A voter votes at the Registrar of Voters on the day of the U.S. Presidential election in San Diego, California, U.S., November 3, 2020.Reuters/Mike Blake
- Google released the top trending US searches of 2020.
- These queries had the most sustained traffic compared to 2019.
- People searched for protests, voting locations, and COVID-19 testing sites.
Each year, Google shares a look at what people searched for over the year. They usually give a peek back at what people were thinking about and cared about in the preceding year.
The searches are broken down into several categories, and none better tells the story of 2020 than the "near me" trending stories. The trending searches are the queries that had the most sustained traffic over 2019. At a glance, they show that people were concerned with voting, stocking up on essential supplies during lockdowns, and maintaining some sense of normalcy with salons and theaters.
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Here's what people looked for in this unusual year.