Google reveals the most searched for ‘How Tos’
How to tie a tie and fix a toilet both make the list.
Google has created a website that reveals the most popular “How to” searches entered into Google around the world, with DIY queries dominating the results.
Research by Google News Labs has been turned into a “visual essay” by Xaquin G.V. detailing the different things UK internet users turn to Google Search to find out.
Light bulbs, sinks and toilets also featured in the top results.
But it wasn’t just DIY-related tasks that were common “How tos” users wanted to know more about – how to boil an egg, how to kiss and how to tie a tie were all common searches among global users.
The essay also showed how searches are affected by timing – queries on how to lose weight spike in January and early summer as Google searchers chase that “beach body”, while cooking asparagus searches follow the vegetables growing season, according to the research.
Google’s search engine is the most widely used in the world, clocking up more than 3.5 billion searches every single day.
