From Faf to the Titanic submarine, these were the top Google searches of 2023

Clarence Ford interviews Barbara Friedman about trending news on the web.

Listen below (skip to 2:56).

Google has released its ‘Year in Search’ overview, which showcases the most-searched topics across various categories over the past year.

If you’ve turned to Google in the past year, most of these shouldn’t come as a surprise.

South Africa

People:

1. Thabo Bester

2. Cyan Boujee

3. Nadia Nakai

4. Dr Nandipha Magudumana

5. Andrew Tate

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Athletes:

1. Springboks

2. Siya Kolisi

3. Bongi Mbonambi

4. Faf de Klerk

5. Eben Etzebeth

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Global

News:

1. War in Israel and Gaza

2. Titanic submarine

3. Turkey earthquake

4. Hurricane Hilary

5. Hurricane Idalia

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People:

1. Damar Hamlin

2. Jeremy Renner

3. Andrew Tate

4. Kylian Mbappé

5. Travis Kelce

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Passings:

1. Matthew Perry

2. Tina Turner

3. Sinéad O’Connor

4. Ken Block

5. Jerry Springer

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