Top Google online search queries worldwide 2023

With an average of 12 billion monthly searches, "youtube" was the most popular online search query in 2022. Social platform Facebokwas the next most searched query on Google in 2023. The most popular question asked on Google search was "where is my refund".

Most popular online search queries on Google worldwide in 2023, by monthly search volume (in millions)

Characteristic	Average monthly searches in millions
youtube	1,200
facebook	867
whatsapp web	543.3
weather	512.7
translate	444.7
google	444.7
amazon	388.7
gmail	363.3
google translate	363.3
instagram	338

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June 2023

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Worldwide

Survey time period

January to June 2022

Special properties

Google Search only, wider industry metrics may vary

Supplementary notes

Search volume is the average number of times a specific search query is entered on a search engine per month. In this table search volume metric is calculated as an average number of monthly searches for the last 12 months.

The source states: "We removed all NSFW (not safe for work) search terms from the list."

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