6/19/2023 0 Comments Google trends usa 2021![]() This was the year that Americans not only acquired a working understanding of vaccines but also a voiced preference in the pharmaceutical companies offering them. ![]() So even though searches for cottagecore, wolf haircuts, and hamantaschen are trending, it’s probably not necessary to figure out what they are. Numerous food trends (TikTok pasta), style trends (dark academia), and celebrity trends (Pete Davidson) popped up in Google searches, though it’s unclear how much staying power they have since every day it seems as though something new comes down the TikTok or cultural pipeline.Īs Vox’s senior culture correspondent Rebecca Jennings recently told me, virality has become even more ephemeral as the rise and fall of trends is happening faster than ever before. The internet was also full of trends that seemingly spanned generations. Rather than reflect anything substantive about millennial style, the melée instead illustrated a rising self-consciousness among millennials who, once the signpost for every boomer complaint, are perhaps losing cultural relevance. Others simply googled whether skinny jeans or bell bottom jeans were in style (both were trending searches). Some millennials took the criticism way too seriously and didn’t get the joke. The younger group made fun of millennials for doing millennial things like wearing side parts and skinny jeans - and also for not having houses. This year, a largely overblown war between millennials and Gen Z played out on social media and in search. Sites like TikTok are full of financial advice, but it might be smarter to use them for figuring out what to wear instead of how to build wealth. None of the trending searches around finance feel particularly stable, probably because contributing to your 401k is less sexy than the blockchain (but it’s also probably a better financial bet). Rising student loan debt has presented a major economic roadblock for many younger Americans, causing everything from delayed homeownership to wealth inequality. Trending searches about careers included notably tenuous but flexible jobs, like Amazon sellers and Doordash drivers.ĭespite postponing student loan repayments and interest through January 2022, it was common for Americans to ask about student loan forgiveness and cancellation this year. Trending searches for Mega Millions lottery and stimulus checks suggest regular revenue streams weren’t quite panning out. Perhaps undergirding this newfound interest in the stock market - and alternative assets as a way to get rich quick - is the persistent economic uncertainty in the US. They were also, incomprehensibly, well-performing on the stock market this year. Meme stocks like AMC and GameStop were also newly popular searches in 2021. The price of ethereum was a top news search. It was certainly popular on Google.ĭogecoin was the top trending topic in both the “how to pronounce” and “where to buy” categories (people were, however, more interested in where to buy it than how to say it). Economic interest - and insecurityĭepending on your vantage point, 2021 was either the year that cryptocurrency grew up into a viable financial asset, was shown to be a scam, or simply when it became mainstream. And finally, in the year when Covid-19 vaccines became widely available, many Americans turned to the search engine to figure out how to be a normal person again, as people once again attended in-person events and had to figure out what pants people wear that aren’t sweatpants. The cultural rift between millennials and Gen Z cropped up in queries about what type of hair parts and jeans were in style, as did other social media trends that seemingly appealed to everyone, like how to make TikTok pasta or Squid Game cookies. This year, our search histories spoke to our interest in alternative assets like cryptocurrencies and NFTs, as well as persistent economic insecurity, evidenced by our questions about when we’d get our stimulus checks and if we’d qualify for student loan forgiveness. The lists are, naturally, all over the place, but a few common themes rose to the top, offering a glimpse of what it was really like to be an American in 2021. ![]() This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.įor more newsletters, check out our newsletters page. By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice. ![]()
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