Ireland’s most popular Googled items for 2021 have been revealed.
Sports dominated the country’s most popular searches on the search engine.
Google’s annual ‘Year in Search’ show the European Football Championships and the English Premier League were the most popular overall searches this year.
Meanwhile, the most popular question of the year was ‘How to Register for a Covid-19 vaccine.’
Christian Eriksen was the most searched-for person, after his collapse at the Euro’s while horse trainer Gordon Elliot was second after being pictured on a dead horse.
Olympic Gold medallist Kellie Harrington was the fifth most Googled person.
Julie Dilger, Head of External Communications for Google Ireland, said the return of sport after it was knocked out by Covid was very popular.
“I think the most noticeable thing is Irish people were very excited to see sports back on their screens,” she said.
“So, four of the top ten most Google things this year were sporting related and six of the top ten most Googled people were sports people- including the wonderful Kellie Harrington, our gold medallist from the Olympics during the summer.”
Television shows were also extremely popular in 2021 – with Netflix’s Bridgerton and Squid Game also among the top searches.
Love Island and Eurovision were also big favourites as they returned to our screens.
‘What is Article 16’ was also among the most popular questions, while Britain’s Prince Philip was the most searched for person who died this year.
However, Ms Dilger said COVID was still high up people’s searches.
“Well COVID has actually moved down the overall searches one place – so down to number three from last year,” she said.
“But there was a lot of COVID-related questions in the most Googled questions of the year – such as how to register for the vaccine, how to do an antigen test, how to book a COVID test and how to apply for the COVID payment.”
Overall search top 10
Euro 2020
Premier League
Coronavirus
Seesaw
Christian Eriksen
Champions League
Zoom
Prince Philip
Virgin Media Player
Sarah Everard
Most Google People
Christian Eriksen
Gordon Elliot
Alec Baldwin
Matt Hancock
Kellie Harrington
Travis Scott
Joe Biden
Tiger Woods
Emma Raducanu
Tyson Fury
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How to do an Antigen test
How to book a covid-19 test
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How to apply for the Covid payment
How to get the Covid-19 certificate
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