Hyderabad: The recently released search list by Google titled the Year in Search in 2022 revealed what netizens in India searched for in the year. From sports to movies and politics and Covid vaccines the list provided a unique insight into what Indians searched throughout the year.
While sports-related searches showed that cricket still reigned supreme among the sports fans in the country with Indian Premier League (IPL) topping the chart followed by the FIFA World Cup, searches related to the silver screen showed that though Bollywood's Brahmastra: Part One-Shiva was on top, but six out of the 10 most searched films were from the South.
Kantara was at number five while RRR and Pushpa: The Rise were respectively in the fourth and sixth spot. Bollywood's Lal Singh Chadha and Hollywood's Thor: Love and Thunder were respectively at the eighth and 10th spot.
The Agneepath Scheme, the Centre's contentious military recruitment scheme topped the 'What is' category in Google Search in India, followed by NATO, NFT, and PFI (Popular Front of India). Article 370 was at the eighth spot in the list followed by Metasverse.
As for the 'near me' category, the search list by Google showed that the most searched topic was covid vaccine near me followed by a swimming pool, water park, and movies.
The people section of the list showed that netizens in India have a keen interest in politics also and not just in movies and sports. The top three names in the list featured suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma, President Nupur Sharma, and UK PM Rishi Sunak.
Celebrities, however, occupied the top two slots in the 'news events' section with 'Lata Mangeshkar passing' and 'Sidhu Moose Wala passing' respectively occupying the first and second slot followed by 'Russia Ukraine War. 'Covid-19 cases in India' came at number five while the untimely deaths of singer KK- 'KK passing' came at number six and 'Bappi Lahiri passing' occupied the number 10 slot.