Magaya, English football, & WhatsApp download – here’s what Zimbabweans are searching for the most on Google

They say you can learn a lot about someone just by looking at their internet search history and you could say the same applies to an entire country.

Google, the world’s most popular search engine provides some insights on what we search (or rather, Google) using Google Trends.

This is Google’s open tool that shows how often particular search terms are entered in various regions of the world.

According to Google Trends, in the past 30 days, these were the top 25 most trending search terms from Zimbabwe.

Classified by Google as Rising Queries, these are terms with the greatest rise in search frequency in the past 30 days.

1. Magaya arrested
2. Zambia election results
3. Rio 2016
4. Kirsty Coventry
5. Magaya latest
6. Epl results
7. Tsime
8. Usain bolt
9. Rio Olympics
10. Judgement night 4
11. Olympics
12. Walter magaya
13. Magaya
14. Olympics 2016
15. Epl fixtures
16. Suicide squad
17. Prophet magaya
18. Barclays premier league
19. Epl
20. English premier league
21. Jah prayzah
22. Instagram login
23. com
24. Souljah love
25. Soul jah love

Two of these results, “Magaya arrested” and “Zambia election results” were marked by Google as “Breakout” searches because of a major increase in interest during the period

The top 25 search queries in Zimbabwe over the past 30 days were

1. Zimbabwe
2. Download
3. News
4. Facebook
5. Youtube
6. Videos
7. Gmail
8. Whatsapp
9. Google
10. Music
11. Facebook login
12. Zimbabwe news
13. Games
14. Herald
15. Newsday
16. Movies
17. Magaya
18. Download WhatsApp
19. Daily news
20. Soccer
21. Olympics
22. Zim news
23. Yahoo
24. Football
25. Newsday Zimbabwe

These results highlight some interesting trends that could help create an understanding of what Zimbabweans using the internet are looking for.

Searches related to football, news, and trending events like the Olympics and the Zambian elections are dominant pointing to some of the content that captures people’s attention online.

Then there are the trending topics or terms referencing Walter Magaya, the church leader who’s been embroiled in a scandal relating to a rape charge.

Facebook and WhatsApp’s places on that trends list isn’t surprising either. These two platforms have been singled out by the telecoms regulator as the leading drivers of broadband use among Zimbabweans.

It makes sense that some people are turning to Google to get a download link for the most relevant communication platform or just to log in to the most popular social network.