Mars, Zakat, & Mangoes: Meet this Year’s Top Trending Google Searches

The Year in Search lists are a great resource for anyone trying to understand what were the events, people, things, and questions that were on top of people’s minds over the past 12 months.

Although search is the first product of Google, it remains to be greatest moonshot till this day as it continues providing solutions for new challenges.

This year we saw major improvements in our ability to better understand Arabic queries thanks to a new technology we announced in June called Multitask Unified Model, or MUM; a milestone in artificial intelligence which lets Google Search help you when the answer to your query is not very simple. One of the very first languages to have MUM applied to was Arabic, helping millions of people find answers.

Through Year in Search, a variety of interests have been unvieled. This year also saw breakout searches, which are queries that experienced the highest volume of searches within a limited time since 2011, such as:

In Saudi Arabia, the word 'Zakat' trended at an all-time high since 2011 around Ramadan this year as people searched for ways to give back to their communities.
In Egypt, the word “mangoes” trended more than ever this year after a heat wave destroyed some of the iconic fruit’s crops.
In the United Arab Emirates, people looked to the sky as the first Arab-led space mission made its way into orbit around planet Mars, pushing the word “mars” to the top of the trending charts.

United Arab Emirates

General

India vs England
Euro Cup
Ramadan 2021
Tropical Cyclone Shaheen
Expo 2020
iphone 13
Alef
Squid Game
Olympics 2021
Hope Mission

Destinations & events

Expo
Global Village
Al Baik
Gitex 2021
Dubai Airshow 2021

How-to questions

How to check visa status
How to change mobile number in Emirates ID
How to calculate gratuity in UAE
How to pronounce
How to recall email in outlook
How to check individual police fine
How to solve a rubik's cube
How to register for covid vaccine in Dubai
How to lower blood pressure

Saudi Arabia

TV Shows

Madrasati
Saudi League ranking
Al Hilal
Rashash (TV Show)
iPhone 12
Riyadh Season
Paralympics
Vox Cinema
Manga
Palestine

Events and destinations

Riyadh Season
National Day 91
Hour of Code
Saudi International Falcon Hunting & Exhibition
Haramain High Speed Railway
Mrsool Park
Ramadan 2021
Riyadh Book Fair
India vs England
Saudi League

Top Sports Queries

Al Hilal
Al Nasr
AFC League
Real Madrid
Al Ahli (Saudi Arabia)
Al Ittihad
Al Hilal vs Al Nasr
Spanish League Rank
Adel Al Tawirji

Egypt

General

Al Ahly
High School Results
Corona Vaccine Registration
Sherihan
Summer Olympics
Plural of milk
Palestine flag
Chinese rocket
Renaissance Dam
Samir Ghanem

Top Personalities

Pasant Shawki
Percy Tao
Dina Dash
Omar Marmoush
Wael Al Ibrashi
Carlos Queiroz
Hisham Ashour
Mostafa Mohamad
Hala Shiha
Mohamed Farrag

TV Shows

Nasl Al Aghrab
Al Ikhtiyar 2
Mlook Al Gadana
Musa
Lulu
Squid Game
Ramez Aalo Taar
Al Nemr
Laeba Newton
Khali Balak min Zizi

General searches from across MENA

Palestine

Eschool
Barcelona
Corona test
Visit Jordan
Al Rawabi School for Girls
Central Elections Commission
Abu Obeida
Zuheir Ramadan
Al Heiba Jabal
Palestine flag

Iraq

Newton Platform
La Liga Lists
Iraq v South Korea
Summer Olympics
Raghd Saddam Hussein
Paralympics
TikTok
Squid Game
Virus (TV Show)
National card registration

Syria

Real Madrid
Ninth grade results
Al Haiba Jabal
Zuhair Ramadan
Ramadan TV Shows
Background images
Sabah Fakhri
Eid Al Adha
Sad songs
Syria at Expo

Algeria

Today’s games
Al Awal
Primary Education Results
Algeria v Burkina Faso
Squid’s Game
Children’s Day
First Day of School
Palestine
Royland Garros
Olympics