ISLAMABAD: Google has released the list of top trending searches that had a high spike in traffic in Pakistan over a sustained period in 2021.
The lists cover a wide array of categories ranging from sports, movies, dramas, and animated films, giving a fascinating insight into the unique trends from the past year in the country.
This year, cricket fever swept the nation and dominated the Google search results.
The top searches of 2021 are from Pakistan’s cricket series with South Africa and England followed by the highlights of the games of ICC T20 World Cup and Pakistan Super League.
The following are the top trending searches:
Trending Searches:
Pakistan vs South Africa
Pakistan vs west indies
Pakistan Super League
Pakistan vs England
T20 world cup,
India vs England,
Pakistan vs England
Pakistan vs New Zealand
Pakistan vs Australia
The top movies and shows list for this year is diversified with shows and movies from all genres and styles.
The globally phenomenon that is the Netflix show ‘Squid Game’ grabbed the top position. The popular Pakistani drama Khuda aur Mohabbat is ranked second in the top movies and television shows list, whereas Hum TV’s comic drama Chupke Chupke was ranked third, followed by the Har Pal Geo drama Rang Mahal.
Trending Movies and TV:
Squid Game
Khuda Aur Mohabbat
Chupke Chupke
Rang Mahal
Radhe
Bigg Boss 15
Money Heist
Ertugrul
Black Widow
Eternals
Kurulus Osman
Shoaib Malik, the veteran cricketer, remained at the top of Google’s list of the most searched athletes. Cricket remained the most talked about theme in Pakistan this year, aggressive batter Asif Ali and left-handed batsman Fakhar Zaman took the second and third spots in the top athletes list on the search engine.
Trending Athlete list.
Trending athletes included:
Shoaib Malik
Asif Ali
Fakhar Zaman
Shaheen Afridi
Hasan Ali
Mohammad Rizwan
Shadab Khan
Abid Ali
Danish Aziz
Haris Rauf
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