If you've ever wondered why cornflakes were invented or why Nikos is no longer presenting
The Voice...
you're far from alone, according to Google.
Each year, the search engine identifies the questions, terms and personalities that have been the subject of the greatest number of requests, focusing on the requests that have progressed the most from one year to the next.
In 2022, current events, both international and national, have had a major influence on these requests.
“
Ukraine
”, “
World Cup 2022
”, “
Russia
”, “
Gaspard Ulliel
”, “
Presidential election
” or even “
Jean-Pierre Pernaut
” are among the terms, all combined, most searched for by French Internet users.
In the top 3 of the specific ranking of public figures are "
Vladimir Putin
", "
Will Smith
" and
"Élisabeth Borne"
.
Table of top search trends 2022 / Google France Screenshot / Klara Durand
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This year again, the questions around the Covid persist: “
Case contact what to do?
“, happens to be the most asked question in 2022 on the search engine.
It is followed by several queries around the war in Ukraine such as "
Why Russia is attacking Ukraine
".
The electoral deadlines also fed the requests: “
How to vote in the legislative elections
”, “
How to check one's registration on the electoral lists
”, “
How to vote white
” and “
What is Nupes?
are in the trends.
Shortages of all kinds have also worried the French: "
where to find gasoline
" and "
where to find mustard
are among the top searches beginning with “
where
”.
Other requests, more absurd, complete this classification.
Thus, the French sought to know "
why cornflakes were invented
", but also "
why the presenter Nikos
(Aliagas)
no longer presents The Voice
(the singing competition on the TF1 channel Ed)", or even how the cartoon character "
Dora the Explorer is dead?"
".
Definition of the word playful
Internet users have also searched for the meaning of many words, such as "
Jubilee
" and "
Queen consort
" following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8, 2022. In the context of the war in Ukraine, the acronym "
NATO
" or the terms “
Russian oligarch
” also intrigued the French.
The word "
NFT
", which designates non-fungible tokens to which a unique digital identity is attached, is also in the classification.
However, at the top of the ranking of definitions, it is “
Playful
” which comes first.
At the origin of this research, the French test of the vocational baccalaureate last June.
The review statement, "
Do you think the game is still fun?"
“, had unleashed the passions on the internet.
Some final year students had shared their dismay and their doubts as to the meaning to be given to the word
"fun"
.
Leading to a controversy over the level of mastery of French by high school students.
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