It’s certainly fair to say 2020 has been an extraordinary year which started with terrifying bushfires followed by a global pandemic that kept us locked down working and learning from home. And naturally we turned to Google to search for answers.
Google’s top searches for 2020 show some remarkable trends, events, people along with food and current affairs.
With the year nearly at an end, Google has released its list of top searches which accurately track what we went through this year and what we were curious about.
The year started off with smoky skies as Australia was ravaged by bushfires.
A common search term at this time of year was “fires near me” as well as checks for air quality.
But it wasn’t long before a little virus called COVID-19 shutdown the world and forced us into lockdown and on the hunt for toilet paper, face masks and hand sanitizer.
And as a result stores and offices were shut down and jobs were lost before people frantically applied for Centrelink and job keeper.
Australians were curious about how to make their own sanitary products including hand sanitizer which turned out to be the most searched for recipe.
And because we weren’t eating out, we had to cook for ourselves with spaghetti bolognese and beef stroganoff featured as the top trending recipes.
Overall Searches:
- US election
- Coronavirus
- NBA
- Zoom
- Coronavirus symptoms
- Kobe Bryant
- Weather tomorrow
- Fires near me
- Coronavirus Victoria
- Trump vs Biden
News topics:
- US election
- Coronavirus
- Fires near me
- Coronavirus Victoria
- Toilet paper
- NSW fires
- Qantas share price
- Air quality Melbourne
- Beirut explosion
- NSW coronavirus
Australian public figures:
- Dani Laidley
- Celeste Barber
- Gladys Berejiklian
- George Pell
- Quaden Bayles
- Pete Evans
- Nicola Gobbo
- Peter Dutton
- Richard Pusey
- Ben Cousins
Global public figures:
- Joe Biden
- Kim Jong Un
- Boris Johnson
- Kamala Harris
- Tom Hanks
- Kanye West
- Joe Exotic
- Donald Trump
- Prince Harry
- Carole Baskin
Loss:
- Kobe Bryant
- Naya Rivera
- Chadwick Boseman
- George Floyd
- Sean Connery
- Caroline Flack
- Kelly Preston
- Kenny Rogers
- Sushant Singh Rajput
- Shane Tuck
Sport:
- NBA
- EPL
- State of Origin 2020
- Champions League
- IPL
- French Open
- ATP Cup
- Australia vs New Zealand
- Tennis Australian Open
- AFL scores
Recipe
- Hand sanitizer
- Sourdough bread
- Beef Stroganoff
- Spaghetti bolognese
- Donut
- Crumpet
- Macaron
- Anzac cookie
- Banana bread
- Dalgona coffee
How to….?
- How to make hand sanitizer
- How to make a face mask
- How to use Zoom
- How to get tested for coronavirus
- How to make bread
- How to make self raising flour
- How to apply for Centrelink
- How to buy shares
- How to apply for JobKeeper
- How to make whipped coffee
DIY
- DIY hand sanitiser
- DIY face mask pattern
- DIY neck hammock
- DIY ventilator
- DIY foot scrub
- DIY fire pit area
- DIY toilet paper
- DIY pottery kit
- DIY antibacterial wipes
- DIY scrunchie holder
Definitions
- COVID
- Pandemic
- Branch stacking
- Stimulus package
- Stand down
- Portmanteau
- BIPOC
- Barre
- Lockdown
- Karen
Goods and giving:
- Where to buy face masks
- Buy toilet paper online
- Buy from the bush
- Buy Ps5
- Buy Aussie now
- Where to buy hand sanitizer
- Buy isopropyl alcohol
- Buy a bale
- Buy Xbox Series X
- Buy dumbbells
‘Can I….?’
1.Where can I buy toilet paper
- Where can I buy hand sanitiser
- Where can I get tested for coronavirus
- Can I access my super
- How many people can I have in my house
- When can I access my super
- Can I go fishing in NSW
- How much can I borrow home loan
- How far can I travel in QLD
- Can I leave Australia
