From IPL to Aryan Khan: What Indians searched most on Google in 2021
With the year coming to an end, Google revealed the top searches by Indians in 2021 includes sports, news, entertainment among other categories.
New Delhi: The year 2021 has been a year full of twists and turns and it’s just a few days away to come to an end. Like every year, social media platforms are revealing their year-ender lists about what people talked about and searched the most. Google released a video on its official YouTube channel on Thursday featuring the top searches. The listing revealed that the Indians searched most about sports, news, entertainment, personalities among others.
Cricket and disease are the most searched topics of 2021. Among all searches on Google, cricket took the top position. Other searches were mostly related to the pandemic, due to the devastating Covid-19 second wave. Indians also showed interest in football and googled words like Euro Cup and Copa America.
The top five searches namely Indian Premier League, COWIN, ICC T20 World Cup, Euro Cup, and Tokyo Olympics. COWIN and Covid vaccine were the trending topics considering the commencement of the world’s largest vaccination drive. The 9th and the 10th place were occupied by Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra and Aryan Khan, son of Shahrukh Khan due to his involvement in drugs case, respectively.
Top searches made by Indians in 2021:
- Indian Premier League (IPL)
- Cowin
- ICC T20 World Cup
- Euro Cup
- Tokyo Olympics
- COVID vaccine
- Free Fire redeem code
- Copa America
- Neeraj Chopra
- Aryan Khan
The severity of the Covid-19 pandemic on April-May 2021 made Indians search about vaccines, Covid tests, Covid hospitals, oxygen cylinders near them.
Top 10 ‘Near Me’ searches Indias googled for in 2021:
- COVID vaccine near me
- COVID test near me
- Food delivery near me
- Oxygen cylinder near me
- Covid hospital near me
- Tiffin service near me
- CT scan near me
- Takeout restaurants near me
- Fastag near me
- Driving school near me
A lot of people also searched their query about how to register for the Covid-19 vaccine in India, how to download the vaccine certificate from COWIN, and how to increase oxygen level for a Covid patient.
India’s top ‘How to’ searches in 2021
- How to register for the COVID-19 vaccine
- How to download vaccination certificate
- How to increase the oxygen level
- How to link PAN with AADHAAR
- How to make oxygen at home
- How to buy dogecoin in India
- How to make banana bread
- How to check IPO allotment status
- How to invest in bitcoin
- How to calculate the percentage of marks
Top ‘What is’ searches in 2021:
- What is black fungus
- What is the factorial of hundred
- What is Taliban
- What is happening in Afghanistan
- What is remdesivir
- What is the square root of 4
- What is steroid
- What is toolkit
- What is Squid Game
- What is delta plus variant