A Year in Nigerian Search: Google's Trending Searches of 2023
Moyo Lawal, Mohbad, Asake, Gangs of Lagos, Shanty Town and more lead top trends on Search in 2023- What were Nigerians searching for this year?
- Who was the top trending person over the last 12 months?
- What songs, movies/ TV Shows and recipes trended and grabbed people’s attention?
Today, Google unveiled the findings of its 2023 Year in Search for Nigeria, showcasing the most popular searches, notable individuals, actors, musicians, topics, questions, and other subjects that captured Nigerians' attention throughout the year. Google's Year in Search is an annual analysis that reveals the top trending lists and also spotlights what the world searches to see, learn, and do.In Nigeria, this year's results show a heightened interest in lifestyle, local politics, and notable personalities such as Moyo Lawal, Peter Obi and Oladipupo Oladimeji, aka Oladips, who topped the trending people’s list for 2023.
Significantly moving up to first place in 2023's top trending musicians category is Asake, followed closely by singer Khaid and rapper Shallipopi, with Asake's song "Lonely at the top" also topping the search list of trending songs. Nigerians were evidently interested in entertainment this year as can be reflected in the search for "Gangs of Lagos", "Shanty town," and "Soso lyrics", all of which topped the movies, video series and lyrics categories respectively.
Singer Mohbad. Yoruba actor Murphy Alabi and actor and film producer Saint Obi, all of whom passed this year, topped the search list for loss, with Mohbad also topping the category for the most searched Nigerian news topic in 2023.
Other top-searched questions like "Who is the winner of the 2023 presidential election?", "What is fuel subsidy?"showed how concerned Nigerians were with the political and economic affairs of the country and how Google Search was used to learn more about their interests in 2023. You can see the full trends 2023 list for Nigeria here and also explore the global trends list here.
Below are the full lists of Top 10 Trending Searches by Nigerians in 2023:
People Moyo Lawal Peter Obi Oladips Hilda Baci Mudryk Mr Ibu Simon Ekpa Sam Larry Anita Brown Esther Raphael | International News Inter Miami Al Nassr Ballon D'or 2023 Israel Gaza Conflict Gabon Coup Turkey Earthquake Brazil Flood Sudan Crisis Submarine Implosion Wagner Group | Nigeria News Mohbad Nigeria National Elections 2023 Hilda Baci record Mr Ibu Simon Ekpa Ministerial List Seun Kuti Fuel Subsidy Tribunal Judgement Yemi Cardoso |
Loss Mohbad Murphy Afolabi Saint Obi Christian Atsu AKA Bray Wyatt Don Brymo Costa Titch Tina Turner Matthew Perry | Devices Iphone 15 Tecno Spark 10 Pro Tecno Camon 20 Tecno Spark 10 Infinix Hot 30i Redmi Note 12 Itel A70 Itel P40 Infinix Note 30 Pro Infinix Smart 8 |
Nigerian Actors Moyo Lawal Empress Njamah Mr Ibu Nancy Isime Yul Edochie Bimbo Ademoye Maurice Sam Tobi Bakre Ruth Kadiri Olumide Oworu | Nigerian Singers Asake Khaid Shallipopi Seyi Vibez Kizz Daniel Portable Spyro Boy Spyce Odumodublvck Ayra Starr | Athletes Mudryk Hakimi Declan Rice Caicedo Enzo Fernandez Joao Felix Onana Kai Havertz Mason Mount Wout Weghorst |
Songs
Asake Lonely At The Top Omah Lay Reason Kizz Daniel My G Who Is Your Guy Terminator King Promise Sability Ruger Asiwaju Carry Me Go Kcee Ojapiano Rich Till I Die | Movies
Gangs Of Lagos Jagun Jagun Extraction 2 Oppenheimer Barbie Movie Fast X John Wick 4 Blue Beetle Creed 3 Heart Of Stone |
Who Is ... Who Is The Winner Of 2023 Presidential Election Who Is Mohbad Wife Who Is The Governor Of Kano State Who Is Chelsea New Coach Who Is Hilda Baci Who Is Sam Larry Who Is Simon Ekpa Who Is The Governor Of Osun State Who Is Hakimi Who Is The Winner Of Bbn All Stars 2023 | What Is ... What Is Fuel Subsidy What Is The Meaning Of Idan What Is Autopsy What Is The Meaning Of Idan In Yoruba What Is The Cause Of Mohbad Death What Is The Meaning Of Body Count What Is The National Flower Of Nigeria What Is Bvas What Is Bell's Palsy What Is Cryptic Pregnancy |
Video Series
Shanty Town Alchemy Of Souls Alchemy Of Souls Season 2 Big Brother Titans Top Boy Far From Home Gen V Wura Sex Life King The Land |
Recipe
Sex On The Beach Recipe Chin Chin Recipe Black Soup Recipe Fish Roll Recipe Recipe For Pancake Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe Yamarita Recipe Sausage Roll Recipe Okra Soup Recipe Coleslaw Recipe | Lyrics
Soso Lyrics Gwagwalada Lyrics Asiwaju Lyrics Lonely At The Top Lyrics Won Da Mo Lyrics Party No Dey Stop Lyrics Sability Lyrics Carry Me Go Lyrics Tobechukwu Lyrics Reason Omah Lay Lyrics |
This is a publicly available tool that displays relative search volume across geographies, time periods and queries that people want to know about. Google Trends lets you dive deep into what's popular on the Internet -- you can compare search data by time, location, and between queries. It also offers category filtering, top and rising searches, and geographic "heat maps”. The main two categories of searches are: ‘Trending’ and ‘Most Searched’.
Trending Searches: The "trending" queries are the searches that had the highest amount of traffic over a specific period.
Most Searched/ Top searches: What topped Google’s charts? The "most searched" queries are simply the most popular terms for a specific period, ranked in order by volume of searches.