What did people search most in 2020 on Google?

2020 can be called one of the most unexpected years for everyone including Tech-Giants. Offices and businesses across the globe started closing in-person operations from March to mutate the spread of the COVID-19. With that as expected the internet usage grew exponentially as a quarter of the world’s population was put under lockdown, and everyone relied on the internet for work, entertainment, and more.

As per the statista website in the month of March when the lockdown began, the data shows

• YEAR-OVER-YEAR INCREASE IN MONTHLY IN-HOME DATA USAGE BETWEEN MARCH 1-17, 2020 by 18%
• WEEKLY INCREASE IN DATA USAGE FOR ONLINE GAMING AS OF MARCH 19, 2020 by 75%
• INCREASE IN EDUCATION APP DOWNLOADS BETWEEN MARCH 2-16, 2020 by 1087%

Google released the list of top-10 keywords that were searched most during 2020

Global Searches
1) Coronavirus
2) Election results
3) Kobe Bryant
4) Zoom
5) IPL
6) India vs New Zealand
7) Coronavirus update
8) Coronavirus symptoms
9) Joe Biden
10) Google Classroom

India  
1) Indian Premier League
2) Coronavirus
3) US election results
4) PM Kisan Yojana
5) Bihar election results
6) Delhi election results
7) Dil Bechara
8) Joe Biden
9) Leap day
10) Arnab Goswami

How To..
Location: India
1) How to make paneer
2) How to increase immunity
3) How to make dalgona coffee
4) How to link PAN card with aadhaar card
5) How to make sanitizer at home
6) How to recharge fastag
7) How to prevent coronavirus
8) How to apply e-pass
9) How to make jalebi
10) How to make cake at home

What is..
Location: India
1) What is coronavirus
2) What is binod
3) What is plasma therapy
4) What is COVID-19
5) What is CAA
6) What is colon infection
7) What is solar eclipse
8) What is NRC
9) What is hantavirus
10) What is nepotism

Through-out the 2020 the most consistent searches were TikTok, Death, Vaccinee and Tesla Stock