Weekly Top 10: Fastest rising search terms from South Africans on Google
December 3, 2012
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PDFWith the help of Google Trends we are publishing the top 10 searched for phrases (minus the sexy stuff of course) by South Africans on Google over the previous seven days.
Riaan Cruywagen’s last news bulletin drew more interest amongst South Africans than the arrival of Lady Gaga for her safari, concerts and accompanying protests. Our weekly list of fast rising web search terms on Google by South Africans show searches for Cruywagen jumped 650% while searches for Lady Gaga jumped 400%.
Fast rising searches
| riaan cruywagen | +650% |
| lady gaga | +400% |
| capitec internet banking | +80% |
| cricinfo | +60% |
| cricket | +60% |
| durban weather | +60% |
| watsapp | +60% |
| whatsapp download | +50% |
| www.absa.co.za | +50% |
| absa internet banking | +40% |
Top 10 search terms
1. facebook
2. youtube
3. gumtree
4. google
5. gmail
6. fnb
7. facebook login
8. absa
9. standard bank
10. games
11. yahoo
12. mail
13. news
14. weather
15. game
16. whatsapp
17. music
18. nedbank
19. samsung
20. news24
21. unisa
22. maps
23. vodacom
24. absa internet
25. www.facebook.com
Top 10 search terms minus social media/mail/search
1. youtube
2. gumtree
3. fnb
4. absa
5. standard bank
6. games
7. news
8. weather
9. game
10. whatsapp
(For past data click here)
* Google Trends is intended for general analysis of volume patterns.
* When you see Breakout listed instead of an actual percentage, it means that the search term has experienced a change in growth greater than 5000%.
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