What were the most searched topics by Indians on Google in 2020?

Google in its ‘Year in Search’ 2020 rankings revealed that top search term for Indians was ‘Indian Premier League’, followed by ‘coronavirus’.

Joe Biden, Arnab Goswami and Kanika Kapoor were the top three searched personalities. Food shelters, COVID-19 tests and crackers featured in the top ‘Near me’ searches, while ‘How to’ make paneer, dalgona coffee and increase immunity also trended

The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM Kisan Scheme), which provides monetary support to farmers, made it to the top trending chart. Other important news events included the frequent Lockdowns, and the Locust swarm attack. International news events like the Beirut explosion and Bushfires in Australia also made it to the list.

Dil Bechara emerged as the top trending movie of 2020, followed by Tamil action-drama Soorarai Pottru.

According to BS, Due in large part to the intermittent lockdowns, queries on web series surged this year with Money Heist topping the list, followed by Indian entries like Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story, Bigg Boss 14 and Mirzapur 2.