New Delhi: As 2021 comes to an end, Google India on Wednesday announced the year in its search results, essentially reimagining the top search trends of 2021 in the country. According to the search engine giant, 2021 has been a year of resilience, determination and a strong comeback and this is what the Year in Search 2021 results show. Searches for ‘near me’ on Google were particularly stimulating this year, with Covid vaccines, COVID tests, COVID hospitals, as well as oxygen cylinders and CT scans topping the list.
Covid-19, black fungus and Tokyo Olympics top the news category
COVID-19 continued to gain the spotlight in the news category and interest in major global events and topics such as the Tokyo Olympics, black fungus, Afghanistan and West Bengal elections continued.
“People actively searched for important and relevant information such as how to register for a COVID vaccine, how to download vaccine certification, and how to raise oxygen levels among the top three ‘How to’ searches this year. ‘What’s in’ The category searches ranged from What is Black Fungus, What is Taliban, What is Remdesivir, and apparently academia to What is Factorial of Hundred?,” the company said in a statement.
Covid Vaccine and COWIN were largely in trend in 2021
With the massive interest around COVID-19 and vaccination, the launch of the world’s largest vaccination campaign in the world (in India) saw the discovery of COWIN and the COVID vaccine, providing information about vaccination options and their availability to people. It was too much to ask for.
In terms of games, Free Fire was the only gaming entry that made it to the overall trending list, thus, reflecting the massive popularity of the battle royale game.
In terms of the overall list of questions, cricket continued to dominate the charts in 2021, with the Indian Premier League and the ICC T20 World Cup taking the top spot. Interest centered further around football, with the Euro Cup, and the Copa America also included in the list. Another high point of the year was the remarkable performance of Indian players in the ‘Tokyo Olympics’.
Increased interest in regional cinema in 2021
According to the company, 2021 saw a strong interest in regional cinema, paving the way for Tamil blockbuster Jai Bheem, which topped the list of films, followed by Bollywood blockbuster Shershaah. Radhe and Bell Bottom were the other Hindi films that rose on the trending charts. Much awaited Hollywood movies like Godzilla vs Kong and Eternal have made it to the list of top trending movies of the year.
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