The 2021 Google Trends most searched terms for 2021 is here:
At the "All Terms" category the searches were: 1) Euros, 2) Premier League, 3) Christian Eriksen, 4) Covid vaccine, 5) Prince Philip, 6) Matt Hancock, 7) Emma Raducanu, 8) Sarah Everard, 9) England vs Denmark and 10) Sean Lock
The most asked "Questions" were 1) Is Facebook down?, 2) Is WhatsApp down?, 3) When will lockdown end?, 4) What does COP26 stand for?, 5) When will I get the vaccine?, 6) Where does vanilla flavoring come from?, 7) How many times has Italy won the Euros?, 8) How many cases in my area?, 9) What does impeachment mean? and 10) When does Love Island finish?
In the section for "News Events", the top is as follows: 1) Covid vaccinem 2) Matt Hancock, 3) Sarah Everard, 4) Afghanistan, 5) GME, 6) Kyle Rittenhouse, 7) Gabby Petito, 8) Green list countries, 9) Lockdown and 10) Palestine
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United Kingdom Google Trends 2021
The top queries for "People" went to 1) Christian Eriksen, 2) Matt Hancock, 3) Emma Raducanu, 4) Piers Morgan, 5) Alec Baldwin, 6) Travis Scott, 7) Ronaldo, 8) Jack Grealish, 9) Tyson Fury and 10) Ashley Cain
Leading searches for "Loss" were 1) Prince Philip, 2) Sarah Everard, 3) Sean Lock, 4) Sarah Harding, 5) Helen McCrory, 6) DMX, 7) Nikki Grahame, 8) Paul Ritter, 9) Gabby Petito and 10) Lionel Blair
In "Sport" these were 1) Euros, 2) Premier League, 3) England vs Denmark, 4) Champions League, 5) England vs Italy, 6) Wimbledon, 7) Olympic medal table, 8) England vs Germany, 9) England vs Scotland and 10) NBA
Events which involved "When?" were 1) When will lockdown end?, 2) When will I get the vaccine?, 3) When does Love Island finish?, 4) When does lockdown start?, 5) When does Love Island start?, 6) When do shops reopen?, 7) When will schools reopen?, 8) When do gyms reopen?, 9) When do hairdressers open? and 10) When does the Olympics start?
People interested in numbers asked "How many?" for 1) How many times has Italy won the Euros?, 2) How many cases in my area?, 3) How many people live in the UK?, 4) How many times has England won the Euros?, 5) How many covid deaths today?, 6) How many calories should I eat a day?, 7) How many people died in 911?, 8) How many vaccinated in UK?, 9) How many episodes of Vigil? and 10) How many seconds in a year?
At "Definitions", top searches were for 1) Impeachment meaning, 2) Emancipated meaning, 3) Misogyny meaning, 4) COP26 meaning, 5) Woke meaning, 6) Insurrection meaning, 7) Pragmatic meaning, 8) Incel meaning, 9) Chis meaning and 10) Sedition meaning
Google Trends for TV, Films and Song Lyrics
Related to the small screen, people searched for "TV" shows as 1) Squid Game, 2) Bridgerton, 3) The Serpent, 4) Line Of Duty, 5) Love Island, 6) Behind Her Eyes, 7) It's A Sin, 8) Pembrokeshire Murders, 9) Vigil and 10) Friends Reunion
The most searched "Film" was 1) Dune, 2) Black Widow, 3) Eternals, 4) No Time To Die, 5) Red Notice, 6) Army Of The Dead, 7) Shang Chi, 8) Halloween Kills, 9) Suicide Squad and 10) Jungle Cruise
At the category for "Song Lyrics", the most searched term was 1) Poker Face lyrics, 2) Easy On Me lyrics, 3) Sweet Caroline lyrics, 4) Brown Sugar lyrics, 5) good 4 u lyrics, 6) Three Lions lyrics, 7) drivers license lyrics, 8) Body remix lyrics, 9) Bad Habits lyrics and 10) All Too Well lyrics
Google Trends. (2022). Year in Search 2021. Available: https://trends.google.co.uk/trends/yis/2021/GB/. Last accessed 02-02-2022.