By Yinka Akanbi
Google, on Monday, announced the results of its 2023 Year in Search for Nigeria, an annual analysis that highlights the top trending lists and also spotlights what the world searches to see, learn and do.
This year’s results outlined the most popular searches, notable individuals, actors, musicians, topics, questions, and other subjects that drew the attention of Nigerians throughout 2023.
In Nigeria, the results show an increased interest in lifestyle, local politics, and notable personalities such as Moyo Lawal, Peter Obi and Oladipupo Oladimeji, aka Oladips, who topped the trending people’s list for 2023.
Moving up to first place in 2023’s top trending musicians category is Asake, followed closely by singer Khaid and rapper Shallipopi, with Asake’s song “Lonely at the top” also topping the search list of trending songs.
It is worthy of note that Nigerians were evidently interested in entertainment this year as is reflected in the search for ‘Gangs of Lagos’, ‘Shanty town’, and ‘Soso lyrics’, all of which topped the movies, video series and lyrics categories respectively.
Singer Mohbad, Yoruba actor Murphy Alabi and actor and film producer Saint Obi, all of whom passed this year, topped the search list for loss, with Mohbad also topping the category for the most searched Nigerian news topic in 2023.
