“What is abortion, what is wokeness ?”: Google reveals the most searched topics by the French in 2024

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Every year, Google publishes the most searched queries by users throughout the year. The 2024 edition perfectly reflects the societal issues that have hit the country throughout the year. From abortion to wokeism to the economy, the French have been rather curious. While keeping their eternal existential and unusual questions. The French Touch, what.

“What is abortion ?”

Unsurprisingly, the question “What is IVG” tops the list of searches starting with “What is IVG”. A massive interest that coincides with the historic inscription of this right in the French Constitution on March 8, 2024. This constitutionalization made France the first country in the world to explicitly mention abortion in its fundamental text.

The figures speak for themselves: in 2022, no fewer than 232,000 abortions were performed in France, including 216,000 in mainland France. Even more revealing, the IVG/birth ratio has reached a record level, approaching one IVG for every three births in 2022. A phenomenon that can be explained in particular by the deterioration of the socio-economic context, pushing many women to postpone their motherhood plans.

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From technical concerns to existential questions

PFAS, the famous “eternal pollutants” found in particular in bottled water, rose to second place in searches. The French also looked into hot topics, such as the definition of an intifada or the details of the Egalim law (which aims to better protect manufacturers in their commercial relations with large retailers). The functioning of the Frontex agency, guardian of European borders, also raised many questions.

More surprisingly, “wokism” has carved out a prominent place in this ranking, reaching sixth position. A term that crystallizes societal debates and whose very definition is the subject of lively discussions in the public space.

From the intimate to the political

Personal questions have not been left out. The prize for originality probably goes to the research “Why doesn't he watch my stories anymore”. New proof of romantic anxieties in the era of social networks. Behind its unusual appearance, this question reflects the new relational codes of our time.

Mpox (monkey pox), which reappeared in the spring of 2024, has also been the subject of much research. Health issues therefore remain at the heart of the concerns of the French, a few years after the Covid crisis which still seems to haunt people's minds.

• Abortion dominates searches for “What is it” on Google in 2024, the year of its historic constitutionalization
• Environmental (PFAS) and societal (wokeism) issues occupy an important place in the concerns of the French
• Personal and health questions complete this panorama of research

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