LONDON: As the year draws to a close, it is the ideal opportunity to take stock and reflect on the previous year, as well as for Google to reveal trends about what people searched for on the internet.
Every December, the tech giant has released its annual “Year in Search” report, which details the top searches throughout the world.
The report revealed that the most googled term in Saudi Arabia in 2022 was Madrasati, the e-learning platform that kept schoolchildren worldwide connected during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2021, the app attracted more than 6 million users worldwide and was recognized by an international study as being among the best seven global platforms in 174 countries.
Noor, the educational system used by parents and students in the Kingdom for all school-related services came in second place.
The podium was completed by the term World Cup, which this year was held in Qatar, a first for a Middle Eastern country.
In the “Top Personalities” category, the most searched person of the year was Saz Al-Qahtanim, the Saudi influencer who died at the age of 22 in a tragic car crash in Riyadh last March.
The most googled song of the year was “El Ghazala Ray’a” by Karim Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, followed by “Mesaytara” by Syrian singer and actress Lamis Kan.
World Cup games and cricket matches Sri Lanka vs Australia and Pakistan vs England occupy the top three positions in the “Top Sports Queries.”
To make it into this category in the fifth position was the Saudi-Argentina match at the FIFA World Cup 2022, won by the Green Falcons 2-1 last November, in what was a memorable night for the Kingdom’s sports history.
To top the first three positions in the “TV Shows” category, Google users in the Kingdom expressed a keen interest in the Turkish drama “Duy Beni,” followed by another Turkish series “The Judgement” and the Kuwaiti drama series “Min Share’ Al Haram Ela.”
