In 2022, Wordle was the most popular Google search in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Spain. By contrast, in Germany and Italy, Ukraine was the most popular search on Google. In Brazil, Google users were interested the most in the 2022 elections.

Wordle!

Launched in October 2021 and purchased by the New York Times in January 2022, Wordle is an online game where players can play only once a day and have to guess a five-letter word in six tries. The game became an instant hit, with a surge of daily users at the beginning of the year. For instance, it was one of the most popular iPhone apps in the United States, being played mostly by millennials. Also in the United Kingdom, the game gained in popularity, with most players using the app every day.

Google search

As the leading search engine in many countries, Google is the most visited multi-platform web property. Indeed, most of Google's revenues come from Google properties, which include the search platform, the traffic generated by search distribution partners using Google.com as their default search in browsers, and the advertising on its own sites.

As of June 2024, global Google searches for the word "ChatGPT" increased again after a slight decline by the end of 2024. Interest in the chatbot, developed by the U.S.-based OpenAI and launched in November 2022, started rising in the week ending December 3, 2022. Recently, growing demand for information on ChatGPT made the keyword hit a peak of 100 index points during the week ending on June 2, 2024. ChatGPT, which stands for Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer, is a chatbot and AI-powered auto-generative text system able to give human-sounding replies and reproduce human-like interactions when prompted.

In the six months ending March 2024, the United States accounted for 26.95 percent of traffic to the online search website Google.com. India was ranked second, accounting for 4.52 percent of web visits to the platform, with Brazil coming in third place with 4.35 percent.

Google Search Trends: Online Training: Udemy data was reported at 7.000 Score in 20 Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.000 Score for 19 Mar 2025. Google Search Trends: Online Training: Udemy data is updated daily, averaging 0.000 Score from Dec 2021 (Median) to 20 Mar 2025, with 1206 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 100.000 Score in 10 Aug 2024 and a record low of 0.000 Score in 19 Mar 2025. Google Search Trends: Online Training: Udemy data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Google Trends. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Laos – Table LA.Google.GT: Google Search Trends: by Categories.

Google Search Trends: Online Classroom: Zoom data was reported at 1.000 Score in 24 Nov 2024. This stayed constant from the previous number of 1.000 Score for 23 Nov 2024. Google Search Trends: Online Classroom: Zoom data is updated daily, averaging 0.000 Score from Dec 2021 (Median) to 24 Nov 2024, with 1090 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.000 Score in 21 Apr 2023 and a record low of 0.000 Score in 10 Nov 2024. Google Search Trends: Online Classroom: Zoom data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Google Trends. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bulgaria – Table BG.Google.GT: Google Search Trends: by Categories.

In 2024, "Google" was the most popular search query on Google. "You" ranked second, scoring an index value of 79 points. "YouTube" ranked third with an index value of 76 points relative to the top query, while "Facebook" ranked fifth, with an index value of 62.

Google Search Trends: Jobs Searching: LinkedIn data was reported at 18.000 Score in 21 Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 12.000 Score for 20 Mar 2025. Google Search Trends: Jobs Searching: LinkedIn data is updated daily, averaging 0.000 Score from Dec 2021 (Median) to 21 Mar 2025, with 1207 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 100.000 Score in 15 Dec 2022 and a record low of 0.000 Score in 09 Mar 2025. Google Search Trends: Jobs Searching: LinkedIn data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Google Trends. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Saint Lucia – Table LC.Google.GT: Google Search Trends: by Categories.

Google Search Trends: Online Games: Call of Duty data was reported at 0.000 Score in 20 Mar 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 Score for 19 Mar 2025. Google Search Trends: Online Games: Call of Duty data is updated daily, averaging 0.000 Score from Dec 2021 (Median) to 20 Mar 2025, with 1206 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 74.000 Score in 28 May 2022 and a record low of 0.000 Score in 20 Mar 2025. Google Search Trends: Online Games: Call of Duty data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Google Trends. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ethiopia – Table ET.Google.GT: Google Search Trends: by Categories.

China Google Search Trends: Online Shopping: Tmall data was reported at 7.000 Score in 18 Mar 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 7.000 Score for 17 Mar 2025. China Google Search Trends: Online Shopping: Tmall data is updated daily, averaging 0.000 Score from Dec 2021 (Median) to 18 Mar 2025, with 1204 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 70.000 Score in 22 Jan 2023 and a record low of 0.000 Score in 06 Mar 2025. China Google Search Trends: Online Shopping: Tmall data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Google Trends. The data is categorized under Global Database’s China – Table CN.Google.GT: Google Search Trends: by Categories.

Azerbaijan Google Search Trends: Economic Measures: Unemployment data was reported at 25.000 Score in 27 Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 15.000 Score for 26 Feb 2025. Azerbaijan Google Search Trends: Economic Measures: Unemployment data is updated daily, averaging 0.000 Score from Dec 2021 (Median) to 27 Feb 2025, with 1185 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 100.000 Score in 20 Feb 2023 and a record low of 0.000 Score in 15 Feb 2025. Azerbaijan Google Search Trends: Economic Measures: Unemployment data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Google Trends. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Azerbaijan – Table AZ.Google.GT: Google Search Trends: by Categories.

As of January 2025, online search engine Bing accounted for 12.23 percent of the global desktop search market, while market leader Google had a share of around 78.83 percent. Meanwhile, Yahoo's market share was 3.07 percent. Google in the global market Ever since the introduction of Google Search in 1997, the company has dominated the search engine market, while the shares of all other tools has been rather lopsided. The majority of Google revenues are generated through advertising. Its parent corporation, Alphabet, was one of the biggest internet companies worldwide as of 2023, with a market capitalization of 1,6 trillion U.S. dollars. The company has also expanded its services to mail, productivity tools, enterprise products, mobile devices, and other ventures. As a result, Google earned one of the highest tech company revenues in 2023 with roughly 305.6 billion U.S. dollars. Search engine usage in different countries Google is the most frequently used search engine worldwide. But in some countries, its’ alternatives are leading or competing with it to some extent. As of the last quarter of 2023, more than 63 percent of internet users in Russia used Yandex, whereas Google users were nearly 36 percent. Meanwhile, Baidu was the most used search engine in China, despite a strong percentage decrease of internet users in the country accessing it. In other countries, like Japan and Mexico, people tend to use Yahoo along with Google. In the first quarter of 2022 nearly 56 percent of the respondents in Japan said that they had used Yahoo in the past four weeks. In the same year, over 27 percent of users in Mexico said they used Yahoo. Another search engine, Bing, operated by Microsoft, was the second most popular search engine in the United Kingdom after Google.

Google Search Trends: Computer & Electronics: Apple data was reported at 22.000 Score in 20 Mar 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 23.000 Score for 19 Mar 2025. Google Search Trends: Computer & Electronics: Apple data is updated daily, averaging 21.000 Score from Dec 2021 (Median) to 20 Mar 2025, with 1206 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 89.000 Score in 14 Jan 2023 and a record low of 0.000 Score in 22 Jun 2023. Google Search Trends: Computer & Electronics: Apple data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Google Trends. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Costa Rica – Table CR.Google.GT: Google Search Trends: by Categories.

Google is not only popular in its home country but is also the dominant internet search provider in many major online markets, frequently generating almost 80 percent of desktop search traffic. The search engine giant has a market share of over 90 percent in India and accounted for the majority of the global search engine market, ahead of other competitors such as Yahoo, Bing, Yandex, and Baidu. Google’s online dominance All roads lead to Rome, or if you are browsing the internet, all roads lead to Google. It is hard to imagine an online experience without the online behemoth, as the company offers a wide range of online products and services that all seamlessly integrate with each other. Google search and advertising are the core products of the company, accounting for the vast majority of the company revenues. When adding this up with the Chrome browser, Gmail, Google Maps, YouTube, Google’s ownership of the Android mobile operating system, and various other consumer and enterprise services, Google is basically a one-stop shop for online needs. Google anti-trust rulings However, Google’s dominance of the search market is not always welcome and is keenly watched by authorities and industry watchdogs – since 2017, the EU commission has fined Google over 8 billion euros in antitrust fines for abusing its monopoly in online advertising. In March 2019, European Commission found that Google violated antitrust regulations by imposing contractual restrictions on third-party websites in order to make them less competitive and fined the company 1.7 billion euros.

United States Google Search Trends: Government Measures: Government Subsidy data was reported at 0.000 Score in 06 Mar 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 Score for 05 Mar 2025. United States Google Search Trends: Government Measures: Government Subsidy data is updated daily, averaging 0.000 Score from Dec 2021 (Median) to 06 Mar 2025, with 1192 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 Score in 06 Mar 2025 and a record low of 0.000 Score in 06 Mar 2025. United States Google Search Trends: Government Measures: Government Subsidy data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Google Trends. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.Google.GT: Google Search Trends: by Categories.

Google Search Trends: Economic Measures: Unemployment data was reported at 46.000 Score in 19 Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 42.000 Score for 18 Mar 2025. Google Search Trends: Economic Measures: Unemployment data is updated daily, averaging 24.000 Score from Dec 2021 (Median) to 19 Mar 2025, with 1205 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 100.000 Score in 03 Dec 2024 and a record low of 0.000 Score in 03 Mar 2025. Google Search Trends: Economic Measures: Unemployment data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Google Trends. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bulgaria – Table BG.Google.GT: Google Search Trends: by Categories.

In 2020, nearly two-thirds of Google searches were zero-click searches. Out of the remaining 35 percent, 33.59 percent resulted in clicks on organic search results and 1.59 percent in paid search results.

Libya Google Search Trends: Economic Measures: Short-Time Working data was reported at 0.000 Score in 18 Mar 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 Score for 17 Mar 2025. Libya Google Search Trends: Economic Measures: Short-Time Working data is updated daily, averaging 0.000 Score from Dec 2021 (Median) to 18 Mar 2025, with 1204 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 83.000 Score in 21 Feb 2025 and a record low of 0.000 Score in 18 Mar 2025. Libya Google Search Trends: Economic Measures: Short-Time Working data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Google Trends. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Libya – Table LY.Google.GT: Google Search Trends: by Categories.

As of June 2024, global searches for the keyword "AI-powered search" experienced a relative increase since November of the previous year. Despite peaking in popularity by the end of October 2023, hitting a score of 100 index points, interest in the trend set by chatbots performing online searches dropped in the following months but became steadier throughout the first half of 2024.

Kyrgyzstan Google Search Trends: Jobs Searching: Indeed data was reported at 0.000 Score in 19 Mar 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 Score for 18 Mar 2025. Kyrgyzstan Google Search Trends: Jobs Searching: Indeed data is updated daily, averaging 0.000 Score from Dec 2021 (Median) to 19 Mar 2025, with 1205 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 96.000 Score in 20 Oct 2024 and a record low of 0.000 Score in 19 Mar 2025. Kyrgyzstan Google Search Trends: Jobs Searching: Indeed data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Google Trends. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kyrgyzstan – Table KG.Google.GT: Google Search Trends: by Categories.

Google Search Trends: Jobs Searching: Indeed data was reported at 2.000 Score in 06 Mar 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 2.000 Score for 05 Mar 2025. Google Search Trends: Jobs Searching: Indeed data is updated daily, averaging 0.000 Score from Dec 2021 (Median) to 06 Mar 2025, with 1192 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 40.000 Score in 04 Jan 2022 and a record low of 0.000 Score in 22 Feb 2025. Google Search Trends: Jobs Searching: Indeed data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Google Trends. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bulgaria – Table BG.Google.GT: Google Search Trends: by Categories.