Here, we will take you through them.
Undoubtedly the most searched topic on Google was romance ‘coronavirus’. Over 5 lakh searches were done for this query in India alone.
Users also searched for related terms such as ‘plasma therapy’ and ‘Covid-19’ during this period.
Covid-19 was the fourth most searched query globally in 2020.
The second most searched query on Google was ‘Binod’. People started sharing memes with the hashtag #Binod in August.
#BinodArmy #binod Nation wants to know who is #binod !!!! https://t.co/wiGlGO2VLM
– Rahul soni (@ RahulSoni7735) 1596784415000
The viral trend was started by a YouTube user named Binod Tharu, who wrote his first name in the comments section of a YouTube channel.
#binod is a Binod trend now: https://t.co/gcNXqrZqoQ
– Shivam Dwivedi (@i_shivamdwivedi) 1596784339000
Content creators and other creative minds soon started sharing memes using the word ‘Binod’.
At the beginning of the year, massive protests took place across India over the new Citizenship Change Law.
Protesters raise slogans during a demonstration against the Citizenship Law amendment in Shaheen Bagh, New Delhi, February 23, 2020
The law grants citizenship to persecuted minority communities in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Coronavirus was not the only health-related issue to be searched on Google.
Data shared by the American multinational show that people also searched ‘colon infection’, after the illness ended Irrfan Khan’s life.
It is characterized by an inflammation of the internal lining of the colon. More than 16 lakh Indians researched the infection.
O ‘ Solar eclipse’ on June 21, it also makes the Google Search list in India.
The eclipse occurs when the moon is between the sun and the earth. The ‘ring of fire’ attracts millions of star watchers.
‘NRC’ or National Register of Citizens was also something that the Indians researched this year.
IIT-Bombay protest over NRC in January 2020
A large number of people wanted to know about this after it was implemented in Assam. Most of these searches were made in states in the Northeast.
Another virus reported in the pandemic year was ‘Hantavirus’. The first case of death due to the virus was in China.
The hantavirus is transmitted by rodents and is difficult to diagnose. It can also cause syndromes of various diseases in people.
Shortly after the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, the debate over ‘nepotism’ was rekindled, with many Indians searching for the term on Google.
More than 1,000 searches for the term have been recorded in India alone. Actor Kangana Ranaut claimed that the late actor Sushant was a victim of nepotism.
Amid a continuing stalemate between the protesting farmers and the Center over the new agricultural laws, The Indians were curious to know about the same.
Farmers shout slogans during their protest march against new agricultural laws near Delhi’s Gazipur border, ‘Delhi Chalo’
Since mid-September, nearly 60,000 queries have been recorded by Google for ‘what is the 2020 farmer bill’ only in India.
‘What is keto’ was another keyword most searched for on Google. As people gradually adapted to a new dietary standard, the ‘ketogenic diet’ became popular. It is a low-carb, high-fat diet that causes the body to use fat as a form of energy and has many health benefits.
Second came intermittent fasting, a trend endorsed by celebrities, including Jennifer Aniston.