Cricket, Coronavirus, Google classroom among top Google searches of 2020 in Pakistan

Google Classroom, a virtual education platform launched to make at-home learning easy also topped the charts

Google has released its list of top trending searches of 2020 in Pakistan which predictable includes coronavirus. ‘Pakistan VS England match’ was however the most searched item, re-establishing how cricket crazed the country is. Other topics that garnered the most public interest include ‘Ertugrul’, ‘Marvi Sarmad’, and ‘US elections’.

Top Searches

Pakistan VS England
Coronavirus
Pakistan VS Zimbabwe
Google Classroom
US Election 2020

Searches about coronavirus and Google Classroom, a virtual education platform launched to make at-home learning easy also topped the charts. US Presidential race 2020 was also on the list as it was the most anticipated event of the year.

People

Marvi Sirmad
Uzma Khan
Joe Biden
Alizeh Shah
Hareem Shah

Marvi Sirmad, a Pakistani political commentator, journalist, and human rights activist made headlines in the year 2020 after writer Khalilur Rehman used abusive language against her on a live TV talk show.

Backlash over his inflammatory remarks reached a fever pitch not only on social media but also in the entertainment industry.

Google Trends is a website by Google launched in 2006. The website investigates the popularity of top search queries in Google Search across various regions and languages, including Pakistan. The website uses graphs to compare the search volume of different queries over time.