Presidential elections and Israel-Hamas war among Czech Google’s top searches

Domestic presidential elections and the war between Israel and Hamas were the top two trending searches on Google in Czechia in 2023, the company said in a press release on Monday.

Among other topics that also made the top 10 of Google’s annual list of most popular searches in 2023 were a scabies epidemic, the StarDance television show or the opening of a Prague branch of Popeyes fast food chain.

The most googled local personality was President Petr Pavel, followed by ANO party leader and former prime minister Andrej Babiš.