This Excel spreadsheet contains findings of keyword searches in fifteen Anglophone journals in the discipline of Human Geography. Searches were conducted in October 2022, via the online search functions of the selected academic journals, using consistent search terms to search the full text of each journal's back catalogue of full papers. In each Journal, a list of 9 popular cultural figures/phenomena were searched for. Searches were conducted during the preparation of a research paper on popular cultures to be published in Social & Cultural Geography journal.