Global Google Search Data as seen through the top search words by month for the year 2020 - And its inferences.
Rajdeep Bhattacharya
Son, husband, thinker, patriot who occasionally deals with the Art of Science and the Science of Art and also teaches CS.
This is a chart showing the Global #Search #Data on #Google searches by showing the most searched terms by month for the #Year2020.
Now by simply looking at this chart what inference(s) can one draw?
First of all we must remember this data is representative of the total searches done in Google throughout the world.
So how does search terms like "India vs New Zealand" or "Indian Premier League (IPL)" or "Bihar Elections" which are specific to the Indian searchers become the top search terms in three of the months?
This again proves how much share of Google's main business, i.e. Search, is depended on the Indians.
Secondly, barring a few of them most of the searches are related to negative emotions like fear, anxiety, insecurity.
Thirdly, the first search term topping the searches for a month and which is related to #COVID19 is "#Coronavirus Symptoms".
Then "Coronavirus Update",
Then "Death",
MARCH - HERE WE ARE SIMPLY REGISTERING THE SHOCK AND PROCESSING THE NEWS.
Then "Hantavirus",
APRIL - HERE WE ARE LOOKING FOR AND SCANNING FOR OTHER SIMILAR VIRAL PANDEMIC THREATS AT THAT TIME.
Then "Google Classroom",
APRIL - DECEMBER - HERE WE ARE LOOKING FOR A STUDYING OPTION TO REPLACE PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN A SCHOOL OR COLLEGE.
"Zoom",
APRIL - DECEMBER - HERE WE ARE LOOKING FOR A MEETING OPTION TO REPLACE PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN AN OFFICE.
"Unemployment",
APRIL - DECEMBER - HERE WE ARE LOOKING FOR MACRO EFFECTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
"Mask",
APRIL - DECEMBER - AS THE INFECTION AND THE DEATH TOLL RISES WE START DEPENDING ON THE MOST EFFECTIVE REMEDY AT HAND - MASKS.
"Stimulus Checks",
APRIL - MAY - I.E. - THE START OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR - NEXT WE SEARCH FOR WHAT OUR GOVERNMENTS ARE DOING FOR US.
and then at the end "Vaccine".
JANUARY - DECEMBER - WHEN WE SEE THE POSSIBILITY OF A VACCINE TO BE DEVELOPED WE JUMP IN TO GET THE DETAILS. AS HOPE FOR THE VACCINE RISES SO DO OUR SEARCHES.
The above searches related to COVID-19 and there reasons are the natural thought halts in the journey for anyone going through not only a pandemic or a natural calamity rather any scenario of loss. Here it only has been extended to a huge mass of searchers, still it holds true.