According to the 2020 search trends data released by Google, the most searched word by Indians on Google was IPL (Indian Premier League). The mega tournament was followed by coronavirus, which was the second most searched word according to the trend.
The IPL was supposed to take place from March 29 this year. But due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the IPL was postponed indefinitely. Cricket being like a religion in India, many were craving for the IPL to take place at some point in this year. People were constantly searching on Google about what time of the year will the IPL take place.
The IPL was played in the UAE from September 19-November 10
Finally, on September 19, the Indian Premier League was set to begin in the United Arab Emirates as the conditions in India were not suitable to host the IPL due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The IPL was a huge success as it gave a lot of relief to the people of India as well as many cricket fans around the world who were missing cricketing action for a long time.
People were also searching ways to boost their immunity and how to prepare the Dalgona coffee, which was a trend started on Instagram.
“The most interesting search terms were centered around ‘How to’ and ‘What is’ lists, reflecting society’s move to work from home and dealing with the pandemic,” Google said.
Internationally, the USA election was one of the most searched words on Google and Joe Biden was one of the big personalities that people were looking up to get more information about. The death of Kobe Bryant, who was a global basketball superstar, was also googled about.
Thus, Google showed that there were many searches related to the major events that happened in 2020 and the coronavirus topped it all around the world.
