Google's Top Searches of 2009: Kenya

3 Dec 2009

Google recently published its 2009 Year-End Zeitgeist which offers a perspective on the year's major events and trends based on global searches, as well as searches conducted in Kenya.

Kenyans expressed a rising interest in online sharing platforms and educational/institutional local information. Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are among the top fastest rising terms. Love and management stay side by side in the most popular top list.

When searching for local content, users in Kenya want to be informed on employment, banking and tax news. English Football dominates the Sport top 10, with Arsenal beating Chelsea and Real Madrid. When searching for information about celebrities, Kenyans are equally interested in Music and Sport, with Michelle Obama popping up in the middle.

Fastest Rising

Facebook, KRA, Quotes, Jobs in Kenya, YouTube, Nairobi University, Gmail, Bing, Twitter, Yahoo

Most Popular

Kenya, Facebook, Yahoo!, Mail, Jobs, Google, Management, Love, YouTube ,Wikipedia

Most Searched for Kenya

Jobs Kenya, Kenya Airways, Nation Kenya, Public Service Commission, Kenya Revenue Authority, Kenya Law, Kenya News, Nation Newspaper Kenya, Orange Kenya, Central Bank of Kenya

Most Popular News Searches

Kenya, Arsenal, Obama, Facebook, Manchester, Kcse ,Somalia, Premier League, Michael Jacskon, Chelsea

Sport

Arsenal News, Chelsea ,Champions League Results, Manchester United News, Real Madrid, Liverpool FC, Usain Bolt, Cristiano Ronaldo, Roger Federer, Football

Most searched for celebs

michael jackson, rihanna, michelle obama, usain bolt, tyra banks, chris brown, cristiano ronaldo, lady gaga, roger federer, bob marley

The Google Zeitgeist tools also offer insight into which topics were of interest across the globe. Top search terms from over fifty countries appear on our Google Zeitgeist webpage, google.com/zeitgeist2009 - from political candidates in South Africa, to news searches in the United Arab Emirates, to electronic brand searches in Hong Kong.

This year's global fastest rising searches show interest across pop culture (with the King of Pop at the helm, followed by searches for movie New Moon and singer Lady Gaga), social networking sites and new technologies such as Windows 7 and Torpedo Gratis: