This very bad no good 2019 is finally coming to a close, three more weeks thank god. Google released it’s annual search rankings on its popular search engine and the news that South Koreans searched for in their country was mostly bad. The first entertainer to get on the top 10 search words among all categories was second place Jung Joon Young‘s sexual assault and illegal video taping scandal, followed by Sulli‘s suicide death in the fourth spot. Two dramas did make the top 10 namely Sky Castle in 4th and Hotel Del Luna in 9th. The rest of the lists are category specific so check it out, it’s been just such a downer year and search terms reflect it, sigh.
Top 10 search words on Google for South Korea:
2. Jung Joon Young
3. Sulli
4. Sky Castle
9. Hotel Del Luna
Top 10 people search on Google for South Korea:
1. Jung Joon Young
2. Sulli
6. ITZY
8. Song Ga In
9. Song Hye Kyo
Top 10 incident searches on Google for South Korea:
4. Sulli’s death
6. Song Hye Kyo and Song Joong Ki’s divorce
Television top 10 search words:
- Sky Castle
- Hotel Del Luna
- Extraordinary You
- When the Camellia Blooms
- New Journey to the West
- Game of Thrones
- Arthdal Chronicles
- The Fiery Priest
- My One and Only
- Produce x 101