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Andrew Tate, Amber Heard & Simon Leviev, the Tinder Swindler Top South Africa’s 2022 Google Searches

Google has released its Year in Search results, which capture all of the information and questions South Africans sought out in 2022.

Google’s Year in Search is an annual analysis that reveals the top trending lists and spotlights what the world searches to see, learn and do. In a year characterised by increased loadshedding, a war in Ukraine, a football World Cup and deaths of a number of high profile South Africans, the public turned to Google for more information.

For the second year in a row, the top trending search term in South Africa related to social grants as South Africans sought to find out more about the R350 SASSA Social Relief (SRD) grant. Wordle, the online word game that captured the world’s attention, was the second most searched term, followed by climate change. Other top trending searches were related to the war in Ukraine, loadshedding, typhoid fever and monkeypox.

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“The annual Year in Search results are a good example of Google’s commitment to organising the world’s information and making it universally accessible and useful, in action. This year’s results show that Google is a trusted source of information when South Africans are uncertain, sad, or looking for ways to learn more or entertain themselves,” says Dr Alistair Mokoena, Country Director for Google South Africa.

When it comes to the people South Africans searched, American rapper Jaden Smith topped the list, followed in second place by his father Will Smith who was searched alongside Chris Rock following the slapping incident at the Oscars. Johnny Depp and Amber Heard occupied third and fourth places after their protracted and public court case.

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It was a sad year for music in South Africa, with a number of high profile deaths. Beloved rapper Riky Rick was the most searched loss. South Africans also turned to Google to find out more following the deaths of musicians Dj Sumbody, Takeoff and Dj Dimplez. 

Big Brother Mzansi was the most searched for TV show or movie in South Africa with the Addams Family adaptation, Wednesday, following in second place. Black Panther 2 and Wakanda Forever both feature in the top 10 trending searches for TV shows and movies.

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It is no secret that South Africa is a sports loving nation and the 2022 Year in Search results encapsulate this perfectly. Football occupies the top three searches- with World Cup 2022 fixtures as the top trending sport search, followed by Afcon and South Africa’s women’s football team Banyana Banyana. The rest of the top 10 also features searches for tennis (Australian Open), Rugby (Springboks v All Blacks) and cricket (South Africa v India).

Curiosity remained high among citizens, with a variety of questions around climate change, current affairs and pop culture being searched. Some of these searches included ‘what is global warming’, ‘what is drought’, ‘who is the new Black Panther’ and ‘how to check matric results online’.

Here are the trending searches in 2022: 

Top searched termsTop searched people
SRD Status Check
Wordle
Climate Change
Monkeypox
Ukraine
Stats
SA Typhoid Fever
Loadshedding
Matric Results 2021Russia
Jaden Smith
Will Smith
Chris Rock
Johnny Depp
Amber Heard
Zeenat Simjee
Simon Leviev
Andrew Tate
Uncle Waffles
Cassper Nyovest v Naakmusiq
Sonia Booth
Top searched lossesTop searched TV show/ movie
Riky Rick
Queen Elizabeth 2
Patrick Shai
DJ Sumbody
Takeoff
Pearl
Shongwe
Kuli Roberts
DJ Dimplez
Shane Warne
Anne Heche
Big Brother Mzansi
Wednesday
Stranger Things
Tinder Swindler
Manifest
House of the Dragon
Black Panther 2
Black Adam
Purple Hearts
Wakanda Forever
Top searched sports termsTop trending ‘What is’ questions
World cup 2022 fixtures
Afcon
Banyana Banyana
Australian open
Kaizer chiefs vs Amazulu
Springboks vs All Blacks
Uefa nations league
South africa vs India
Argentina vs Saudi Arabia
Mamelodi Sundowns vs Orlando Pirates
What is vabbing
What is global warming
What is Nato
What is the relationship between climate change and the regularity of droughts
What is monkeypox
What is methanol
What is drought
What is frontal
What is alopecia
What is NFT
Top trending ‘Who is’ questionsTop trending ‘How to’ questions
Who is Andrew Tate
Who is CEO of Netflix
Who is Jeffrey Dahmer
Who is playing in the Super Bowl 2022
Who is Amber Heard
Who is in the Super Bowl 2022
Who is The Watcher
Who is the new Black Panther
Who is running for president in 2024
Who is Julia Fox
How to check matric results online
How to check Sassa status
How to apply for R350 grant
How to vote on Big Brother Mzansi 2022
How to go live on Whatsapp
How to solve a rubik’s cube
How to cook
How to recover Facebook account
How to get rid of
How to help GBV victims

Top searched lyrics
Lift me up lyrics
Last last lyrics
Under the influence lyrics
Dali Nguwe lyrics
Osama lyrics
Smile in you senior oat lyrics
Jeke maan lyrics
God did lyrics
Rihanna lift me up lyrics
Rich flex lyrics
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