Here Are NYC's Top Trending Google Searches For 2020

New York City NY

09 December, 2020

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NEW YORK CITY — One Google search trended in New York City above all others in 2020, a year dominated by the coronavirus pandemic: "election results." Yes, the election contest between President Donald Trump and now President-elect Joe Biden grabbed the top trending search title, according to results released Wednesday by Google. But "coronavirus" — the tiny yet hugely disruptive deadly virus — wasn't far behind. It was the second top trending search. Trending searches aren't the same as top searches, according to Google's search experts. They're queries that had a high spike in traffic over a sustained period in 2020 as compared to 2019. What they provide is a snapshot of topics that gripped New Yorkers during a year most, if not all, never want to relive. Those are: election results coronavirus kobe bryant coronavirus symptoms coronavirus update naya rivera zoom pop smoke unemployment who is winning the election The results reflect a difficult year defined by the coronavirus crisis, political turmoil and tragedy. Three of the results — Kobe Bryant, Naya Rivera and Pop Smoke — were celebrities who died in tragic circumstances. It's a marked contrast to the city's top trending searches in 2019, which although were topped by the untimely death of rapper Nipsey Hussle, al Election resultsCoronavirusKobe BryantCoronavirus updateCoronavirus symptomsZoomWho is winning the electionNaya RiveraChadwick BosemanPlayStation 5More information on Google's top trending searches for 2020 can be found here.