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According to Google TrendsThe most searched topic in India in 2022 was the Indian Premier League (IPL). It was also the most searched word in India in 2021 and 2020. Globally, IPL was the 10th most searched term this year. In fact, globally, four out of the top 10 searched topics included cricket. Three of these were bilateral series involving India – India vs England, India vs South Africa and India vs West Indies.
This is not surprising given India’s population advantage. The only other country with a comparable population – China – was left out of the equation because Google is blocked in that country. Trends are measured at the country level, as the locations with the highest search volume will always rank highest otherwise. Yet, as global trends consider all Google users, data from India is bound to skew the data, as is evident from the results. For example, in the US, neither the IPL nor any other cricket-related news feature in the top 10; Wordle was the most searched word in 2022. Incidentally, given that Wordle was the most searched item globally this year, there was a huge interest in it in India as well.
Along with IPL, other sporting events such as Asia Cup, FIFA World Cup, ICC T20 World Cup, Commonwealth Games and Indian Super League (ISL) were also among the top 10 items searched in India. These sports-related searches were limited to the days the event was on. The IPL and ISL had a longer shelf life than other sporting events, given their relatively long schedules.
movies Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva And KGF: Chapter 2 – The other two terms were most searched in India. Other movies that were not part of the top 10 overall searches, but were included in the top 10 movie-related searches The Kashmir Files, RRR, Kantara, Pushpa: The Rise, Vikram, Lal Singh Chadha, Drishyam 2 And thor: love and thunder,
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chart 1 Shows the most searched words by Indians in 2022. The darker the shade, the higher the popularity of the topic/trend at the time. The darkest color represents the peak popularity of a search term this year. The lightest shade corresponds to almost no searches for that term on a given date. The topics are arranged chronologically based on their highest popularity, and the number indicates the overall popularity rank.
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former BJP national spokesperson Nupur Sharma; Draupadi Murmu, President; And UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was the most searched personality. Lalit Modi and Sushmita Sen were also part of the list.
‘What is Agneepath Yojana’, ‘What is NATO’ and ‘What is NFT’ were the top searches under the ‘What’s’ category. ‘How to Download Vaccination Certificate’ and ‘How to Download Professional Tax Enrollment Certificate’ were the top searches under the ‘How To’ category. Paneer Pasanda, Modak and Chicken Soup were the most searched dishes this year. ‘Covid vaccines near me’, ‘swimming pool near me’, and ‘water park near me’ were the top searches under the ‘near me’ category. Table 2 Lists the 10 most searched topics in India in 2022 under one category.
Source: Google Trends
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