TOILET PAPER AND CORONAVIRUS: AUSTRALIA’S TOP GOOGLE TRENDS FOR 2020

Google has revealed its most searched terms of 2020. Toilet paper, coronavirus and Australia’s summer bushfires ranked highly.

Empty supermarket shelves during the period of the pandemic when panic buying was prevalent. Source: AAP

Each year, Google Trends reveals Australia’s most popular news searches, giving us a fascinating insight into the national psyche.

Most of these searches often reflect the global events of a given year -- for example, the US election or coronavirus - which ranked 1st and 2nd on this year’s news list.

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