Every year, Google releases ‘Google’s Year in Search’ that reveals what country (its people) searched for the most on Google during that year. This includes topics, news, sports/sports events, celebrities, movies, TV shows, how-tos and more. Like India, Google recently released ‘Year in Search 2024’ for Pakistan. These are the trends and topics across fields that shaped the people in Pakistan searched for most on Google in the year 2024.
Google’s year-end list for 2024 for Pakistan comprises the following six categories: Cricket, People, Movies and Drama, How-to, Recipes and Tech. Google’s year-end round-up lists top 10 highest searches on these topics.
Incidentally, Google’s ‘Year in Search 2024’ for Pakistan included quite a few things about or related to India. These included Indian business leaders; Indian shows on OTT platforms like Sony, Amazon Prime and Netflix; and Indian team’s cricket matches in the T20 World Cup series.
Big Boss and more: What ‘India things’ Pakistanis searched for on Google in 2024
Cricket: In Cricket, as many as five most searched games in Pakistan were India matches. One of course was the India-Pakistan clash at the T20 World Cup. Other than this, the other most-searched matches included India vs Australia, India vs England and India vs South Africa. These are all the crucial matches that the Indian Cricket team played in the T20 World Cup.
People: The ‘People list for Pakistan’ had India’s Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Industries.
Movies and Drama: The ‘Movies & Drama’ list comprises most Indian TV shows and as many as four Bollywood movies. The TV shows include: Heeramandi, 12th Fail, Mirzapur Season 3, and Bigg Boss 17. The four Bollywood movies that made it to most-Googled movies of 2024 in Pakistan are: Animal, Stree 2, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 and Dunki.
‘Nothing Pakistani’ in India’s Year in Search 2024 on Google
Google’s ‘Year in Search’ for India had no trending search related to Pakistan whatsoever. “This year, India’s searches spanned a fascinating spectrum – a vibrant mix of sports fervor (IPL to Olympics) and entertainment love across languages (Stree 2 to K-dramas), to also exploring indie music hits (Nadaaniyan fan, anyone?), “demure and mindful” (and hilarious!) memes, and quirky (or Pookie!) lingo. We celebrated our athletes (Vinesh Phogat to Hardik Pandya), while remembering the late Ratan Tata. We dreamt about the wanderlust favorite this year, Azerbaijan, and explored new themes, be it with relationships (Orange Peel Theory, Throning Dating) or workplace behaviours (Gen Z boss work memes),” said that blog on the trends and themes that shaped India’s Year in Search 2024.