Google: 2022 Is the Year We All Asked 'How?'

Google is taking a look back at the height searches of 2022, and says this was the year nosotros all, more than always before, asked "how?"

We wanted to know how wildfires start, how far N Korean missiles can get, how much President Donald Trump'southward infamous wall will toll, how many refugees there are around the globe, how hurricanes grade, how to board upward our windows, how to watch the eclipse, and the answers to a lot more questions starting with that common word.

Another common theme in 2022, co-ordinate to Google: we wanted to know how to help. How to help alluvion victims in Texas and elsewhere, refugees around the world, hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, convulsion-stricken Mexico, the victims of the Las Vegas shooting, and others.

Check our Google's emotional video to a higher place for more than of the "how" questions we asked.

Hurricane Irma was the No. 1 global search of the year, followed by the iPhone 8, then the iPhone X, according to Google Trends.

Former Today Show anchor Matt Lauer, who was recently fired for sexual harassment, came in fourth, followed by Prince Harry'southward new fiancé Meghan Markle. The iPhone 8 was the superlative global consumer tech search, followed by the iPhone X, Nintendo Switch, Samsung Galaxy S8, and Xbox One X.

Besides Hurricane Irma and Matt Lauer at No. ane and 2, the acme trending searches in the Usa included the recently deceased rock god Tom Piddling, the Super Bowl, and the Las Vegas shooting. The height five consumer tech searches in the U.s. more often than not mirrored the global list, with i change: the Razer Phone came in at No. 5 hither in united states of america.

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