Here Are NYC's Top Trending Google Searches For 2020

NEW YORK CITY — One Google search trended in New York City above all others in 2020, a year dominated by the coronavirus pandemic: "election results."

Yes, the election contest between President Donald Trump and now President-elect Joe Biden grabbed the top trending search title, according to results released Wednesday by Google.

But "coronavirus" — the tiny yet hugely disruptive deadly virus — wasn't far behind. It was the second top trending search.

Trending searches aren't the same as top searches, according to Google's search experts. They're queries that had a high spike in traffic over a sustained period in 2020 as compared to 2019.

What they provide is a snapshot of topics that gripped New Yorkers during a year most, if not all, never want to relive.

Those are:

• election results
• coronavirus
• kobe bryant
• coronavirus symptoms
• coronavirus update
• naya rivera
• zoom
• pop smoke
• unemployment
• who is winning the election

The results reflect a difficult year defined by the coronavirus crisis, political turmoil and tragedy. Three of the results — Kobe Bryant, Naya Rivera and Pop Smoke — were celebrities who died in tragic circumstances.

It's a marked contrast to the city's top trending searches in 2019, which although were topped by the untimely death of rapper Nipsey Hussle, al

• Election results
• Coronavirus
• Kobe Bryant
• Coronavirus update
• Coronavirus symptoms
• Zoom
• Who is winning the election
• Naya Rivera
• Chadwick Boseman
• PlayStation 5

More information on Google's top trending searches for 2020 can be found here.