Just before we say goodbye to 2020, it is time for Google's Year In Search 2020! Every second, millions of people around the world use Google Search, a living online encyclopaedia offering a wealth of information on anything you can imagine.
In an unexpected year of changes that affected the entire planet, it is particularly interesting to discover what Greeks searched for most online. What they wanted to learn, which celebrities to follow, which recipes to cook and, of course, how to spend their time in lockdown.
Not surprisingly, the top search topic for 2020 was, of course, coronavirus. The pandemic turned our lives upside down, and we all had countless questions about both the virus and the circumstances surrounding it. We searched for information on remote learning, on 13033 -the number for sending SMS messages- for leaving home, on case numbers and on the ‘celebrities’ associated with coronavirus. The keywords Sotiris Tsiodras and Nikos Hardalias received more hits than even Donald Trump! We also searched for when schools, restaurants and businesses would reopen and, of course, more than ever before, we searched for what was around us. We looked for nearby pharmacies, petrol stations, bookshops and, above all, nearby restaurants and cafés.
Specifically, the categories we searched most often in 2020, according to Google's data, were:
Fastest-Rising Searches
E-class
Cases
Coronavirus
e-me
webex
13033
US elections
gov.gr
Greek School Network
Tourism for All
Celebrities
Sotiris Tsiodras
Nikos Hardalias
Donald Trump
Ioanna Touni
Joe Biden
Katerina Sakellaropoulou
Kim Jong-un
Kyriakos Koukou lomatis
Ioanna Paliospyrou
Michael Jordan
Celebrities Who Passed Away
Kobe Bryant
Kostas Voutsas
Diego Maradona
Kiki Dimoula
Naya Rivera
George Floyd
Chadwick Boseman
Eftychia Papagiannopoulou
Pavlos Fyssas
Giannis Poulopoulos
Current Affairs
Coronavirus
US elections
Hagia Sophia
Evros
Acid attack
Lockdown
Golden Dawn trial
School closures
Explosion in Lebanon
Katerina Sakellaropoulou's presidency
Recipes
Dalgona Coffee
Bread
Tsoureki
Prawn pasta
Crêpes
Pancakes
Stuffed aubergines
Magiritsa
Fanouropita
Loukoumades
Recurring Events
Black Friday
25th March
Easter
Valentine's Day
Panhellenic exams
Children's Day
Tsiknopempti
Whit Monday
Clean Monday
Oscars
What is…
A stock market crash
Requisitioning
Kara Tepe
Lockdown
A pandemic
Navtex
A curfew
A glancing collision between ships
A Reception and Identification Centre
10 An underlying health condition
Where…
Where was there an earthquake?
Where are masks compulsory?
Where are cases being detected today?
Where do I send a text to leave home?
Where is ‘Parasite’ showing?
Where is ‘1917’ showing?
Where was ‘Mermaids and Rascals’ filmed?
Where is Ritsona?
Where is there a fire right now?
Where is Kranidi?
When…
When do schools reopen?
When do shops reopen?
When do gyms reopen?
When is Black Friday 2020?
When do primary schools reopen?
When do cafés reopen?
When is Clean Monday?
When does the Triodion begin?
When do universities reopen?
When is Tsiknopempti?
Near me…
Pharmacy near me
Petrol station near me
Food near me
Bookshop near me
Off-licence near me
Souvlaki near me
Café near me
Photography studio near me
Taverna near me
Paint shop near me
TV Shows
Big Brother
Wild Bees
Angeliki
Chara's Café
Bachelor
Love After
8 Words
Masterchef
The Red River
The Doctor
Sporting Events
NBA
PAOK – Olympiacos
Arsenal – Olympiacos
Panathinaikos – PAOK
Premier League
Roland Garros
Olympiacos – Panathinaikos
PAOK – Panathinaikos
Olympiacos – Wolves
AEK – Olympiacos
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