Ah, what a strange year it’s been! Let’s look at the top searches from Google and see what was hot for people while stuck at home.
Google does something pretty cool at the end of the year, you can see what the world and certain countries were searching for the most. With categories like How To’s, people, actors, Coronavirus, etc… While the year was pretty crazy, there was a lot of time to use the internet.
They don’t really show the unsavory search results, but that’s probably for the better… We’ll show some of them, but there are hundreds of searches to look through, you can go see them all here. Let’s see what the world was up to during all the lockdowns!
The Year That Was… According to Google: Global
There are way more than this on there obviously but it is interesting to see Joaquin Phoenix get in the top searched actors for the entire year. Also good to see Tiger King ranking in at that number one spot for TV shows, looks like it truly was a global phenomenon. Overall just something pretty interesting to look at, unfortunately, no real hobby stuff got in there in the top searches, but hey, we tried…
The Year That Was… According to Google: USA
Looks like everyone in the USA decided to make bread from home while staying home. We’d be lying if we said we didn’t make some… Among Us topped the game chart and everyone was wondering where in the heck their money was! This is all fun, but let’s see some metrics on our type of gaming!
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Hobby and Tabletop Gaming Statistics
Looks like people were really interested in Henry Cavil Playing Warhammer this year!
The term hobbying is still dominated by Hobby Lobby, but resin made it in.
When you search for miniatures, Squidmar comes up as the top related search result, way to go!
Looks like Warhammer 40k searches were dominated by Dark Tide this year, that’s pretty unexpected. No big surprise Tabletop Simulator made its way into the top 5.
Did you spend more time searching on Google this year? Were you surprised by any of the results?
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About the Author: Travis Pasch
Travis Pasch
Job Title: Head Writer & Editor
Socials: @paschbass
About Travis Pasch: Travis has been a Warhammer 40k hobbyist since the 1990s, playing the game since Third Edition. Through extensive traveling, he’s seen a lot of the miniatures hobby from across the world, giving him a unique perspective on the latest gaming topics and trends.
Travis’s brother even owns a commission painting studio, where he’s picked up a lot of good advice and techniques for painting Warhammer and tabletop miniatures over the years, as well. Travis joined the Spikey Bits team in 2019 and has been the lead writer since 2020.
Currently, he’s working on converting all his 40k Adeptus Mechanicus models and becoming a true tech enjoyer, complete with both sad and happy robot noises!
