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Australians’ 2021 Google searches: Covid comes out on top with sport our favoured non-pandemic distraction

Victorians, having endured the most days locked down in the world, lost interest in coronavirus compared with Queensland and NSW counterparts

The Covid-19 pandemic once again dominated internet searches in Australia this year, as lockdowns gripped the two largest states, and people sought vaccines.

Google has compiled data on the most popular search terms from the previous 12 months, which showed Covid’s dominance in Australia was challenged by people looking for an escape in sports. The NBA, AFL, cricket, NRL, football, Wimbledon and the Olympics took out the top spots for most searched sport in Australia in 2021.

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Originally posted in the guardian.