After the most viewed videos on Youtube, Google unveiled Wednesday the words and phrases most requested in France in 2019 on its search engine. It is Notre-Dame de Paris, whose fire in April provoked the excitement of all the French, which comes first and succeeds the yellow vests, first in the ranking in 2018. But unlike the protest movement against government policy, which had been highly sought after on Google for several months, Notre-Dame de Paris had a peak of research focused on the only month of April. Note that to achieve its ranking, Google takes into account the specific requests that have experienced a sharp increase between 2018 and 2019, and not the requests with the largest volume of searches.
Marie Laforêt and Neymar on the podium
In all terms, Notre-Dame de Paris is followed by Marie Laforêt. The singer, who died in early November, has generated a great deal of research in a short time. A very high position in the ranking that can be explained by the generational gap: Marie Laforêt was little known to younger generations, who have rushed to Google to learn. Finally, it is the player of PSG Neymar who settles on the third step of the podium. The rumors of transfer that sent him all summer on the side of Barcelona or Madrid have fascinated Internet users.
In the rest of the top 10, we find the polemicist Julie Graziani, who had made talk about it because of his comments on LCI ("if you're at Smic, it may not be necessary to divorce"), Karl Lagerfeld, died in February, the women's football World Cup, Jacques Chirac, the Game of Thrones series and the results of the European elections.
Joker and Game of Thrones unleash passions
Google has also detailed searches in different categories. Thus, Jacques Chirac arrives at the top of the ranking of the most sought-after politicians in 2019, just in front of his wife Bernadette. François de Rugy, who resigned from the government this year, has also been very interested in Internet users. On the artists' side, behind Marie Laforêt, Bilal Hassani, France's candidate for Eurovision, has been the most sought after, ahead of Serge Lama. In sports, Neymar ahead Emiliano Sala, who died tragically earlier this year, and the footballer Everton André Gomes, victim of a terrible injury in November.
As far as cinema is concerned, superheroes are still in demand. Joker , Avengers: Endgame and Captain Marvel are three of the top four finishes in the most sought-after film rankings. Two French films appear in this top 10: Philippe Lacheau's Nicky Larson and Guillaume Canet's We'll finish together . And for the series, it is the season 8 of Game of Thrones which unleashed the most the passions this year, in front of the season 3 of Stranger Things and the series Umbrella Academy .
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Find the detailed list of top searches by category:
Category "news": Notre-Dame de Paris / European Elections / Yellow Vests / Vincent Lambert / MHD / Xavier Dupont Ligonnès / Julen / Amélie Storm / Christophe Dettinger / Activity Bonus
"Political" Category: European Elections / Yellow Vests / François de Rugy / The G7 / Alexandre Benalla / Greta Thunberg / Isabelle and / or Patrick Balkany / Abdelaziz Bouteflika / Letter Emmanuel Macron / Hong Kong
Artist Category: Marie Laforêt / Bilal Hassani / Serge Lama / MHD / Dick Rivers / Ophélie Winter / Ariane Carletti / Michel Legrand / DJ Arafat / Johnny Clegg
Category "Definitions": Procrastination / Narcissistic Pervers / GAFA / Pétauriste / Brexit / Shutdown / Flexitarian / Fake news / Moula / Web
Category "Series": Game of Thrones / Stranger Things / College Umbrella / Manifest / Chernobyl / So Big Sunshine / Elite / Casa de Papel / American Gods / SWAT
Category "Cinema": Joker / Avengers: Endgame / The Lion King / Captain Marvel / Once Upon A Time In Hollywood / Nicky Larson / Aquaman / After / Alita: Battle Angel / We'll finish together
Sports category: Neymar / Emiliano Sala / André Gomes / Alex Morgan / Marie-José Perec / Mario Balotelli / Amandine Henry / Mauro Icardi / Sami El Gueddari / Thibaut Pinot