"*******" was the most frequently searched keyword on Google worldwide, with over ***** million monthly online searches during the analyzed period of January to March in 2025. Furthermore, the search resulted in more than ***** million website visits, or more than **** percent of all traffic. With *** million monthly searches, "***" was the second most popular keyword, and "***********" came in third place with about ****** million searches per month.
'*******' was the most searched keyword on Google in the United States between January and March 2025, with an average monthly volume of ****** million searches over the researched period. "***" ranked second with a search volume of ***** million searches. The keyword for "nfl" came in third, making up to ***** million searches.
'*******' was the most searched keyword on Google in the United Kingdom between January and March 2025, with an average monthly volume of ***** million searches over the researched period. Over **** million website visits were generated by this keyword, which accounted for **** percent of the country's searches. '**************' ranked second, with ** million searches and **** million website visits per month during the same time period, followed by numerous queries related to football and the championship. Additionally, "*******" was the tenth most frequently searched keyword on Google in the United Kingdom.**********************************************************************************************************************************************************************
In 2024, the most common terms that Hong Kong internet users entered into Google search were "Google", "translate", and "YouTube". The word "weather" in Chinese received 54 percent of the search volume of the top query during 2024.
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.
"Tiempo", "Clima", and "Tiempo mañana" were some of the most searched queries in the Google search engine in Mexico in 2024, indexing at 100, 89, and 37 in terms of search volume, respectively. Social networks like WhatsApp, WhatsApp Web, YouTube, and Facebook also appeared with a high frequency throughout the chart, indexing at 71, 55, 48, and 34 respectively, followed by topics related to translation services and sports.
"Tiempo" and "Traductor" were the most searched queries in the Google search engine in Spain in 2024, with index rating of 100 and 41, respectively. Within an index of 100, "Google" scored third with a rating of 38, followed by "El Tiempo", with 36.
According to data from Pi Datametrics, the most searched term on Google from January to April 2020 in the United Kingdom (UK) was "airpods".
In 2022, the most searched query on YouTube in Ethiopia was "Music". The two following keywords were "Mezmur", and "New music", which scored 36 and 35 in the index compared to the times "Music" was looked for. On Google, "Ethiopia" was the query with the most searches as of the same year.
"Clima" [weather] was the most probed query in the Google search engine in Brazil in 2024, indexing at 100 in terms of search volume. Compared to the top ranking search result, the weather forecast-related terms "Tempo" and "Previsão do tempo" were also some of the most searched terms on the engine, scoring index values of 77 and 28. Additionally, the messenger solution "WhatsApp" and "WhatsApp Web" scored relative index values of 78 and 59 each.
In 2023, 'Weather' in traditional Chinese was the most searched query on Google in Taiwan. The term 'PTT', a bulletin board system (BBS), and 'translate' in traditional Chinese were other popular keywords, receiving 91 percent and 73 percent of the search volume of 'Weather' during 2023 respectively.
In 2024, the term "Meteo" was the most searched term in Italy on Google, reaching an index value of 100. Search engine "Google" ranked second with an index value of 39, while "Traduttore" tanked third with an index value of 37 relative to the most searched entry.
"Meteo", "Google", and "Traduction" were the most entered queries in the Google search engine in France in 2024, with index ratings of ***, **, and **, respectively. These were followed by "Météo" and "YouTube", scoring ** and ** index points relative to the most searched query.
"Squid Game" was the keyword that had the highest maximum monthly search volume in 2021, with 101 million online searches worldwide in its peak month. The second most trending keyword based on its peak search volume was "Christian Eriksen." Eriksen is a Danish football player who experienced cardiac arrest during the Euro 2020 Denmark against Finland match, on June 12, 2021. Another popular keyword search on Google was Queen Elisabeth's late husband "Prince Phillip," with a peak of 37.2 million searches. Another popular topic related to the British royal family was Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's interview with Oprah Winfrey in March 2021. This was the first big interview after the couple decided to step back as senior royals, and queries on the topic went up to 1.2 million searches on Google in 2021.
Translation, social media, and weather-related queries were among the most searched queries in the Google search engine in Colombia in 2024. "Colombia" was the most searched query with an index value of 100, while terms like "WhatsApp", "Traductor," and "Tiempo" appeared near the top of the ranking with index values of 54, 45, and 36 points each. Platforms like YouTube, Google, and Facebook also appeared in the ranking's top positions, with index values of 28, 24, and 17 points, respectively.
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.
In 2024, the Korean word Naver (written in Korean) was the most searched-for term on Google in South Korea, followed by the search queries for weather and the Korean writing of YouTube. Naver is the largest South Korean web portal, which also offers search engine function. The search query for YouTube's English spelling "youtube" placed 19th.
The name of Chile was the most searched query in the Google search engine in the country in 2024, indexing at 100 in terms of search volume. Weather forecast-related queries also ranked highly in terms of search volume, with terms like "Tiempo", "Clima", and "El Tiempo" ranking highly with index values at 52, 16, and 13 points each. While "Traductor" ranked third, with an index value of 25 points relative to the top result ("Chile"), social platforms like YouTube and WhatsApp also appeared in the ranking's top positions, with index values of 17 and 16 points.
"Iceland" and "Google" were the most googled terms in Iceland in 2024. The terms had a search engine index of *** and ** respectively. The third most common term was "Translate," with an index of **. Among other popular search terms were "Reykjavik", "You" and "Google Translate".
Between January 1st and December 31st, 2024, "Weer" (Weather) was the most popular search query on the Google search engine in the Netherlands. "Amsterdam" was ranked second, reaching an index point value of 88 relative to the top search query ("Weer").
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