Top Searches For Africa In 2012 As Revealed By Google
2012 has almost come to an end and it would be nice to take a look at some of the top queries performed online in 2012, Google, the world’s largest internet search giant has announced its annual Zeitgeist report which shows those remarkable events, passions, interests, activities and defining moments which captured our interests during the year, over one trillion queries were analised to produce this result which revealed Whitney Houston, Gangnam Style, Hurricane Sandy, iPad 3 and Diablo 3 as the top 5 searches worldwide, the top 5 images searched for in 2012 are One Direction, Selena Gomez, iPhone 5, Megan Fox, Rihanna.
For consumer electronics we have iPad 3, Samsung Galaxy S3, iPad Mini, Nexus 7, Galaxy Note 2, Play Station, iPad 4, Microsoft Surface, Kindle Fire, Nokia Lumia 920 making the top ten list
Topping the list for South African searches in 2012 is OLX, a website that offers local classified ads for jobs, for sale, real estate, services, community and events, this is followed by Whitney Houston and Hurricane Sandy.
The most searched in Kenya is IECB which is an acronym for Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, this is followed by Facebook and Whitney Houston
Number one in Nigeria is JAMB which is an acronym for Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, behind Boko Haram which takes the third position is Mozat which is a leading mobile social solutions provider for telecommunication operators and service providers worldwide
The most searched in Uganda is WAPTRICK which is a website that offers huge collection of mp3 ringtones, mobile games, phone apps, live wallpapers, themes, mobile videos, video clips and many more for free trailed by Xscore and Euro 2012
You can download the entire list for 2012 here
Alternatively click on Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, Senegal, or Uganda for the lists by African countries.
Kenya Overall Trending Searches
1. IEBC
2. Facebook
3. Whitney Houston
4. Tubidy
5. Euro 2012
6. Daily Post
7. GHRIS
8. ICC
9. Njenga Karume
10. Miguna Miguna
South Africa Overall Trending Searches
1. OLX
2. Whitney Houston
3. Hurricane Sandy
4. Gangnam Style
5. Olympics
6. Velvet Sky
7. Caster Semenya
8. Diablo 3
9. Khanyi Mbau
10. iPad 3
Nigeria Overall Trending Searches
1. Jamb
2. Mozat
3. Boko Haram
4. Asuu Strike
5. Google news
6. Eskimi
7. Whitney Houston
8. Vanguard news
9. NNPC recruitment
10. Facebook
Senegal Overall Trending Searches
1. Dakaractu
2. Euro 2012
3. 123dakar
4. McDonalds
5. CAN 2012
6. Senego
7. YouTube mp3
8. Ditadurado Consenso
9. Swarg
10. Macky Sall
Uganda Overall Trending Searches
1. Waptrick
2. Xscore
3. Euro 2012
4. Whitney Houston
5. Wapdam
6. Livescore
7. Tubidy
8. Facebook
9. Van Persie
10. Olympics
Ghana Overall Trending Searches
1. Loving You
2. Facebook
3. Whitney Houston
4. Tubidy
5. Whatsapp
6. Azonto
7. JustBeenPaid
8. Eddie Murphy
9. Ghanaleak
10. Atta Mills
