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- Google released the top trending US searches of 2020.
- These queries had the most sustained traffic compared to 2019.
- COVID-19 and the presidential election dominated the list.
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.
These are the top trending searches of 2020, meaning that they had a noticeable, sustained spike in traffic this year over 2019. The list doesn't contain many surprises and reinforces the idea that Americans spent the year thinking about the election and the coronavirus pandemic. The country also mourned beloved celebrities who died, and looked up tech for both fun and work.
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Take a look at trending searches from this unusual year.