Take stock of the past year?
Digital platforms love it.
Last week, Spotify unveiled the list of the most listened to artists in France in 2021. YouTube, on the other hand, revealed the videos that were the most viewed.
It is now Google's turn to publish the terms, questions and personalities that have been the subject of numerous requests on its search engine.
Small methodology point: Google focuses on the queries that have progressed the most between 2020 and 2021. A way to better highlight the trends that have agitated the minds of the French in recent months.
Not surprisingly, the Covid-19 epidemic is preponderant.
"
Curfew certificate
", "
Quickly my dose
", "
Health pass
", "
half-gauge
", "
Doctolib vaccination
", "
Astrazeneca
", "
Covid-19 prevention
", "
Speech Macron
" and "
reconfinement
" are part of most searched terms, as well as the questions "
who can get vaccinated?"
","
Pzifer vaccine for whom?
","
What is antigen test?
","
If contact what to do?
","
When does Macron speak?
" Where "
how to get a health pass?
"
“
Why is WhatsApp not working?
"
But the French fortunately had other concerns.
Euro 2021 football is at the top of current research, as is the return of the Taliban to Afghanistan, the Delphine Jubillar affair or the fires in the Var.
Surprisingly, Bitcoin is the second most searched term in this category.
Another proof of the curiosity of Internet users around crypto-assets: the question "
What is NFT?"
»Comes sixth for the questions in«
what
», ahead of«
GBL is what?
"And behind"
Charcot's disease what is it?
"
The giant Facebook group blackout in October also caused concern (“
Why WhatsApp doesn't work?
”, Fourth in “
why
” research), as was the harassment of children born in 2010 in colleges and social networks (“
Anti 2010 why?
”), or that day in February when the sky turned yellow over part of France, because of a sand-laden wind from the Sahara (“
Why is the sky yellow?
”)
The French also wondered whether they were entitled to the Culture Pass ("
Pass Culture pour qui?
"), The Energy check, and whether they still had to pay their housing tax ("
Who pays the housing tax?"
")
Definitions of wokism and inclusive writing
Internet users have also wondered about the meaning of acronyms at the heart of the news, such as ERP (establishment open to the public), HPI (High intellectual potential, also the name of a successful TF1 series), RSE (Responsibility corporate social responsibility) and PMA (medically assisted procreation). Other terms that have appeared in the media and on which many French people have sought a definition: "
Islamo-leftism
", "
wokism
" and "
inclusive writing
".
Google's ranking always includes surprises.
As the first place, in the category "
why
", of the question "
Why were chainsaws invented?"
»Why have the French been so numerous to type this request?
It all comes from viral content that has featured heavily on TikTok and Twitter.
He invited Internet users not to do this research on Google, otherwise they would be shocked.
Those who took courage in both hands discovered that the chainsaw would have been invented at the end of the 18th century not to cut trees, but to facilitate difficult childbirth.