SA's most searched topics on Google in 2024

Each year, Google releases its 'Year In Search' report, which highlights the most searched topics across the globe.

To make this even more interesting, the world’s biggest search engine also reveals the most searched topics for each country.

The report covers the most searched topics across several categories, including music, loss, athletes, people, film, TV, sports, and events.

Each list consists of the most topical people or events of that year in their respective categories.

Music

1. Malome Vector
2. shebeshxt
3. Chris Brown
4. Tyla
5. P Diddy
6. Tshwala Bami
7. Kabza Chant
8. Donald
9. Imithandazo
10. Ntate Stunna

Loss

1. Mpho Sebeng
2. Liam Payne
3. Pravin Gordhan
4. Connie Chiume
5. Tito Mboweni
6. Zanele Mbokazi
7. Markus Jooste
8. Aletta Bezuidenhout
9. Dudu Myeni
10. Solly Moholo

Athletes

1. Dricus du Plessis
2. Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul
3. Lamine Yamal
4. Ronwen Williams
5. Akani Simbine
6. Nico Williams
7. Christian Horner
8. Riyad Mahrez
9. Rhulani Mokwena
10. Tatjana Smith

People

1. Donald Trump
2. Floyd Shivambu
3. Leon Schuster
4. Kamala Harris
5. Gayton McKenzie
6. Zizi Kodwa
7. Chidimma Adetshina
8. Renaldo Gouws
9. Thabo Mbeki
10. Leon Schreiber

Film

1. Inside out 2
2. Bad Boys 4
3. Fool Me Once
4. Movie Box
5. Deadpool
6. Damsel
7. Divorce in the Black
8. Shōgun
9. The Beekeeper
10. Road House 

TV

1. Baby Reindeer
2. Griselda
   
3. Beauty in Black
4. Menendez Brothers
5. Gugu Mbatha-Raw
6. Siphesihle Mokoena
7. Ronnie Nyakale
8. The Crow
9. House of the Dragon
10. Big Brother Mzansi 2024 

Sport

1. AFCON
2. Euro 2024
3. T20 World Cup
4. Bafana Bafana
5. Olympics
6. Betway Premiership
7. Copa América
8. Australian Open 2024
9. Cape Verde
10. Imane Khelif

Events

1. South African Elections
2. US election results
3. George building collapse
4. 2024 Ballon d'Or
5. Dricus du Plessis fight
6. Two-pot retirment system
7. ANC coalition
8. Crowd strike
9. Eastern Cape floods
10. Peanut butter recalled

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