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.

In 2025, “Google” was the most searched term on Google worldwide. “YouTube” ranked second, recording an index value of 79 points. That same year, “ChatGPT” and “GPT” entered the ranking for the first time, with index values of 27 and 18 points, respectively.

I scraped data from Google Trends relating to serach queries of the virus 'Coronavirus' and 'COVID-19'. This is based on several research articles showing that google trends has the potential to help with the prediction and detection of disease outbreaks, such as the 2015 Zika outbreak, Influenza and Dengue fever. Other search queries such as the symptoms of the virus can in turn be used to make predictions as they should be correlated with people feeling unwell and presenting with symptoms as well as physician visits. I have not yet scraped the data for search queries for symptoms keywords, but would highly encourage someone else to do it!

Values are calculated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 100 is the location with the most popularity as a fraction of total searches in that location, a value of 50 indicates a location which is half as popular. A value of 0 indicates a location where there was not enough data for this term. Note: A higher value means a higher proportion of all queries, not a higher absolute query count. So a tiny country where 80% of the queries are for "covid19" will get twice the score of a giant country where only 40% of the queries are for "covid19".

UPDATED: Keywords 'lockdown', 'symptoms of coronavirus', 'social distancing'

As of October 2025, Google represented ***** percent of the global online search engine referrals on desktop devices. Despite being much ahead of its competitors, this represents a modest increase from the previous months. Meanwhile, its longtime competitor Bing accounted for ***** percent, as tools like Yahoo and Yandex held shares of over **** percent and **** percent respectively. Google and the global search 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 2024, with a market capitalization of **** 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 2024 with roughly ****** 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 ** percent of internet users in Russia used Yandex, whereas Google users represented little over ** percent. Meanwhile, Baidu was the most used search engine in China, despite a strong decrease in the percentage of internet users in the country accessing it. In other countries, like Japan and Mexico, people tend to use Yahoo along with Google. By the end of 2024, nearly half of the respondents in Japan said that they had used Yahoo in the past four weeks. In the same year, over ** percent of users in Mexico said they used Yahoo.

As of February 2025, several search terms were googled especially actively by German internet users. Among these, the leading three were ‘handball wm’ (handball championship), ‘australian open 2025’ and ‘handball wm 2025’. The terms reflect events, certain dates and ensuing media coverage taking place at the time, in this case about the handball championship and the Australian Open tennis tournament. Always searching Daily life seems unthinkable without using an online search engine, whether for longer research or quickly checking something, or even just to avoid setting bookmarks, typing in URLs. Google has by far the highest share among online search engines used on desktop and mobile devices at almost 90 percent of searches done on Google, followed by Bing and Ecosia. While DuckDuckGo was further down on the list, its market share has been rising in Germany. Google may still have a substantial head start compared to its competitors, but users are increasingly apprehensive about data privacy and protection in connection with how the online search giant uses and stores personal information, as well as tracks search queries. Searching for Trees Ecosia is an environmentally friendly search engine with a unique business model that sets it apart from other search engines. It uses the revenue from search ads to plant trees worldwide and support reforestation projects. Every time a user performs a search on Ecosia, they indirectly contribute to reforestation, as one tree is planted for every 45 searches.The search engine market share held by Ecosia has been growing in recent years, especially in Germany where the company is based, and in other countries in Europe. Ecosia, similarly to other alternative search engines (e.g. DuckDuckGo), uses Bing to power its results.

Google Search Trends: Online Movie: Pornhub data was reported at 9.000 Score in 30 Nov 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 10.000 Score for 29 Nov 2025. Google Search Trends: Online Movie: Pornhub data is updated daily, averaging 9.000 Score from Dec 2021 (Median) to 30 Nov 2025, with 1461 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 62.000 Score in 12 Jun 2022 and a record low of 0.000 Score in 24 Oct 2025. Google Search Trends: Online Movie: Pornhub data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Google Trends. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.Google.GT: Google Search Trends: by Categories.

According to Google search data, from July 2024 and June 2025 the most frequently searched queries in India were “video” and “WhatsApp". These popular searches highlight key content consumption patterns in the country. The strong interest in video-related queries aligns with the fact that video-sharing platforms account for the largest share of monthly social network users in this country. Optimization of video streaming Not surprisingly, video content is witnessing exponential growth in recent years. It is evident in the fact that video streaming accounts for a major share of online mobile traffic across the nation. Recent trends suggest an increase in consumption of video over graphic or text content. Hence, a sound implementation of SEO in videos has become a necessity for a successful content creating channel. One of the major optimization strategies is to cater to the demographic of the nation, which incorporates efficient description, headline, and tag implementation. Keyword search trends Searches related to local preferences are gaining momentum, rendering local SEO invaluable to promoting visibility of the content. Phrases like “near me” and “close to me” have witnessed a significant increase in their frequency of appearances in queries. Since the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the latter part of 2020 has seen a significant rise in the usage of queries related to the pandemic. This is testament to the influence of recent events on keywords and optimized phrases for improved channel visibility.

Recent research suggests that search volumes of the most popular search engine worldwide, Google, provided via Google Trends, could be associated with national suicide rates in the USA, UK, and some Asian countries. However, search volumes have mostly been studied in an ad hoc fashion, without controls for spurious associations. This study evaluated the validity and utility of Google Trends search volumes for behavioral forecasting of suicide rates in the USA, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Suicide-related search terms were systematically collected and respective Google Trends search volumes evaluated for availability. Time spans covered 2004 to 2010 (USA, Switzerland) and 2004 to 2012 (Germany, Austria). Temporal associations of search volumes and suicide rates were investigated with time-series analyses that rigorously controlled for spurious associations. The number and reliability of analyzable search volume data increased with country size. Search volumes showed various temporal associations with suicide rates. However, associations differed both across and within countries and mostly followed no discernable patterns. The total number of significant associations roughly matched the number of expected Type I errors. These results suggest that the validity of Google Trends search volumes for behavioral forecasting of national suicide rates is low. The utility and validity of search volumes for the forecasting of suicide rates depend on two key assumptions (“the population that conducts searches consists mostly of individuals with suicidal ideation”, “suicide-related search behavior is strongly linked with suicidal behavior”). We discuss strands of evidence that these two assumptions are likely not met. Implications for future research with Google Trends in the context of suicide research are also discussed.

During my tenure at Microsoft, I was often tasked with performing extensive Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) on some historical data. One major challenge we data analysts encountered was the difficulty in understanding the significance of specific events from several months or even years prior. Although we could employ various filtering mechanisms to sift through news articles, it was still a challenge to gauge whether a subject was a trending topic at that time.

To address this, I developed a Python-based web scraping utility. This tool captures the top 20 search results from various countries—specifically the US, UK, Germany (DE), France (FR), Netherlands (NL), Italy (IT), and Australia (AUS)—and stores them in my personal SQL database.

It's worth noting that there are gaps in the collected data, owing to a range of unforeseen circumstances such as power outages, residential moves, and server maintenance among others.

You are welcome to use this dataset for various types of analysis. For example, you could examine how long public sentiment around a particular event, like the outbreak of the Ukrainian War, remains prevalent in a specific country, like the United States.

I plan to update this dataset on a monthly basis and will also release past datasets for further scrutiny.

Tanzania Google Search Trends: Online Movie: YouTube data was reported at 29.000 Score in 30 Nov 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 32.000 Score for 29 Nov 2025. Tanzania Google Search Trends: Online Movie: YouTube data is updated daily, averaging 76.000 Score from Dec 2021 (Median) to 30 Nov 2025, with 1461 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 100.000 Score in 31 Oct 2025 and a record low of 0.000 Score in 31 Oct 2022. Tanzania Google Search Trends: Online Movie: YouTube data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Google Trends. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Tanzania – Table TZ.Google.GT: Google Search Trends: by Categories.

Alternative search engine DuckDuckGo's worldwide market share has steadily increased from July 2019 to January 2025 – the largest surge being in the United States, which surpassed the search engine’s growth in all other regions. Here, an increased uptake began roughly around the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, continuing in the months leading up to the US elections and beyond, but later running a bit lower than three percent in since January 2023. Ecosia - the more popular alternative in Europe While Google is still the market leader by a long shot when it comes to search engines in the United States - where DuckDuckGo is also based, consumer trust in big tech has been waning and more are seeking out privacy-based alternatives. In Europe, Ecosia is the more popular option and has seen steady growth particularly in Germany and France. Despite not having privacy as its main selling point, the German-based company invests its profits into tree-planting and reforestation projects. Americans’ waning trust in the government The onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic caught most governments off-guard, invoking a host of different responses and approaches across the globe. In the United States, overall trust in the government to deal appropriately with the pandemic fell by approximately 20 percent in the period between February 2020 and January 2021. In fact, among the various institutions of authority, Americans had the least trust in the government – even less than that towards the European Union. Conversely, the United Nations commanded the most public trust. As the COVID vaccination rollout continues across the country, young Americans aged 18 to 24 are also the most skeptical when it comes to the idea of vaccination passports for travel, with approximately 41 percent in support of the measure.

Are you looking to identify B2B leads to promote your business, product, or service? Outscraper Google Maps Scraper might just be the tool you've been searching for. This powerful software enables you to extract business data directly from Google's extensive database, which spans millions of businesses across countless industries worldwide.

Outscraper Google Maps Scraper is a tool built with advanced technology that lets you scrape a myriad of valuable information about businesses from Google's database. This information includes but is not limited to, business names, addresses, contact information, website URLs, reviews, ratings, and operational hours.

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In a world that's growing increasingly data-driven, utilizing a tool like Outscraper Google Maps Scraper could be instrumental to your business' success. If you're looking to get ahead in your market and find B2B leads in a more efficient and precise manner, Outscraper is worth considering. It streamlines the data collection process, allowing you to focus on what truly matters – using the data to grow your business.

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As a result of the Google Maps scraping, your data file will contain the following details:

Query Name Site Type Subtypes Category Phone Full Address Borough Street City Postal Code State Us State Country Country Code Latitude Longitude Time Zone Plus Code Rating Reviews Reviews Link Reviews Per Scores Photos Count Photo Street View Working Hours Working Hours Old Format Popular Times Business Status About Range Posts Verified Owner ID Owner Title Owner Link Reservation Links Booking Appointment Link Menu Link Order Links Location Link Place ID Google ID Reviews ID

If you want to enrich your datasets with social media accounts and many more details you could combine Google Maps Scraper with Domain Contact Scraper.

Domain Contact Scraper can scrape these details:

Email Facebook Github Instagram Linkedin Phone Twitter Youtube

Context

The Event I wanted to analyze if there is a relationship between the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Personal Data in terms of web search in specific periods. To do so, I used Google Trends Statistics. I made my comparisons by using world wide web searches for the topics of GPDR and Personal Data. I looked for worldwide web searches. Because in Google Trends, one can go to one country at a time. Meaning, one can only look for one country for her/his research in each data collection. I used Law & Government as a category for one independent variable.

Content

Given both statements for GPDR and Personal Data, one can understand GDPR acknowledges fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons, and also this law acknowledges the freedom of personal data. We can evaluate from this sentence GDPR does not restrict the movement of personal data, it allows movement of personal data by protecting natural persons’ rights. Since topics of data protection, personal data, and the laws related to these two terms are unfamiliar to many people, it would be interesting to analyze the public’s searches on Google Trends. One can find a powerful correlation if her/his researches contain fresh topics. Also, academically shedding light on untouched fields is always expected from the scholars.

Inspiration

GDPR has been enacted on 27 April 2016. From that date, the movement of personal data has been regulated. Controllers who process personal data need to follow GDPR’s regulations. But as a natural person, one might not know what she/he needs to do. Also, not everyone has the privilege to go to lawyers. So, a simple Google search could be an expected outcome for most people. Given that explanation, I wanted to analyze if there is a relationship between GDPR and Personal Data topics on web searches. I proved that GDPR has affected Personal Data searches on Google Trends. My purpose for this project is to shed a light on data protection laws' affection for our lives. It is a new regulation. As data subjects, we should learn our fundamental rights.

Iran Google Search Trends: Online Shopping: Costco data was reported at 0.000 Score in 12 Nov 2022. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 Score for 11 Nov 2022. Iran Google Search Trends: Online Shopping: Costco data is updated daily, averaging 0.000 Score from Dec 2021 (Median) to 12 Nov 2022, with 347 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 26.000 Score in 26 Dec 2021 and a record low of 0.000 Score in 12 Nov 2022. Iran Google Search Trends: Online Shopping: Costco data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Google Trends. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Iran – Table IR.Google.GT: Google Search Trends: by Categories.

Google Trends data have been used to investigate various themes on online information seeking. It was unclear if the population from different parts of the world shared the same amount of attention to different mask types during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to reveal which types of masks were frequently searched by the public in different countries, and evaluated if public attention to masks could be related to mandatory policy, stringency of the policy, and transmission rate of COVID-19. By referring to an open dataset hosted at the online database Our World in Data, the 10 countries with the highest total number of COVID-19 cases as of 9th of February 2022 were identified. For each of these countries, the weekly new cases per million population, reproduction rate (of COVID-19), stringency index, and face covering policy score were computed from the raw daily data. Google Trends were queried to extract the relative search volume (RSV) for different types of masks from each of these countries. Results found that Google searches for N95 masks were predominant in India, whereas surgical masks were predominant in Russia, FFP2 masks were predominant in Spain, and cloth masks were predominant in both France and United Kingdom. The United States, Brazil, Germany, and Turkey had two predominant types of mask. The online searching behavior for masks markedly varied across countries. For most of the surveyed countries, the online searching for masks peaked during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic before the government implemented mandatory mask wearing. The search for masks positively correlated with the government response stringency index but not with the COVID-19 reproduction rate or the new cases per million.

This study concerns interest in dietary supplements-related searches among Google users. The authors analyzed n = 200 topics related to dietary supplements ingredients. The highest popularity among ingredients had: "Magnesium", "Protein", and "Iron". The interest in dietary supplements varied across the countries. Users from English-speaking countries were the most interested in "Protein", while users from Europe and Central Asia in "Magnesium". Overall, the interest in dietary supplements increases in the years 2004-2019 and was the highest during February and March, while was the lowest during December.

This article advances extant research that has audited search algorithms for misinformation in four respects. Firstly, this is the first misinformation audit not to implement a national but a cross-national research design. Secondly, it retrieves results not in response to the most popular query terms. Instead, it theorizes two semantic dimensions of search terms and illustrates how they impact the number of misinformative results returned. Furthermore, the analysis not only captures the mere presence of misinformative content but in addition whether the source websites are affiliated with a key misinformation actor (Russia’s ruling elites) and whom the conspiracy narratives cast as the malicious plotters. Empirically, the audit compares Covid-19 conspiracy theories in Google search results across 5 key target countries of Russia’s foreign communication (Belarus, Estonia, Germany, Ukraine, and the US) and Russia as of November 2020 (N = 5280 search results). It finds that, across all countries, primarily content published by mass media organizations rendered conspiracy theories visible in search results. Conspiratorial content published on websites affiliated with Russia’s ruling elites was retrieved in the Belarusian, German and Russian contexts. Across all countries, the majority of conspiracy narratives suspected plotters from China. Malicious actors from the US were insinuated exclusively by sources affiliated with Russia’s elites. Overall, conspiracy narratives did not primarily deepen divides within but between national communities, since – across all countries – only plotters from beyond the national borders were blamed. To conclude, the article discusses methodological advice and promising paths of research for future cross-national search engine audits.

Google Search Trends: Computer & Electronics: Samsung Electronics data was reported at 46.000 Score in 30 Nov 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 45.000 Score for 29 Nov 2025. Google Search Trends: Computer & Electronics: Samsung Electronics data is updated daily, averaging 68.000 Score from Dec 2021 (Median) to 30 Nov 2025, with 1461 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 100.000 Score in 23 Dec 2023 and a record low of 0.000 Score in 02 Jul 2023. Google Search Trends: Computer & Electronics: Samsung Electronics data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Google Trends. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sri Lanka – Table LK.Google.GT: Google Search Trends: by Categories.

Key YouTube Statistics (Editor’s Choice) YouTube recorded 70 billion monthly active users in March 2023, which includes 55.10% of worldwide active social media users. There have been more than 14 million daily active users currently on YouTube, in the United States of America this platform is accessed by 62% of users. YouTube is touted as the second largest search engine and the second most visited website after Google. Revenue earned by YouTube in the first two quarters of 2023 is around $14.358 billion. In 2023, YouTube Premium and YouTube Music have recorded 80 million subscribers collectively worldwide. YouTube consumers view more than a billion hours of video per day. YouTube has more than 38 million active channels. In the fourth quarter of 2021, YouTube ad revenue has been $8.6 billion. Around 3 million paid subscribers to access YouTube TV. YouTube Premium has around 1 billion paid users. In 2023, YouTube was banned in countries such as China excluding Macau and Hong Kong, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Turkmenistan, and South Sudan. With 166 million downloads, the YouTube app has become the second most downloaded entertainment application across the world after Netflix. With 91 million downloads, YouTube Kids has become the sixth most downloaded entertainment app in the world. Nearly 90% of digital consumers access YouTube in the US, making it the most popular social network for watching video content. Over 70% of YouTube viewership takes place on its mobile application. More than 70% of YouTube video content watched by people is suggested by its algorithm. The average duration of a video on YouTube is 12 minutes. An average YouTube user spends 20 minutes and 23 seconds on the platform daily. Around 28% of YouTube videos that are published by popular channels are in the English language. 77% of YouTube users watch comedy content on the platform. With 247 million subscribers, T-Series has become the most subscribed channel on YouTube. Around 50 million users log on to YouTube every day. YouTube's biggest concurrent views record has been at 2.3 billion from when SpaceX has gone live on the platform to unveil Falcon Heavy Rocket. The majority of YouTube users are in the age group of 15 to 35 years in the US. The male-female ratio of YouTube users is 11:9. Apple INC. has been touted as the biggest advertiser on YouTube in 2020 spending $237.15 million. YouTube produced total revenue of $19.7 billion in 2020. As of 2021, the majority of YouTube users (467 million) are from India. It is the most popular platform in the United States with 74 percent of adult users. YouTube contributes to nearly 25% of mobile traffic worldwide. Daily live streaming on YouTube has increased by 45% in total in 2020. In India, around 225 million people are active on the platform each hour as per the 2021 statistics. YouTube Usage and Viewership Statistics #1. YouTube accounts for more than 2 billion monthly active users Around 2.7 billion users log on to YouTube each month. The number of monthly active users of YouTube is expected to grow even further. #2. Around 14.3 billion people visit the platform every month The number of YouTube visitors is far higher compared to Facebook, Amazon, and Instagram. #3. YouTube is accessible across 100 countries in 80 languages. The platform is widely available across different communities and nations. #4. 53.9% of YouTube users are men and 46.1% of women use the platform As of 2023 statistics, 53.9% of men use the platform and 46.1% of women over 18 years are on YouTube. The share in the number of males and females is 1.38 billion and 1.18 billion respectively. Age Group Male Female 18 to 24 8.5% 6% 25 to 34 11.6% 8.6% 35 to 44 9% 7.5% 45 to 54 6.2% 5.7% 55 to 64 4.4% 4.5% Above 65 4.3% 5.4% #5. 99% of YouTube users are active on other social media networks as well. Fewer than 1% of YouTube users are solely dependent on the platform. #6. Users spend around 20 minutes and 23 seconds per day on YouTube on average It is quite a generous amount of time spent on any social network platform. #7. YouTube is the second most visited site worldwide With more than 14 billion visits per month, YouTube has become the second most visited site in the world. However, its parent company Google is the most visited site across the globe. As per the statistics, YouTube is the third most popular searched word on Google. #8. 694000 hours of video content are streamed on YouTube per minute YouTube has outweighed Netflix as well in terms of streaming video content. #9. Over 81% of total internet users have accessed YouTube #10. Nearly 450 million hours of video content are uploaded on YouTube each hour More than 5 billion videos are watched on YouTube per day. #11. India has the maximum numb

As of 2021, Zimbabwe was the African country with the highest business-related search rate on Google, with a score of 100 points. Ethiopia and Kenya followed, scoring ** and ** points, respectively.