asset;
• compare, using the control circuitry, the keyword to the descriptive metadata associated with each of the second plurality of database entries;
• identify, based on the comparing, a second subset of the second plurality of database entries that are associated with the descriptive metadata that includes the keyword, wherein the second subset of the database entries comprises a database entry for the first media asset;
• retrieve the user interaction metadata comprising indications of past requests from the user to search for media assets;
• identify, in the user interaction metadata, the indication of the selection of the first media asset associated with the first request;
• and
• based on identifying the indication of the selection of the first media asset associated with the first request, generate a ranked list of media assets including the first media asset, wherein the first media asset is placed at a higher position on the ranked list than a second media asset based on the identification of the indication of the selection of the first media asset associated with the first request.