Google’s top trends 2020: Caroline Flack and Phillip Schofield among most popular entertainment search terms
Tom Hanks, one of the first celebrities to contract coronavirus, also scored high on trends
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Your support makes all the difference.Google has revealed the top UK trends of 2020, with Caroline Flack’s death and Phillip Schofield coming out as gay among the most-searched stories.
In an extraordinary year for news, with the Covid-19 pandemic and fight for the American presidency both taking place, the terms “coronavirus symptoms” and “US election” topped the searches list.
The most-searched celebrities included Tiger King stars Carole Baskin and Joe Exotic, as well as Kanye West, who made the surprise announcement he would be running for president.
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s hit “WAP” had the most-searched song lyrics, and Sam Mendes’s 1917 scored top of the most-searched movies list.
In terms of TV shows, Love Island and Normal People scored high.
The Undoing, the thriller starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant that only just aired its finale, also made the top 10.
See the full lists that include names and words in entertainment, below.
UK Top Trending Google queries 2020
1. Coronavirus
2. US election
4. Coronavirus symptoms
5. Coronavirus update
6. Premier League
7. Boris Johnson
8. Eat Out to Help Out
9. Kobe Bryant
10. Kim Jong-un
Celebrities
2. Carole Baskin
3. Joe Exotic
4. Jordan North
5. Elon Musk
6. Prince Harry
7. Kanye West
8. Ruthie Henshall
9. Johnny Depp
10. Tom Hanks
Lyrics
1. “WAP”
2. “We’ll Meet Again”
3. “Godzilla”
4. “The Box”
5. “Rule Britannia”
6. “Dance Monkey”
7. “No Time to Die”
8. “Break My Stride”
9. “Land of Hope and Glory”
10. “Savage Love”
Movies
1. 1917
2. Parasite
3. The Gentlemen
4. Lion
5. Jojo Rabbit
6. 365 Days
7. Tenet
8. Enola Holmes
9. Little Women
10. The Nest
TV shows
1. Love Island
2. Dennis Nilsen
3. White House Farm
4. Normal People
5. The Stranger
6. Tiger King
7. The Fall
8. Christine Keeler
9. The Undoing
10. Gangs of London
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