The year 2018 at Google

Published on: December 14, 2018 / update from: December 14, 2018 - Author: Konrad Wolfenstein

If you want to know what moved people in this country over the year, you can get a good overview in the annual evaluation from the search engine giant Google. This year, in addition to the World Cup, people were primarily looking for the names of deceased or missing celebrities.

Daniel Küblböck, who became known through the RTL show “Deutschland sucht den Superstar”, jumped off a cruise ship in the Labrador Sea in September and the search for him has now been stopped. Jens Büchner was followed on camera by the TV channel Vox for years and was known as “Mallorca-Jens”. He died of cancer in November. Musician Avicii was found dead in a hotel room in Oman in April. All three are among the German top 5 search queries on Google.

The Germans were also interested in the lunar eclipse in July, the events in Chemnitz in September and the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. When it comes to series, internet users in this country are primarily looking for German productions: Babylon Berlin, Bad Banks and Tannbach are in the top three places.

In addition to the World Cup and other celebrity inquiries, the how questions also reveal the defining topic of the summer: How long will the heat last?

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The year 2017 at Google

Have you googled the World Cup draw this year? Or after the federal election? If so, you've helped ensure that these two keywords are the fastest growing Google searches

What also moved and led to questions among people in this country was where Manuel Neuer got married, where Hurricane Irma is currently and what the engine displacement is.

The big why questions this year revolved around the G20 and Pentecost. The Germans were also concerned about why butter became so much more expensive. In fifth place among the most frequently asked why questions in the year of the Reformation was Martin Luther, who reformed the Christian church but is also said to have asked: “Why don’t you burp and fart?”

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The year 2016 at Google

Thematically, the year of the Germans was somewhere between Brexit, Prince and cats' fear of cucumbers. At least if you go by the most popular searches on Google. The annual review shows what was going on in the German soul in 2016. When it comes to headlines, all topics relating to the rise of populism in politics dominate the top 5: Brexit, Donald Trump and AfD. The interest in celebrities from top sports to trash TV with Formula 1 world champion Nico Rosberg in first place and former jungle camp participant Helena Fürst in second place. TV presenter Jan Böhmermann also heated up tempers and is in 5th place. Google users asked the big why questions about the death of Prince, the fears of cats and the European Football Championship in France.

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