Mohbad, Asake, Shanty Town tops the list as Google releases list of trending Nigerian searches for 2023

Google has unveiled the findings of its 2023 Year in Search for Nigeria, showcasing the most popular searches, notable individuals, actors, musicians, topics, questions, and other subjects that captured Nigerians’ attention throughout the year. Google’s Year in Search is an annual analysis that reveals the top trending lists and also spotlights what the world searches to see, learn, and do.

In Nigeria, this year’s results show a heightened interest in lifestyle, local politics, and notable personalities such as Moyo Lawal, Peter Obi and Oladipupo Oladimeji, aka Oladips, who topped the trending people’s list for 2023.

Significantly moving up to first place in 2023’s top trending musicians category is Asake, followed closely by singer Khaid and rapper Shallipopi, with Asake’s song “Lonely at the top” also topping the search list of trending songs. Nigerians were interested in entertainment this year as can be reflected in the search for “Gangs of Lagos“, “Shanty town,” and “Soso lyrics”, all of which topped the movies, video series and lyrics categories respectively.

Singer Mohbad, Yoruba actor Murphy Alabi and actor and film producer Saint Obi, all of whom passed this year, topped the search list for loss, with Mohbad also topping the category for the most searched Nigerian news topic in 2023.

Other top-searched questions like “Who is the winner of the 2023 presidential election?”, “What is fuel subsidy?” showed how concerned Nigerians were with the political and economic affairs of the country and how Google Search was used to learn more about their interests in 2023.

What were Nigerians searching for this year?

Who was the top trending person over the last 12 months?

What songs, movies/ TV Shows and recipes trended and grabbed people’s attention?

Below are the full lists of Top 10 Trending Searches by Nigerians in 2023:

Top 10 Trending People 

1. Moyo Lawal
2. Peter Obi
3. Oladips
4. Hilda Baci
5. Mudryk
6. Mr Ibu
7. Simon Ekpa
8. Sam Larry
9. Anita Brown
10. Esther Raphael

Top 10 International News

1. Inter Miami
2. Al Nassr
3. Ballon D’or 2023
4. Israel Gaza Conflict
5. Gabon Coup
6. Turkey Earthquake
7. Brazil Flood
8. Sudan Crisis
9. Submarine Implosion
10. Wagner Group

Top 10 Nigeria News

1. Mohbad
2. Nigeria National Elections 2023
3. Hilda Baci record
4. Mr Ibu
5. Simon Ekpa
6. Ministerial List
7. Seun Kuti
8. Fuel Subsidy
9. Tribunal Judgement
10. Yemi Cardoso

Top 10 Trending Loss

1. Mohbad
2. Murphy Afolabi
3. Saint Obi
4. Christian Atsu
5. AKA
6. Bray Wyatt
7. Don Brymo
8. Costa Titch
9. Tina Turner
10. Matthew Perry

Top 10 Trending Mobile Devices

1. Iphone 15
2. Tecno Spark 10 Pro
3. Tecno Camon 20
4. Tecno Spark 10
5. Infinix Hot 30i
6. Redmi Note 12
7. Itel A70
8. Itel P40
9. Infinix Note 30 Pro
10. Infinix Smart 8

Top 10 Nigerian Actors

1. Moyo Lawal
2. Empress Njamah
3. Mr Ibu
4. Nancy Isime
5. Yul Edochie
6. Bimbo Ademoye
7. Maurice Sam
8. Tobi Bakre
9. Ruth Kadiri
10. Olumide Oworu

Top 10 Nigerian Singers

1. Asake
2. Khaid
3. Shallipopi
4. Seyi Vibez
5. Kizz Daniel
6. Portable
7. Spyro
8. Boy Spyce
9. Odumodublvck
10. Ayra Starr

Top 10 Athletes

1. Mudryk
2. Hakimi
3. Declan Rice
4. Caicedo
5. Enzo Fernandez
6. Joao Felix
7. Onana
8. Kai Havertz
9. Mason Mount
10. Wout Weghorst

Top 10 trending songs

1. Asake – Lonely At The Top
2. Omah – Lay Reason
3. Kizz Daniel –  My G
4. Who Is Your Guy
5. Terminator King Promise
6. Sability
7. Ruger – Asiwaju
8. Carry Me Go
9. Kcee – Ojapiano
10. Rich Till I Die

Top 10 Trending Movies

1. Gangs Of Lagos
2. Jagun Jagun
3. Extraction 2
4. Oppenheimer
5. Barbie Movie
6. Fast X
7. John Wick 4
8. Blue Beetle
9. Creed 3
10. Heart Of Stone

Top 10 trending “Who is”

1. Who Is The Winner Of 2023 Presidential Election
2. Who Is Mohbad Wife
3. Who Is The Governor Of Kano State
4. Who Is Chelsea New Coach
5. Who Is Hilda Baci
6. Who Is Sam Larry
7. Who Is Simon Ekpa
8. Who Is The Governor Of Osun State
9. Who Is Hakimi
10. Who Is The Winner Of Bbn All Stars 2023

Top 10 trending “What is”

1. What Is Fuel Subsidy
2. What Is The Meaning Of Idan
3. What Is Autopsy
4. What Is The Meaning Of Idan In Yoruba
5. What Is The Cause Of Mohbad Death
6. What Is The Meaning Of Body Count
7. What Is The National Flower Of Nigeria
8. What Is Bvas
9. What Is Bell’s Palsy
10. What Is Cryptic Pregnancy

Top 10 Trending Video Series

1. Shanty Town
2. Alchemy Of Souls
3. Alchemy Of Souls Season 2
4. Big Brother Titans
5. Top Boy
6. Far From Home
7. Gen V
8. Wura
9. Sex Life
10. King The Land

Top 10 Recipes

1. Sex On The Beach Recipe
2. Chin Chin Recipe
3. Black Soup Recipe
4. Fish Roll Recipe
5. Recipe For Pancake
6. Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe
7. Yamarita Recipe
8. Sausage Roll Recipe
9. Okra Soup Recipe
10. Coleslaw Recipe

Top 10 Trending Lyrics

1. Soso Lyrics
2. Gwagwalada Lyrics
3. Asiwaju Lyrics
4. Lonely At The Top Lyrics
5. Won Da Mo Lyrics
6. Party No Dey Stop Lyrics
7. Sability Lyrics
8. Carry Me Go Lyrics
9. Tobechukwu Lyrics
10. Reason Omah Lay Lyrics