Identifying on a graphical depiction candidate points and top-moving queries

One or more computer-readable memory devices storing computer-usable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the processor of the computing device, to perform a method for automatically selecting one or more candidate points on a graphical depiction of queries referencing an entity, the method comprising:

• receiving from a search engine a user-initiated selection of the entity and a time frame in which the queries referencing the entity are to be retrieved, wherein the time frame is divided into temporal increments;
• presenting on a user-interface (UI) display the graphical depiction of a rank of the entity over the time frame, wherein the rank represents a relative popularity of the entity, in relation to a plurality of entities of a predefined category, as determined from the user-submitted queries collected at a search engine;
• automatically initiating a selection procedure for identifying the one or more candidate points on the graphical depiction that are each associated with a positive movement of the rank, wherein the selection procedure comprises:
• (i) identifying locations on the graphical depiction between adjacent inclines and declines as peak points and valley points;
• (ii) ascertaining the rank at the temporal increments corresponding with each of the peak points and the valley points;
• (iii) deriving slope values based on an angle of inclination of the inclines;
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• (iv) based on the rank of the peak points and the valley points, and
• the derived slope values, selecting the one or more candidate points;
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• surfacing the one or more selected candidate points by presenting, at the user-interface (UI) display, an indicator of each of the one or more selected candidate points on the graphical depiction.