The Swiss year 2019 in Google search terms

In the "Google Year in Search 2019" quiz, media professionals had to find out search terms from ten different categories. The tenues of the quizmasters gave the decisive clue for certain categories. (Photo: Werbewoche)

General search terms

If you believe the search queries on Google, Switzerland is a tennis nation. The most popular search query of the year in Switzerland is "Wimbledon". Other tennis tournaments, ATP Finals and US Open, follow in 5th and 6th place. In second place is iPhone 11 followed by Notre-Dame de Paris in 3rd place. The fire at the cathedral in Paris kept the world and Switzerland on tenterhooks.

1. Wimbledon
2. iPhone 11
3. Notre-Dame de Paris
4. Karl Lagerfeld
5. ATP Finals
6. US Open
7. Eurovision Song Contest
8. Julen
9. Luke Perry
10. Fête des Vignerons

Headlines Switzerland

A look at the "Headlines Switzerland" list shows which news items particularly occupied people in Switzerland this year. Swiss musician Luca Hänni scored a respectable fourth place at this year's Eurovision Song Contest, and he made it to the top of the podium in Google Search. In the parliamentary elections in October, the mandates of the National Council and the members of the Council of States were newly elected. As a result, the search term "Swiss elections" makes it to second place. In third place is the rapper Loredana, who has been particularly in the spotlight this year with her music. In fourth place are Federer Djokovic, the two tennis players who caused amazement and search queries in a brilliant Wimbledon final. 

1. Luca Hänni
2. Swiss elections
3. Loredana
4. Federer Djokovic
5. Corinne Suter
6. Women's strike
7. Cayman
8. Avalanche Crans Montana
9. Bruno Manser
10. Jan Oliver

Personalities Switzerland

Luca Hänni's performance at Eurovision earned him fourth place, and he is in the winning position in Switzerland's most wanted personalities. In second place is Lucerne rapper Loredana, who was named "Best Swiss Act" at this year's MTV Awards. In third place is Roger Federer, who triggered a storm of searches with this year's Wimbledon final against Novak Djokovic.  

1. Luca Hänni
2. Loredana
3. Roger Federer
4. Corinne Suter
5. Christian Stucki
6. Jan Oliver
7. Marionna Schlatter
8. Johanna Gapany
9. Joel Wicki
10. Guido Fluri

Goodbyes

In 2019 we had to say goodbye to many personalities. These are listed here separately from the other lists:

1. Karl Lagerfeld
2. Luke Perry
3. Cameron Boyce
4. Niki Lauda
5. Florijana Ismaili
6. Bruno Ganz
7. Emiliano Sala
8. Marie Laforêt
9. Ingo Kantorek
10. Nipsey Hussle

Swiss events

In the Swiss Events category, Fête des Vignerons was searched for the most compared to the previous year. The Swiss wine festival took place again in August after 20 years. In second place comes the Swiss Federal Wrestling and Alpine Festival. This year, the city of Zug hosted the festival. In third place is the Tour de Suisse, followed by the Paleo Festival and the Züri Fäscht, which was held again this year after the last edition in 2016.

1. Fête des Vignerons
2. Federal Wrestling and Alpine Festival
3. Tour de Suisse
4. Paléo Festival
5. Züri Fäscht
6. Women's strike
7. Olma
8. Federal Gymnastics Festival Aarau
9. Formula E Bern
10. Street Parade

Movies

1. Joker
2. Avengers Endgame
3. Green Book
4. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
5. Captain Marvel
6. Aquaman
7. The perfect secret
8. Bruno Manser - The voice of the rainforest
9. Bohemian Rhapsody
10. Creed 2

Recipes

1. Älplermagronen recipe
2. Rhubarb recipe
3. Lasagna Bolognese Recipe
4. Omelets recipe
5. Zucchini recipe
6. Roasted almonds recipe
7. Bechamel sauce recipe
8. Easter cake recipe
9. Low carb recipe
10. Bircher muesli recipe

People turn to Google with all kinds of curious questions. Some of them can be answered quickly, others serve as a springboard to learn even more about something unknown.

What questions

1. What are armpit beards?
2. What makes ginger spicy?
3. What do tick bite?
4. What to do cystitis?
5. What is Pentecost?
6. What is Article 13?
7. What do sore throat?
8. What is sour cream?
9. What is a sword tug?
10. Wasp sting what to do?

How questions

1. How long heat wave Switzerland 2019?
2. How long to harvest rhubarb?
3. How wide is the Energy Air stage?
4. How old is Switzerland?
5. How many spotlights are there at Energy Air?
6. How many inhabitants does Switzerland have?
7. What will the summer of 2019 be like?
8. How many people in the world?
9. How old is Mero?
10. How many cantons does Switzerland have?