Let's see what people searched in 2022
If 2021 saw us taking our first guarded steps into a post-pandemic era, 2022 marked the year we bounced back stronger in many ways. In this journey, Search helped people find a world of information – be it questions on everyday interests, new passions, or more intricate topics. As the year comes to a close, it’s time to look back at the year’s standout moments that had people searching, wondering, and celebrating across a broad range of topics – with the Year in Search 2022 recap in India.
Entertainment highlights
- We celebrated diversity in film and rediscovered the movie magic in the outside world. Unlike last year, theatrical releases took a lead in 2022 with popular theatrical releases across languages, including many pan-India films, dominating the overall trending movies list.
- Hindi film Brahmastra and Kannada film KGF 2 secured top spots in our overall and movie trending searches lists. In fact, both the films also made it to the top global trending movie searches.
- Trending movies in India also included Hindi films The Kashmir Files, Laal Singh Chaddha, and Drishyam 2, Telugu films RRR and Pushpa: The Rise, Tamil film Vikram, Kannada film Kantara, with the lone English film in the overall list being Thor: Love and Thunder.
- Check out the below lists for a breakdown of trending movies (across languages), shows, personalities, and OTT specials.
- Besides this
- Our songs got people humming across the world, with Chaand Baaliyan and Srivalli making it to the top songs people hummed to search globally.
- Saddened losses of renowned entertainment personalities found a spot in the trending news events of the year, including our very own nightingale Lata Mangeshkar, and artists Sidhu Moose Wala, KK, and Bappi Lahiri.
Trending Movies in India
Trending Movies in India – breakdown
|
Rank |
Overall |
Hindi |
International |
|
1 |
Brahmastra |
Brahmastra |
Thor Love and Thunder |
|
2 |
KGF 2 |
Kashmir Files |
Black Adam |
|
3 |
Kashmir Files |
Lal Singh Chaddha |
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness |
|
4 |
RRR |
Drishyam 2 |
Jurassic World |
|
5 |
Kantara |
Liger (shot in Hindi and Telugu) |
Batman |
|
6 |
Pushpa |
Radhe Shyam (shot in Hindi and Telugu) |
The Gray Man |
|
7 |
Vikram |
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 |
Eternals |
|
8 |
Lal Singh Chaddha |
Gangubai Kathiawadi |
Wakanda Forever |
|
9 |
Drishyam 2 |
Vikram Vedha |
Uncharted |
|
10 |
Thor Love and Thunder |
Rocketry (shot in Hindi and Tamil) |
Spider Man No Way home |
Trending OTT specials in India
|
Rank |
Overall |
Indian |
International |
|
1 |
Gehraiyaan |
Gehraiyaan |
Moon Knight |
|
2 |
Moon Knight |
Darlings |
House of the Dragon |
|
3 |
House of the Dragon |
Rocket Boys |
The Gray Man |
|
4 |
The Gray Man |
Minnal Murali |
All of us are dead |
|
5 |
All of us are dead |
Khuda Haafiz 2 |
Ms Marvel |
|
6 |
Darlings |
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|
7 |
Ms Marvel |
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|
8 |
She Hulk |
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|
9 |
Rocket Boys |
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|
10 |
Euphoria |
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Trending entertainment personalities in India
|
Rank |
Overall |
Bollywood |
|
1 |
Sushmita Sen |
Sushmita Sen |
|
2 |
Anjali Arora |
Alia Bhatt |
|
3 |
Abdu Rozik |
Saba Azad |
|
4 |
Amber Heard |
Ranbir Kapoor |
|
5 |
Yash |
Vivek Agnihotri |
|
6 |
Alia Bhatt |
|
|
7 |
Will Smith |
|
|
8 |
Saba Azad |
|
|
9 |
Ranbir Kapoor |
|
|
10 |
Uorfi Javed |
Trending shows in India
|
Rank |
Shows |
|
1 |
Bigg Boss (Hindi) |
|
2 |
Moon Knight |
|
3 |
House of the Dragon |
|
4 |
All of us are dead |
|
5 |
Bigg Boss (Tamil) |
|
6 |
Ms Marvel |
|
7 |
Shark Tank India |
|
8 |
She Hulk |
|
9 |
Rocket Boys |
|
10 |
Euphoria |
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