The study of accents is by no means a field of interest that is solely claimed or dealt with by linguists in academia. The aim of this paper is to discuss the general awareness of accents in the United States of America, which becomes particularly obvious when browsing the Internet. I discuss three different ways in which this argument can be substantiated. 1) An online accent test is an indicator of an overall interest in accent categorization. 2) Public video posts on the Internet requesting feedback on personal accents. 3) Accent categorization in the film industry is based on generally accepted stereotypes. It goes without saying that it is necessary to go beyond academic textbooks in order to find out how the general US population deals with accent classification. Therefore, the study of popular Internet sites is mandatory for this task.