A Year in Nigerian Search: Google's Trending Searches of 2022
AFCON, Oxlade, Casemiro, Will Smith, Queen Elizabeth, Finesse lyrics, Anikulapo and Buga lead trends on Search.
- What were Nigerians searching for this year?
- Who was the top trending person over the last 12 months?
- What songs, movies/ TV Shows and recipes trended and grabbed people’s attention?
Google today announced the results of its 2022 Year In Search, revealing the most searched terms, people, actors, musicians, topics, questions and more that captured the interest of Nigerians the most throughout this year.
Google’s Year in Search is an annual analysis that
reveals the top trending lists and also spotlights what the world searches to
see, learn and do. In Nigeria, the result for this years’ Year in Search shows
a heightened interest in politics, entertainment, sports, lifestyle and notable
personalities.
The 2022 Year in Search lists
provide a snapshot into what piqued Nigerians’ curiosity in a year that saw
major sporting events, high profile deaths, and in the run up to Nigeria’s
election in February 2023.
The Africa Cup of Nations, referred to as AFCON, and Casemiro, Brazilian football player, topped
the categories of top trending searches and top athletes and sports people
respectively. Nigeria was eliminated from the 2022 AFCON competition by Tunisia
in a 1 - 0 defeat as Senegal went on to beat Egypt to win their first Africa
Cup of Nations title earlier this year. The strike action by ASUU, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, that lingered
for eight months got the Union
in second place in the top trending searches by Nigerians in the period
under review.
Oxlade, Nigerian singer and
songwriter, topped both categories of
top trending people and top trending musicians searched by Nigerians this year.
Asake, an Afrobeat singer signed
to YBNL Nation came up in second place in the top trending musicians list. Anikulapo, a Nigerian epic fantasy film starring Kunle Remi and produced by Kunle
Afolayan topped the category of trending movies and series.
Questions like, 'Who is Peter Obi’s running mate?’, ‘Who is the APC
Presidential candidate?’, ‘Who is Atiku’s running mate?’, ‘Who is leading in
the Osun State election?’, ‘Who isTinubu’s running mate?’ and ‘Who is Peter
Obi?’, reveal the increased interest of Nigerians for politics and the
elections happening next year.
Entertainment related search terms like ‘Finesse lyrics’, ‘Buga’, the song by Kizz Daniel
featuring Tekno and ‘Will Smith’ all
topped their categories revealing Nigerians’ interest for lyrics, songs and celebrity
personalities.
And in a year with a number of high profile deaths, the death of Queen
Elizabeth was the most searched loss, followed by gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu, who died
in April and actress Ada Ameh who died in August.
Other top searched questions like, ‘How to link NIN?’, ‘How to buy shares?’, ‘How to register for PVC online?’, ‘What is Lupus?’ and “What is NATO?’ showed how Nigerians made use of Search to find out more about their interests in 2022.
Here are the trending searches in 2022:
Top 10 trending searches
- AFCON
- ASUU
- iPhone 14
- Oxlade
- NATO
- Buga
- Peter Obi
- Ukraine
- World Cup
- Asa
- Oxlade
- Peter Obi
- Asake
- Black Sherif
- Casemiro
- Putin
- Lisandro Martinez
- Anthony
- Gabriel Jesus
- Raphinha
- Casemiro
- Lisandro Martinez
- Anthony
- Gabriel Jesus
- Raphinha
- Maduka
Okoye
- Fofana
- Eriksen
- Tobi
Amusan
- Graham Potter
- Oxlade
- Asake
- Black Sherif
- Portable
- Lil Tjay
- Ruger
- Kwaku the traveller
- Buju
- Angelique Kidjo
- DJ YK
- Will Smith
- Johnny Depp
- Yul Edochie
- Osita Iheme
- Judy Austin
- Olu Jacobs
- Peggy Ovire
- Amber Heard
- Nkechi Blessing
- Thuso Mbedu
- Queen Elizabeth
- Osinachi Nwachukwu
- Ada Ameh
- Rico Swavey
- Takeoff
- Chinedu Nwadike
- Dablixx Osha
- Dejo Tunfulu
- Ifeanyi Adeleke
- Alaafin of Oyo - Oba Lamidi Adeyemi
- Finesse lyrics
- Overdose lyrics
- Rush lyrics
- If I broke na my business lyrics
- Palazzo lyrics
- Bandana lyrics
- Buga lyrics
- Kwaku the traveller lyrics
- Cough by Kizz Daniel lyrics
- Machala lyrics
- Fried rice recipe
- Afang Soup recipe
- Jollof rice recipe
- Banana bread recipe
- Parfait recipe
- Sex on the beach recipe
- French toast recipe
- Ogbono soup recipe
- Chin chin recipe
- Lasagna recipe
- iPhone 14 pro max
- iPhone 13 pro max
- Tecno Camon 19
- Infinix Note 12
- Tecno Spark 7
- Infinix Note 11
- Redmi Note 11
- Infinix Smart 6
- Spark 7
- Tecno Spark 9
- Anikulapo
- Blood sisters
- House of the dragon
- Thor love and thunder
- The woman king
- Selina tested
- Tinder Swindler
- Black Panther
- Eternals
- All of us are dead
- Buga - Kizz Daniel ft Tekno
- Overdose - Mavins, Crayon, Ayra
Starr, Ladipoe, Magixx and Boy Spyce
- Machala - Carter Efe ft Berri Tiga
- Calm Down - Rema
- Rush - Ayra Starr
- Terminator - Asake
- Girlfriend - Ruger
- Finesse - Pheelz ft BNXN
- How are you my friend - Johnny
Drille
- Cough - Kizz Daniel
- Who is Peter Obi’s running mate?
- Who is Queen Elizabeth?
- Who is the Greek God of war?
- Who is the APC Presidential
candidate?
- Who is Atiku’s running mate?
- Who is Princess Diana?
- Who is leading in the Osun State
election?
- Who is Tinubu’s running mate?
- Who is Peter Obi?
- Who is Rico Swavey?
- How to link NIN?
- How to buy shares?
- How to register for PVC online?
- How to remove the rotoscope filter?
- How to maintain facial health by
controlling the type of food consumed?
- How to create an NFT?
- How to upgrade to iOS 16?
- How to hide an app on an iPhone?
- How to hide number?
- How to write an application letter for a job?
- What is Lupus?
- What is NATO?
- What is NFT?
- What is the cause of the Russia and
Ukraine war?
- What is the meaning of zazu zeh?
- What is PVC?
- What is intersex?
- What is the meaning of sapa?
- What is Greta Thunberg known for?
- What is the scientific term for ear ringing?
For more information on Google’s Year in Search across the globe
visit the Google’s trends site.