Where crime and tragedy engrossed the nation in 2019’s Yahoo Year in Review, attention in 2020 has been on the novel coronavirus and health-related issues, with Coronavirus/COVID-19 related searches rising by close to 130% during the circuit breaker period.
People also looked at health-related issues more on Yahoo platforms, with views for articles on diseases and medical conditions rising by a staggering ~5000%. Stories relating to addiction and substance abuse were also among the most read, with views up by close to 650%. Views on nutrition-related stories rose by over 750%.
As the COVID-19 public health crisis panned out worldwide, Singapore users were early to catch on as they sought general information and statistics about the virus and its impact.
Here are the top searches on Yahoo! in different categories this 2020:
These trends are based on user search trends in Singapore from February to April 2020.
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