The world according to search

Published: Aug. 28, 2021, noon

What can we learn about a culture from what they search online? From xenophobia in Nigeria, shut-in teenagers in Japan, India\u2019s biometric identity card, and the creation of viral TikTok slang, we look at the search trends that have come to define us. Ben Arogundade investigates what the most popular searches reveal about our approach to death, dating, and digital identity. Tech journalist Nilesh Christopher tell us that India\u2019s pandemic searches may be more complicated than they first appear, and Peruvian writer Mar\xeda Jos\xe9 Osorio muses on a strangely nostalgic query that was among one of Peru\u2019s most frequently probed questions online.