Google has released the top trending searches of 2024 for the Middle East and North Africa.
The annual lists reveal the most trending search queries that experienced a higher volume of search over a sustained period in 2024 compared to 2023.
The lists included the top searched news, personalities, movies, TV series, tournaments, and sports moments.
UAE Google search trends
The UAE showed significant interest in cricket matches, with the Men’s T20 World Cup topping the list of most-searched sports events.
People in the UAE also used Google Search to follow news of war in Palestine, as well as global health and tech incidents including the CrowdStrike outage, and the Monkeypox disease.
The personalities list included diverse figures, including Donald Trump, Kate Middleton, and Kamala Harris, reflecting a broad interest in international affairs.
Trending news searches in 2024
- US Elections
- India Elections
- Rafah attack
- Iran and Israel
- Solar Eclipse
- Lulu IPO
- CrowdStrike outage
- Palestine and Israel war
- Monkeypox disease
- Rainfall in UAE
Trending personality searches in 2024
- Donald Trump
- Coldplay
- Shashank Singh
- Sarfaraz Khan
- Kate Middleton
- Kamala Harris
- Abhishek Sharma
- Lamine Yamal
- Hardik Pandya
- Arshad Nadeem
Trending movie searches in 2024
- Manjummel Boys
- Inside Out 2
- Aadujeevitham
- Bramayugam
- 12th Fail
- Kalki
- Stree 2
- Aavesham
- Deadpool
- It Ends with Us
Trending sport tournament searches in 2024
- India vs England
- Pakistan vs England
- Pakistan vs Bangladesh
- India vs Zimbabwe
- Sri Lanka vs India
- Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh
- India vs Bangladesh
- India vs South Africa
- India vs Pakistan
- India vs England
Trending sports searches in 2024
- T20 World Cup
- Indian Premier League
- Euro 2024
- Copa America
- Olympics
- AFC Asian Cup
- Paralympic Games
- Women’s T20 World Cup
- Africa Cup of Nations
- Wimbledon