Google has released Kenya’s Year in Search Lists, an annual look into the year's top trending Google searches revealing queries that had a high spike in traffic over a sustained period in 2021. The lists range from overall global stories to local top 10 lists of trending topics across sports, music, lifestyle, personalities, news, and more, on “how-to” and “What is?” queries’.
Ms. Sharon Machira, Google’s Communications and Public Affairs Manager in Kenya, said, “Just as Search can help you explore and discover a world of information, there are many ways to explore the year through the lens of Google Search. Google’s 2021 Year in Search Lists compiles the moments, people, topics, events, and places that captured Kenyans’ attention during the year. Search is a useful tool to help people find answers to the biggest questions facing society.”
Not surprisingly, English Premier League topped the general trending searches as has in the past several years. Kenyans’ love for football dominated the Trends with search queries on football clubs in the English Premier League, Serie A, UEFA Champions League, Europa League, and La Liga. People searched to know the league standings, fixtures, and results of their favourite football clubs.
In the trending Global Personalities category, Bobi Wine, Uganda’s opposition leader was the top trending personality, followed by Joe Biden, who was elected as the 46th US President. Sports journalist Fabrizio Romano, who specialises in football transfers was the third trending personality. Other global personalities included Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, Alibaba Founder Jack Ma, US Vice President Kamala Harris, British model Naomi Campbell, Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu, former President of South Africa Jacob Zuma, and American poet Amanda Gorman.
In the“how to” trending category, “How to find true love” topped the trending search queries while “how to check KCPE and KCSE results came second and third respectively. Kenyans also searched how to register for NHIF via MPESA. Other queries were “how to apply for Kazi Mtaani”, “how to write an application letter”, “how to write a CV”, how to buy tokens and “how to style” braids.
The top trending lyrics reveal Kenyans’ appetite for Tanzanian and Nigerian songs where search for Tanzanian songstress Zuchu’s hitsong ‘Sukari’ lyrics came first followed by lyrics from Nigeria’s Joseph Akinwale Akinfenwa-Donus aka’ Joeboy’s hitsong ‘Alcohol’ and another Tanzanian Bongo artist Diamond Platinumz whose ‘Naanzaje’ hit attracted the third highest number of searches. Other hitsongs whose lyrics were sought were Ndovu ni Kuu by Kenya’s Boutross Munene and Khaligraph Jones.
At position five was Baikoko by Diamond Platinumz with the hitsong ‘Hapo Tu’ by Nyashinski featuring Chris Kaiga, Amazing Grace. Jireh, Love and Nwantiti follow in that order.
Below are the full lists of Top 10 Trending Searches by Kenyans in 2021:
Trending Local Personalities
Mukhisa Kituyi
Mwai Kibaki
Martha Koome
Eliud Kipchoge
Deputy President William Ruto
Alfred Mutua
Charles Njonjo
Simba Arati
Omanyala
Moses Kuria
Trending Health
COVID-19 Registry
AstraZeneca Vaccine
Chanjo Kenya
Moderna Vaccine
KMTC
Colonoscopy
Signs of COVID-19
Bipolar Disorder
Glaucoma
Autism
Trending Global Personalities
Bobi Wine
Joe Biden
Fabrizio Romano
Museveni
Jack Ma
Kamala Harris
Naomi Campbell
Samia Suluhu
Jacob Zuma
Amanda Gorman
Trending Loss
Magufuli
Chris Kirubi
DMX
TB Joshua
Jakoyo Midiwo
Prince Philip
Simeon Nyachae
Kalembe Ndile
Yusuf Haji
Bunny Wailer
Trending Sports
EPL
Euro 2020
La Liga Table
Serie A Table
Champions League
Paralympics
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
Europa League
Pakakumi
Bundesliga Table
Trending Movies & TV Shows
Squid Game
Zora
Red Notice
Black Widow
Killing Eve
Coming to America
Snake Eyes
Lupin
Army of the Dead
Mortal Kombat
Trending How to (General)
How to find true love?
How to check KCPE results online
How to check KCSE results
How to pay NHIF via Mpesa
How to reverse Mpesa
How to apply Kazi Mtaani
How to write an application letter
How to write a CV
How to buy tokens
How to style braids
Trending How To (Tech)
How to open pdf file
How to open null file
How to open apk file
How to open docx file
How to open bin file
How to check NHIF status
How to hack a WiFi password
How to open zip file
How to open mp3 file
How to download videos from YouTube
Trending Lyrics
‘Sukari’ Lyrics
‘Alcohol’ Lyrics
‘Naanzaje’ Lyrics
‘Ndovu Ni Kuu’ Lyrics
‘Baikoko’ Lyrics
‘Hapo Tu’ Lyrics
‘Amazing Grace’ Lyrics
‘Jireh’ Lyrics
‘Love Nwantiti’ Lyrics
‘Zuchu Sukari’ Lyrics
