1. One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method for automatically selecting one or more candidate points on a graphical depiction of user-submitted queries referencing an entity, the method comprising: receiving a user-initiated selection of the entity and a time frame in which the user-submitted queries referencing the entity are to be retrieved, wherein the time frame is divided into temporal increments; providing 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; and (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; and surfacing the one or more selected candidate points by presenting, at a user-interface (UI) display, an indicator of each of the one or more selected candidate points on the graphical depiction.