Coronavirus Pandemic Google Trends Analysis

Of everything going on, we took an interest in what people are most searching for on the Google search engine during the coronavirus outbreak.

Many would agree that COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, has changed many lives, quite drastically in some cases. Having to take huge responsibility of keeping yourself and the ones close safe and healthy, figuring out how online classes work, how to work remotely from home, how to fill in the free time at home, etc. Everyone is adapting, looking for new solutions, and finding ways to cope with the chaos that the worldwide pandemic has created. 

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Who would have thought that a virus outbreak would create a worldwide toilet paper shortage? The search term "toilet paper" drastically increased at the beginning of March, reaching an all-time peak in the middle of March. However, based on the severe decrease in the term, it can be concluded that the panic over supermarket shortages has declined.

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At the beginning of March, the coronavirus had an enormous impact, with every country beginning to close borders, implement travel restrictions, and conduct virus-recovery packages. This made many turn to the Google search engine for finding ways of route changes to safely get to their home countries, or looking for information on cancelled flights; therefore, the term "flights" experienced a rapid increase and even faster decrease after reaching the peak in the middle of March.

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Since March 11th, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, creating movements such as #StayHome and #SelfIsolation worldwide, inspiring people to stay safe at home or to take responsibility if any time is spent outside. This has made people to search for possibilities of different entertainment that can be done at home while being safe; therefore, a great peak of the term “puzzles” reached at the end of March. Positively, people are reaching out for interesting activities that many might not have done in ages.

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Not so long ago, the only thing associated with the word “corona” was the Mexican-made beer brand. However, the name of the virus comes from the Latin word “crown” due to the crown-like surface of the virus under an electron microscope. This has made the search term "corona" reach an all-time peak at the beginning of March.

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Sadly, due to the virus outbreak and the title of worldwide pandemic, countries on lockdown and borders closed, the search term for the most popular and used accommodations company "Airbnb" has experienced over 50 per cent decrease since the end of March.

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Similar to the term “Airbnb”, the “Booking.com” term has experienced a drastic decrease in searches, lowest ever at the end of March.

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Interestingly, the term for “mask” during the coronavirus outbreak has experienced various increases and decreases through the ongoing pandemic; however, reaching its very peak very recently, on the 4th of April.

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As one of the most requested items during the virus outbreak, the Google searches for “hand sanitiser” had its peak in the beginning of March, but gradually has decreased. Hoping that the ones searching for the term got what they were looking for.

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Having to avoid public places as much as possible, people are searching for ways to obtain everything needed - from food to home utilities, interestingly enough, also wine, searching for the term “wine delivery service”, the term reached its all-time highest peak at the end of March. With companies adapting to the situation, especially for the food delivery services, it seems like this might be something new to implement in their list of things possible to deliver.

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Who said that you can not travel to your favourite or desired places? Everyone has to adapt to the pandemic situations and everything that comes with it, even many tourist places, theatres have adapted by creating possibilities for people to see what they offer from the comfort of their own homes; therefore, the term “virtual tour” drastically increased at the beginning of March, reaching an absolute high at the end of March. However, without any significant decrease, the search term is still very widely popular.