With several marquee sports tournaments taking place in 2022, sports-related topics dominated the list of top trending searches on Google India this year.
Google has released its annual year-end recap “Year in Search 2022”, revealing the top trending search queries in various categories, including sports events, movies, How to, personalities, news events, and recipes, among others.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) remained the top trending query for the third consecutive year, while international tournaments such as the Asia Cup and the T20 World Cup took fourth and fifth place on the list of the country’s top trending searches, with queries reaching an all-time high.
The ongoing FIFA World Cup was third on the list of trending searches in India, while Indian Super League, the country’s top tier football league, was tenth. The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games ranked eighth on the list.
Other trending searches this year include the government’s vaccine delivery platform CoWin (second), the Hindi movie ‘Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva’, and the e-SHRAM Card.
Google Search 2022 Top 10
1. Indian Premier League
2. CoWin
3. FIFA World Cup Qatar
4. Asia Cup
5. ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
6. Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva
7. e-SHRAM Card
8. Birmingham Commonwealth Games
9. KGF: Chapter 2
10. Indian Super League
