At the end of every year, we see a variety of “top xxxx” lists. Google had put out the top searches done in 2013 from different Asian countries including Korea, China, India, and Japan.

It also shows how the technology trend such as chat apps, natural disaster, and politics impacted on the search trend in both types of search queries and the search volume. It gives you the idea of how the search has become a part of our every day lives no matter where you live, or what language you speak. While social media continues to grow the usage and popularity, from this data, it still seems that the search is where people go for the information they wish to obtain.