What would anyone be going through when searching for ” Oxygen Cylinder near me “. This made me remember the difficult part of the year India had (Oxygen Cylinder near me ).This was when I was looking at Google’s Year in Search 2021 and I found these top items:
Near me
1) COVID vaccine near me
2) COVID test near me
3) Food delivery near me
4) Oxygen cylinder near me
5) Covid hospital near me
6) Tiffin service near me
7) CT scan near me
8) Takeout restaurants near me
9) Fastag near me
10) Driving school near me
These search items for near me show a very tough year for India. But if we look at other items, picture may not be as clear.
Overall
1) Indian Premier League
2) CoWIN
3) ICC T20 World Cup
4) Euro Cup
5) Tokyo Olympics
6) COVID vaccine
7) Free Fire redeem code
8) Copa America
9) Neeraj Chopra
10) Aryan Khan
However, looking at overall search items, it seems India was only interested in sports or video games – be it cricket or football or Olympics. Bollywood too found itself in Aryan Khan.
How to…
1) How to register for COVID vaccine
2) How to download vaccination certificate
3) How to increase oxygen level
4) How to link PAN with AADHAAR
5) How to make oxygen at home
6) How to buy dogecoin in india
7) How to make banana bread
8) How to check IPO allotment status
9) How to invest in bitcoin
10) How to calculate percentage of marks
What was India trying to learn ? Look at 5) Make oxygen at home, or check IPO status ( trying to earn some money out of listing gains ), buy cryptocurrency at 6, and 9. Overall India was either trying to fight COVID, or earn more money, or get some entertainment during work from home, or order food online.
What is…
1) What is black fungus
2) What is the factorial of hundred
3) What is Taliban
4) What is happening in Afghanistan
5) What is remdesivir
6) What is the square root of 4
7) What is steroid
8) What is toolkit
9) What is Squid Game
10) What is delta plus variant
What did India not know ? Again related to COVID, or a new Korean series on Netflix. 6) what is square root of 4 is interesting. May be preparing for competitive exams.
Personalities
1) Neeraj Chopra
2) Aryan Khan
3) Shehnaaz Gill
4) Raj Kundra
5) Elon Musk
6) Vicky Kaushal
7) P V Sindhu
8) Bajrang Punia
9) Sushil Kumar
10) Natasha Dalal
Again, most of them sports players or Bollywood stars or someone whom a bollywood star married. We are too interested in bollywood stars lives it seems.
News Events
1) Tokyo Olympics
2) Black Fungus
3) Afghanistan news
4) West Bengal elections
5) Tropical cyclone Tauktae
6) Lockdown
7) Suez Canal Crisis
8) Farmers Protest
9) Bird Flu
10) Cyclone Yaas
News events has a mix of natural disasters, COVID again, sports, neighbouring country situation and elections.
Was India trying to find solace in entertainment in turbulent year, or is it that entertainment and sports are usually the top searches in India every year, for that we have to look at other year in search as well.
Source: Google’s Year in Search 2021
