It was (unfortunately) the year of Putin, war and inflation. Also in the search engine. What did we ask Google?

Google, as every year, has published a list of the most popular search terms and queries. As you might guess, 2022 was dominated by war in Ukraine. Recall that on February 24, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The conflict, which has been going on for many months, has already cost the lives of thousands of soldiers and civilians, including children.

In the TOP10 of the most trending passwords in Polish Google, as many as five directly related to war:

1. Ukraine
2. Putin
3. War in Ukraine
4. PGG
5. Russia
6. Ruble exchange rate
7. Shielding additive
8. Witold Paszt
9. How I fell in love with a gangster
10. PIT2

In turn, two other slogans are indirectly related to the conflict in Ukraine. It is about PGG (Polish Mining Group) and shielding additive. PGG’s interest is related to the shortage of coal, which Poland had previously imported from Russia. Shielding additive this, in turn, is part of the Anti-Inflationary Shield, which was supposed to offset the rising prices of energy, gas and food.

Putin more popular than Zelensky

When it comes to the most frequently searched names on the Polish Internet, there is no great surprise here either. He took first place Vladimir Putin. The third place was taken by the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. The remaining places are mainly occupied by people associated with the world of show business:

1. Vladimir Putin
2. Rafalal
3. Volodymyr Zelensky
4. Lanberry
5. Amber Heard
6. Mat
7. Jerzy Stuhr
8. Sarah James
9. Will Smith
10. Simon Leviev

How much is a ton of coal? When will the war in Ukraine end?

Our inquiries also focused primarily on the war in Ukraine, its causes and possible consequences. We asked Google about this:

• How old is Putin?
• How many soldiers does Russia have?
• How much is the ruble?
• What is NATO?
• When will the war in Ukraine end?
• How to help Ukraine?
• Why did Russia attack Ukraine?
• What do Russians think about the war?
• What’s going on in Russia/Ukraine?
• What is a nuclear weapon?
• Where is Putin?
• Is Poland at risk of war?
• Will Russia attack Poland?

Another important topic was the current economic situation in Poland. The Google report shows that we are increasingly afraid of high prices and rampant inflation, which is confirmed by the following queries:

• Why is gas more expensive?
• Why is fuel getting more expensive
• Why is sugar getting more expensive?
• How much is a ton of coal?
• How much does fuel cost?
• How much is a barrel of oil?
• When is the carbon allowance paid out?
• When are credit holidays?
• What is the middle class relief?
• What is a shielding supplement?
• Where to call when there is no electricity?
• Where to buy coal?

Regarding password related queries “price”, this TOP 10 looks like this:

• The price of a barrel of oil
• Fuel price
• Ruble price
• The price of sugar
• The price of eco-pea coal
• The price of cherries
• Iphone 14 price
• Euro price today
• Pellet price
• The price of coal

This year, Google also specified the password “crisis”, which has been changed by us in all cases and unfortunately – as economists indicate – it will also break popularity records in 2023.

• Energy crisis
• Economic crisis
• Humanitarian crisis
• Early life crisis
• Crisis in Russia
• Existential crisis
• The opioid crisis
• Border Crisis
• Crisis 2008
• Suez Crisis

Year in the search engine 2022. There were also strange queries

As every year, the Google report does not lack passwords and queries, after reading which the question immediately arises: what did the author (or rather the authors) mean. We asked Google about that “How to Make a Molotov Cocktail”, “Why Cucumbers Are Bitter”, “Does Suffering Ennoble”, “Who Doesn’t Die in Hamlet”, “Where is Vilnius” or “Where are the most towns named Berlin.