Most Searched Words, Topics on Google 2021

Korean drama Squid Game and American Actor Alec Baldwin made the list of the most searched Topics on Google in 2021.

Sport aroused a wide interest, as the most searched eight terms in the world which are Cricket, NBA, the professional basketball league in North America, and international competitions for Football, such as EURO 2021 and Copa América.

Squid Game, which was a phenomenon on Netflix platform, ranked the ninth on the list.

The South Korean drama is about a group of people participating in a game for surviving until the end in order to win a huge amount of money. The drama attracted more than 142 million subscribers to Netflix at the end of October, just a month after its launch.

Public figures

American Actor Alec Baldwin has made the most searched character on Google this year after shooting a cinematographer by mistake during the filming of “Rust” the Western movie in October.

The actor was ahead of American Kyle Rittenhouse who finally became guiltless after killing two people during an anti-racism demonstration in Wisconsin, USA last year.

Topics

In the “Events” category, Afghanistan, which Taliban regained control over it in Augustus, and anti-vaccines for COVID-19, were the most searched topics on Google in 2021.

The internet users were very much interested in some stocks, which were the focus of speculative campaigns in the stock market, including stocks in video games stores “GameStop,” or AMC Theatres, as well as Cryptocurrencies such as “Dogecoin” and “Ethereum.”

Deaths

In the “Deaths” category, American rapper DMx, and vlogger Gabby Petito who was killed in mysterious circumstances, and Prince Philip, the husband of Elizabeth II, were the most searched topics on Google.

As for 2020, Questions related to Covid-19 pandemic captured a big interest by Google users. This year, searches related to vaccines officially surpassed those related to diagnostic tests.

Under the outbreak of COVID-19, 2021 have come with a common search term that reflects the modern inpidual and it is called “Doomscrolling;” it means an act of spending an excessive amount of screen time devoted to the absorption of negative news. The term started being common in January.

Year 2021 has witnessed searches for “How to maintain mental health,” and “a way for recovery.”

The Google users also have searched for how to become one’s own manager at work, new opportunities for leading business, and how to get a job.

The interview of British Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle topped the list of the most searched interviews by users in the history of Google all over the world.

Contributed by Israa Farhan