Year in Search 2022: From sports to entertainment to food - Google releases top trending searches of the year — Check List

Year in Search 2022: Every year, Google releases a report called 'Year in Search' which includes the most searched queries, events, personalities and much more that happened in that particular year.

Since, the year 2022 is about to end! Google India has released its "Year in Search 2022" list. The list includes the most talked about topics across categories like sports, entertainment food etc that peaked in the year 2022.

The tech giant said in a statement, "If 2021 saw people taking their first guarded steps into a post-pandemic era, 2022 marked the year we bounced back stronger in many ways."

"Search helped people find a world of information, be it questions on everyday interests, new passions, or more intricate topics," it added.

Here is the list of 8 categories and their most searched topics on Google in the year 2022 in India:

1. Most searched topic in the category - Sports
The Indian Premier League (IPL) was the trending search topic in India, while queries of the T20 World Cup and Asia Cup peaked. India also dominated global sports trends, taking the top five spots on the list of the most trending matches worldwide.

2. Most searched topic in the category - Near me
'Covid vaccine near me' was the most searched 'near me' query, followed by 'Swimming pool near me' and 'Water park near me'.

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3. Most Searched Movies
'Brahmastra' and blockbuster 'KGF 2' took the top spots for movies. They also made it to the list of the top global trending movie searches.

4. Most Searched Songs
People all over the world were humming Indian songs as well. With Aditya A's indie-pop number 'Chaand Baaliyan' and 'Srivalli' from the Tamil superhit 'Pushpa: The Rise', among the most popular tunes for worldwide searches.

5. Most searched topic in the category - What is
The 'Agnipath scheme', the Central government scheme to recruit youth in the Indian Army, led the 'what is' search queries.

6. Most searched topic in the category - How to
'How to' trending queries were led by 'How to download vaccination certificate' and 'How to download PTRC challan' (professional tax registration certificate).

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7. Most Searched People
People in the country showed interest in a diverse range of global and local personalities that were in the news including President Droupadi Murmu, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.

8. Most Searched Recipe
'Paneer pasanda' and 'Modak' were the most searched recipe queries.

(With the inputs of PTI)