Google's Year in Search 2022: Here is a recap of what India searched online

From trending search terms to sports events and movies, here is what India searched online on Google in 2022

Google India on Wednesday published its ‘Year in Search 2022’ results. It recaps what captivated India's interest in 2022 across a broad range of topics, including trending terms, sports events, news events, movies, how-tos, and more. Below are the details:

The top three search trends in India were - Indian Premier League, CoWIN, and FIFA World Cup. People searched for a diverse range of topics under the 'What is' category such as NATO, PFI, Agneepath Scheme, and Article 370. Trending ‘Near me’ queries were topped by Covid vaccine. Besides, people looked for swimming pools, water parks, malls, and metro stations near them.

News events were headlined by the demise of Lata Mangeshkar, Sidhu Moose wala, Queen Elizabeth and Shane Warne. People also took interest in the Russia Ukraine war, UP Elections, and Har Ghar Tiranga. Coming to sports events, the Google list showed that Indians were most interested in the Indian Premier League, FIFA World Cup, and Asia Cup.

Unlike the year, 2021, theatrical releases took a lead in 2022. Brahmastra and KGF 2 secured top spots in trending movie searches. Trending movies in India included The Kashmir Files, Drishyam 2, RRR, Pushpa: The Rise, Kantara, and Thor: Love and Thunder. ‘How to’ trending queries showed people actively searching for important information around vaccinations, government documents, income tax filing, pregnancy, and more.

Indian flavours such as Paneer Pasanda, Malai Kofta, and Paneer Burji remained on the top in ‘Recipe’ queries. People also searched for Modak, Chicken soup, Pornstar martini, Pan cake, and Anarse recipes on Google. Meanwhile, Nupur Sharma, Droupadi Murmu, and Rishi Sunak were the most searched personalities on Google this year.

Google Year in Search | 2022
Rank	Trending Searches	What is	Near me	How To	Movies	Sports events	Personalities	News events (*Events that created breaking news)	Recipes
1	Indian Premier League	What is Agneepath Scheme	Covid vaccine near me	How to download vaccination certificate	Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva	Indian Premier League	Nupur Sharma	Lata Mangeshkar passing	पनीर पसंदा (Paneer pasanda)
2	CoWIN	What is NATO	Swimming pool near me	How to download PTRC challan	K.G.F.: Chapter 2	FIFA World Cup	Droupadi Murmu	Sidhu Moose wala	Modak
3	FIFA World Cup	What is NFT	Water park near me	Pornstar martini how to drink	Kashmir Files	Asia Cup	Rishi Sunak	Russia Ukraine war	Sex on the beach
4	Asia Cup	What is PFI	Movies near me	ई श्रमिक कार्ड कैसे बनाएं (How to make e-Shram card)	RRR	ICC Men’s T20 World Cup	Lalit Modi	UP Election results	Chicken soup
5	ICC Men's T20 World Cup	What is the square root of 4	Takeout restaurants open now near me	How to stop motions during pregnancy	Kantara	Commonwealth Games	Sushmita Sen	Covid-19 cases in India	मलाई कोफ्ते (Malai Kofta)
6	Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva	What is surrogacy	Malls near me	How to link voter ID with Aadhar	Pushpa: The Rise	Indian Super League	Anjali Arora	Shane Warne passing	Pornstar martini
7	e-SHRAM Card	What is solar eclipse	Metro station near me	How to make banana bread	Vikram	Pro Kabaddi League	Abdu Rozik	Queen Elizabeth passing	Pizza margherita
8	Commonwealth Games	What is Article 370	RT–PCR near me	How to file ITR online	Lal Singh Chaddha	ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup	Eknath Shinde	KK passing	Pan cake
9	K.G.F: Chapter 2	What is Metaverse	Polio drops near me	How to write Hindi text on image	Drishyam 2	Australian Open	Pravin Tambe	Har Ghar Tiranga	पनीर भुर्जी (Paneer Burji)
10	Indian Super League	What is myositis	मेरे पास के किराये के मकान	Wordle how to play	Thor Love and Thunder	Wimbledon	Amber Heard	Bappi Lahiri passing	Anarse