Google has revealed the top search terms used in 2020. The top search globally was, of course, coronavirus – and that drove people to flock to Google search to make sense of the changes to their lives and adapt to new ways of living.

Others include US election, US president-elect, Joe Biden, Google Classroom, ASUU, Zoom Live, Rema and Naira Marley which were on the minds of Nigerian consumers this year, according to Google’s list of the top trending searches by Nigerians in 2020, released Wednesday morning.

These search trends don’t reflect the most-searched for words and phrases across Google, but rather those that saw high spikes in traffic over a sustained period of time during the year, as compared with 2019. This paints a more accurate picture of consumers’ changing interests during the year than Google’s top searches would.

The lists of top Global search trends had a similar set of results. The top trending queries in Nigeria were:

Searches

1) Coronavirus

2) US Election

3) Joe Biden

4) Google Classroom

5) ASUU

6) Zoom Live

7) Rema

8) Naira Marley

9) Rahama Sadau

10) Hushpuppi

People

1) Joe Biden

2) Rema

3) Naira Marley

4) Rahama Sadau

5) Hushpuppi

6) Laycon

7) Kamala Harris

8) Omah Lay

9) Maryam Sanda

10) Kai Havertz

Songs

1) Fem – Davido

2) Duduke – Simi

3) Bad – Xxxtentacion

4) Betty Butter – Mayorkun feat Davido

5) Ginger me – Rema

6) Woman – Rema

7) Wonderful – Burna Boy

8) Abule – Patoranking

9) Tesumole – Naira Marley

10) Holy Ground – Davido feat. Nicki Minaj

Actors

1) Rahama Sadau

2) Eniola Badmus

3) Erica Nlewedim

4) Funke Akindele

5) Olu Jacobs

6) Nengi Hampson

7) Desmond Elliot

8) Tom Hanks

9) Temi Otedola

10) Sydney Talker

Sports people

1) Kai Havertz

2) Bruno Fernandez

3) Timo Werner

4) Edouward Mendy

5) Thiago Silva

6) Ander Herrera

7) Edison Cavani

8) Alex Telles

9) Gabriel Magalhaes

10) Odion Ighalo

Questions

1) Who is the new President of the USA

2) When is school resuming

3) How to make hand sanitizer

4) Who is George Floyd

5) How to make face mask

6) Who is Joe Biden

7) Who is Laycon

8) How to make cake

9) Who is Aisha Yesufu

10) How to make bread

Lyrics

1) Xxxtentacion Bad Vibes Forever Lyrics

2) Duduke Lyrics

3) Fem Lyrics

4) Zoom Lyrics

5) Wap Lyrics

6) Holy Ground Lyrics

7) Betty Butter Lyrics

8) Nobody Lyrics

9) Sweet in the Middle Lyrics

10) Omah Lay Bad Influencer Lyrics

Movies / TV Shows

1) Money Heist

2) Big Brother Naija

3) Miracle in Cell no 7

4) Ultimate Love

5) Mulan

6) The Old Guard

7) 365 Days

8) Citation

9) Danger Force

10) Extraction

Passings

1) Kobe Bryant

2) Abba Kyari

3) Chadwick Boseman

4) George Floyd

5) Abiola Ajimobi

6) Majek Fashek

7) Ibidun Ighodalo

8) King Von

9) Jerry Rawlings

10) Naya Rivera

Recipes

1) Pornstar Martini recipe

2) Puff puff recipe

3) Pancake recipe

4) Red Velvet cake recipe

5) Meat Pie recipe

6) Chin Chin recipe

7) Bread recipe

8) Chocolate cake recipe

9) Oha soup recipe

10) Egusi soup recipe

In the U.S., Election results was the No. 1 top trending search, followed by Coronavirus. The PlayStation 5, Zoom and the names of several celebrities we tragically lost in 2020 also made the list.

In order, the top trending searches of 2020 were: Election results, Coronavirus, Kobe Bryant, Coronavirus update, Coronavirus symptoms, Zoom, who is winning the election, Chadwick Boseman and PlayStation 5.

The top trending News searches reflected similar trends, with Elections, the pandemic and other related impacts making the list. There was a lot of bad news in 2020, including natural disasters and the largest stock market crash since 1929 (the Coronavirus Crash), which made the list, too.

Google’s year-end search trends also highlighted top people, actors, politicians, athletes, musicians and losses of the year, with the U.S. No. 1s going to Joe Biden (top people search trend and politician search trend), Tom Hanks (who got COVID in 2020), Ryan Newman, Shakira and Kobe Bryant.

The year-end review also broke out other topics, like top trending TV shows, sports teams, songs, movies, games and more. The No.1s across these lists, in order, included the Netflix viral hit, “Tiger King,” the Boston Celtics, “WAP,” “Parasite” and Among Us.

Globally, many of the top trends remained the same, with Coronavirus, Election results, Kobe Bryant, Zoom and IPL as top search trends. Meanwhile, the Coronavirus, Election results, Iran, Beirut and Hantavirus were top trending News searches.

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