New Delhi, December 08, 2021: Cricket remains India’s first love. two waves of global pandemicThe country’s love for the sport, including the disastrous second wave, seems to have not changed. Cricket topped the charts this year with the Indian Premier League (IPL) and ICC T20 World Cup filling the top spot in the overall list of questions. Google India’s ‘Year in Search’ result for the year. Like every year Google’sYear 2021 in search‘ Represents the year’s top search trends in the country and in 70 other countries. According to Google, “‘Year in Search’ provides a unique perspective on the most trending moments in news, sports, entertainment, and the many ways people turned to Google Search, to ask questions that helped people helped to stabilize itself in 2021.”
India Google for whom in 2021?
While cricket continued to top the charts this year, interest centered further around football, with the Euro Cup and Copa America on the list. Another high point of the year was the remarkable performance of the Indian players in the ‘Competition’.Tokyo Olympics, world’s biggest opening vaccination campaign The search for COWIN and Covid vaccines was going on in the world largely as people sought information about vaccination options and their availability. Free Fire was the only gaming entry that made it to the overall trending list, reflecting the massive popularity of the battle royale game.
most searched people
Neeraj Chopra entered the top of the personality list with his history-making performance at the Tokyo Olympics. Neeraj is India’s first gold medalist in athletics. After that increased interest in Aryan Khan and got second place. Tesla founder and prolific social media personality Elon Musk has also been included in the list along with page three celebrities like Vicky Kaushal, Shehnaaz Gill and Raj Kundra.
Covid ruled out ‘near me’ searches
The ‘near me’ searches this year were particularly suggestive for the year in which Covid Vaccines, Covid Trials, Covid Hospitals were filling up the top slots. The search for oxygen cylinders and CT scans also saw a boom as people battled the tide of the pandemic during the year. Besides this, questions were also raised on food delivery, tiffin services and takeout restaurants looking to ride out the intermittent lockdown.
Regional Cinema and Hollywood Top Trends with Bollywood
2021 also saw keen interest in regional cinema, paving the way for Tamil blockbuster Jai Bheem to top the cinema list, followed by Bollywood blockbuster Shershaah. Radhe, and Bell Bottom were 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.
‘What’s there’ and ‘How to’ both show the pain of Kovid
While news around COVID-19 remained in the headlines, interest in major global events and topics such as the Tokyo Olympics, black fungus, Afghanistan and West Bengal elections remained. People actively searched for important and relevant information, such as how to register for a COVID vaccine, how to download a vaccine certification, and how to raise oxygen levels, which are among the top three ‘How To’ searches this year. The searches in the ‘what is’ category range from what is black fungus, what is talin, what is remdesivir, and apparently academia to the factorial of the hundred?
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