Calmars, bitcoins and tornadoes the year 2021 on Google

(Montreal) Through the pandemic, natural disasters and political games, the year 2021 has shown us all colors, a trend reflected by research on Google of Quebecers and Canadians, whose figures have been revealedWednesday.

"We see that there is a theme this year, where we really have a desire to come back in force," comments the spokesperson for Google Canada, Luiza Staniec.

Although the COVVI-19 is still at the center of concerns, the way of talking about it has changed."Last year was more compared to the number of cases, or" What is the COVVI-19 virus?"," What are the differences between vaccines?", While there, it is rather" where can I be vaccinated?"," How to get my vaccination passport?", She raises.

Eternal sport

Sport, a must -see, did not miss the call in 2021.

If the number 1 research of Quebecers all categories is "Vaccination COVIR nearby", it is immediately followed by the "NHL", a sign of the enthusiasm aroused by the presence of the Montreal Canadian in the Stanley Cup final.The NBA is in fourth position.

En se fiant uniquement aux recherches sur des nouvelles d’actualité, on remarque que le tournoi de tennis de Wimbledon (3^e place), les Jeux olympiques (5^e place) et le gardien de but Carey Price (8^e place) ont marqué l’imaginaire. En comparaison, les élections fédérales n’occupent que la 7^e place.

"Sport is interesting because it is really something that unites us all together. Dans la soif de se sentir connectés à d’autres, les gens se tournent justement vers ces moments sportifs », affirme M^me Staniec.The isolation linked to the pandemic, just like the highly anticipated return of several leagues, according to it surely weighed in the scale.

Among the athletes, it is the tennis player Leylah Fernandez who rose to the top of the top 10 Quebeckers.She is also the only woman to appear there, among many hockey players like Carey Price, Jake Evans or Kyle Beach.

The squid game phenomenon

On the side of the television series, the feeling of the year is unequivocal Squid Game ("The Calmar game"), this South Korean fiction where indebted characters find themselves taken to compete in a murderous competition, in theHope to earn enough money to straighten the course of their lives.

In first place as much in Quebec as in Canada, the foreign series detonates.In the province, it is the only entry, both on television and on the big screen, which does not come from North America.To the width of the country, "Why is Squid Game so popular?»Was even the tenth most posed question.

Besides Squid Game, the small screen is the kingdom of reality TV, especially if they are in love: double occupation in the west, the island of love, if we loved each other and Big Brother Quebec testify to this.

Au cinéma, les gens recherchent plutôt de la fantaisie, de l’horreur et de l’action, le plus souvent dans des productions hollywoodiennes à grands budgets, comme l’histoire de superhéros Shang-Chi (2^e place) ou le retour sanglant de Michael Myers dans Halloween Kills (3^e place).But it is the adaptation of the science fiction novel by the Quebec director Denis Villeneuve who obtains the palm. Une seule production entièrement d’ici, L’Arracheuse de temps (9^e place), fait partie de la liste.

"How to buy bitcoins?"»»

« Il y a eu un moment fort au niveau de l’intérêt qui a été porté envers tout ce qui est cryptomonnaies », a souligné M^me Staniec.Even if the subject is still a little in vogue, "this year, this is the first time that we have been asking the price of bitcoins of this world as much, how we can buy them".

"How to buy bitcoins" is the sixth question most posed by Quebecers, while the price of Ethereum is the tenth greater research.In Canada, we are talking about Dogecoin, big favorite by Elon Musk.

The stock market adventures of small investors attending the Reddit site have also made their brand, Gamescop and AMC being among the most popular words.At the beginning of the year, they had massively bought actions from these companies, in order to use Wall Street its own techniques against Wall Street.

Special mentions

In the unusual events of the year, the most striking is undoubtedly the famous Tornado of Mascouche, which has become the tenth most sought after news.

But, whatever the major world reversals, it will always be the small ills of everyday life that will chick Mr. and Madame Tout-le-Monde, whether it is a question of "stopping the hiccups", of "putting an end to the runny nose"Or" get rid of fruit flies ".

Also, while Google celebrates its 20 years of activity in the country, the company revealed Tuesday that the word that has stood most in Canada is ... "Canada".

Selon M^me Staniec, « il y a quelque chose de très émotionnel là-dedans, quand on pense à comment on définit un Canadien, qui nous sommes, comment immigrer ici ».

In its annual compilation of major trends, Google does not necessarily calculate the raw number of requests, but the big peaks and the evolution in time, "because otherwise, we would find a lot of the weather or political figures", or evenSexual terms, she specifies.

This article was produced with the financial support of Facebook scholarships and the Canadian press for the news.