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SA’s Top Google Searches and Moving Video Tribute to World’s Searches

Popular search engine Google has revealed the most popular searches by South Africans during 2016 from ‘what is a blesser’ to ‘how to lose belly fat’. Some are obvious. Some not so! Here are the lists… and then scroll down to watch a moving video Google has compiled of the events which drew the most […]

Popular search engine Google has revealed the most popular searches by South Africans during 2016 from ‘what is a blesser’ to ‘how to lose belly fat’. Some are obvious. Some not so! Here are the lists… and then scroll down to watch a moving video Google has compiled of the events which drew the most searches around the globe this year.

South Africa’s top ‘How to’ Searches

How to download Pokemon Go
How to build a strong business relationship
How to lose belly fat
How to heat up cosmetic oil for production
How to remove bookmarks
How to make slime
How to tie a doek
How to deal with poor confidence
How to cope with being alone
How to prepare battered jackfruit

South Africa’s top What is… Searches

What is Pokemon Go?
What is Java?
What is globalisation?
What is a blesser?
What is Brexit?
What is the weather today?
What is meant by restorative justice?
What is research?
What is a dependent variable?
What is biome?

South Africa’s ‘Break Out’ Searches:

These refer to search terms that grew by more than 5,000%.

Beyoncé (mainly being searched in Kempton Park, Gauteng… and it’s the same for all except #5)
Dreadlocks (its peak week was in early April)
Frank Ocean (after his August release of ‘Blonde’, South Africa was the top country doing this search)
Powerball
Trap music (mainly being asked in Krugersdorp)