{"id":361344,"date":"2019-12-14T15:27:42","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T13:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=361344"},"modified":"2019-12-11T12:28:30","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T10:28:30","slug":"the-top-google-searches-in-south-africa-over-the-last-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/361344\/the-top-google-searches-in-south-africa-over-the-last-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Google searches in South Africa over the last decade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google has published the results of its 2019 Year in Search, providing insight into the year’s major moments and top trends based on searches conducted in South Africa.<\/p>\n

This year’s trending searches show South Africans\u2019 keen interest in the world and people around them, Google said.<\/p>\n

“Pop culture, sports and politics captured the nation\u2019s attention. Nine of the 10 top trending search terms were for local people, news and events. The top questions list reflects this strongly – with eight of the top ten questions related to local happenings.<\/p>\n

“From the Rugby World Cup to load shedding, elections and James Small, South Africans use search to find out about the things that really matter to them.”<\/p>\n

Below are some of the most notable search trends.<\/p>\n

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Top trending questions<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Why were cornflakes invented?<\/li>\n
  2. What time is the rugby world cup final?<\/li>\n
  3. How many votes for a seat in parliament<\/li>\n
  4. How did Cameron Boyce die?<\/li>\n
  5. How long is a rugby match?<\/li>\n
  6. What is Bosasa?<\/li>\n
  7. What time do voting stations open?<\/li>\n
  8. Who won the election in South Africa?<\/li>\n
  9. What is media?<\/li>\n
  10. What is teenage pregnancy?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Top trending questions of the decade<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. How to make slime?<\/li>\n
    2. Why were cornflakes invented?<\/li>\n
    3. How to get rid of belly fat?<\/li>\n
    4. How to lose weight in 3 days?<\/li>\n
    5. Where am I?<\/li>\n
    6. How many weeks in a year?<\/li>\n
    7. How to create an email?<\/li>\n
    8. How to grow hair fast?<\/li>\n
    9. What is depression?<\/li>\n
    10. How to draw eyebrows?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      Top 10 trending searches<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Load shedding<\/li>\n
      2. Election results<\/li>\n
      3. Thanos<\/li>\n
      4. IEC<\/li>\n
      5. Fiona Viotti<\/li>\n
      6. Black Friday Specials<\/li>\n
      7. Gavin Watson<\/li>\n
      8. Mark Batchelor<\/li>\n
      9. Teacher\u2019s Day<\/li>\n
      10. Ho\u00ebrskoel Driehoek<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        Top trending searches of the decade<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        1. Load shedding<\/li>\n
        2. Uzalo<\/li>\n
        3. Meghan Markle<\/li>\n
        4. Zodwa Wabantu<\/li>\n
        5. Baby Shark<\/li>\n
        6. Cardi B<\/li>\n
        7. Game of Thrones<\/li>\n
        8. Thanos<\/li>\n
        9. Nicki Minaj<\/li>\n
        10. Amapiano<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          Read: Merriam-Webster declares its word of the year for 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Google has published the results of its 2019 Year in Search, providing insight into the year’s major moments and top trends based on searches conducted in South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":106863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9882],"tags":[53,26],"class_list":["post-361344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-google","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361344"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":361488,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361344\/revisions\/361488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}