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Andy Meek
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- The Google Year in Search 2020 results have been released, and they collectively tell the story of what kinds of things people were searching for over the past 12 months and wanted to know more about.
- The top trending Google search results for the year include queries for things like the US presidential election results, as well as the coronavirus.
- Google has also released the top trending Google search queries for categories that include people, news, movies, and TV shows.
From the contentiousness of the US presidential election to the carnage wrought by the coronavirus pandemic and the celebrity deaths that shocked us all, 2020 has definitely been a year marked by crises and bleak news headlines. For proof, look no further than the rundown of top trending search results for the year that Google released early Wednesday morning -- these being the top trending searches from among the millions upon millions of queries that people turn to Google Search for over the course of every year (as opposed to the top searches ranked purely on the basis of quantity).
This means that, among other things, the top trending Google Year in Search 2020 results don't include, for example, anything directly tied to President Trump, as you might expect. Searches for him are high and stay high from one year to the next. What these newly released search results reflect, rather, is the increase in the velocity for particular search queries from 2019-2020 -- so, for example, that means the top overall trending Google searches for 2020 measure the things we were looking up a lot more this year compared to last year. With that framework in mind, you should have no trouble guessing the top two trending search items for the year: "Election results" and "coronavirus."
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These are the top trending Google searches for 2020 originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 9 Dec 2020 at 10:02:59 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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