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Google has officially released its lists of the top search queries in the Philippines for the year 2020. Google Philippines' Year In Search - which includes the lists of top trends, news stories, personalities, television series, movies and events among others - provides an insight on what mattered most for Filipinos this year and how they navigated the uncertainties and challenges brought about by the pandemic.
Taking the number one list of top overall searches is none other than the recently concluded US presidential elections where the whole world, including the Philippines, had eyes on the race which saw a tight competition between incumbent president Donald Trump and incoming president-elect Joe Biden. Basketball fans continued to pay close attention to their favorite teams as all queries related to the NBA including scores, schedules and the highly anticipated finals showdown between the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat landed on the trending searches. Meanwhile, the death of "Black Mamba" and basketball legend Kobe Bryant shocked the world, making him the only personality in this year's overall trending searches.
Aside from coronavirus-related searches, completing the overall list are searches related to the Taal Volcano eruption, crisis response efforts (reliefagad.ph), and even the Department of Education for queries about the commencement of the new school year. "Looking back at the year that was, many Filipinos realized the importance of going digital now more than ever to search for answers and cope with the new changes happening around them. As per the latest SEA e-Conomy report, a significant number of Filipinos tried digital services and 54% of these new consumers came from non-metro areas," said Geia Lopez, Analytical Head for Consumer Packaged Goods and Retail, Google Southeast Asia. "Google is committed to making Search constantly helpful to Filipinos as they rely on technology to look for useful and trusted information and reap the benefits of the digital economy to succeed and grow." Here are the lists of Filipinos' top search queries according to Google Philippines' 2020 Year In Search Report.
Overall Trending Searches:
1. US election 2020; 2. NBA score; 3. Coronavirus; 4. DepEd Commons; 5. Taal Volcano; 6. NBA schedule; 7. Kobe Bryant; 8. Lakers vs Heat; 9. first day of school; 10. www.reliefagad.ph
Trending Searches by category:
News: 1. US election 2020; 2. Coronavirus; 3. Taal Volcano; 4. first day of school; 5. www.reliefagad.ph; 6. Kim Jong Un; 7. Joe Biden; 8. hantavirus; 9. SSS calamity loan; 10. Typhoon Ulysses
Education: 1. DepEd Commons; 2. first day of school; 3. English to Filipino translation; 4. quadratic equation; 5. Venn diagram; 6. homogenous mixture; 7. fraction calculator; 8. scientific method; 9. arithmetic sequence; 10. heterogeneous mixture
Sports: 1. NBA score; 2. NBA schedule; 3. Lakers vs Heat; 4. NBA standings; 5. Lakers vs Nuggets; 6. NBA games today; 7. Lakers vs Rockets; 8. Clippers vs Nuggets; 9. Lakers vs Trail Blazers; 10. Australian Open 2020
TV Shows/Series: 1. Crash Landing on You; 2. Money Heist; 3. It’s Okay To Not Be Okay; 4. Start-Up; 5. Itaewon Class; 6. The World of the Married; 7. Girl from Nowhere; 8. Backstreet Rookie; 9. Prison Break; 10. The King: Eternal Monarch
Songs and Lyrics: 1. When I Look at You lyrics; 2. Tala; 3. Love Story lyrics; 4. Paubaya lyrics; 5. Imahe lyrics; 6. Catriona lyrics; 7. At My Worst lyrics; 8. Make It With You lyrics; 9. Kabilang Buhay lyrics; 10. Ice Cream lyrics
Movies: 1. Through Night and Day; 2. Parasite; 3. Enola Holmes; 4. Mulan; 5. Black Panther; 6. Train to Busan 2; 7. Extraction; 8. Contagion; 9. Birds of Prey; 10. Miracle in Cell No. 7
Losses: 1. Kobe Bryant; 2. Lloyd Cadena; 3. Chadwick Boseman; 4. Naya Rivera; 5. George Floyd; 6. Go Soo-jung; 7. Emman Nimedez: 8. Park Ji-hoon; 9. Oh In-hye; 10. Sean Connery
How-to: 1. How to make dalgona coffee?; 2. How to wear a surgical mask?; 3. How to compute BMI?; 4. How to boost the immune system?; 5. How to make leche flan; 6. divide fractions?; 7. How to solve quadratic equations?; 8. How to make pancakes?; 9. How to apply for an SSS calamity loan online?; 10. How to prevent COVID-19?
