Google launches Search trends elections page, Leni-Sara the most searched

Search giant Google recently launched a dedicated Search trends election page for the upcoming May 9, 2022, Philippine poll.

Top searched presidentiables at Google Search last week

Google Trends Philippine Elections launched!

In a press release, the Alphabet-owned company said that this was designed to make it easier for the media to find this data for their stories. It's a tool that helps surface the top queries, topics, and most-searched presidential and vice-presidential candidates running in the elections.

Top searched VP candidates and political issues last week

The company stressed that the Google Trends Philippine Elections is not a poll or survey and does not reflect voting intentions. It merely reflects people's search interest about particular topics at a local level over a period of time. A spike in a particular search query does not reflect that a candidate is somehow "popular" or "winning".

Google also added data on top policy issues searched in each part of the country, such as agriculture, economy, education, and tourism among others.

Google also notes that all the charts from the page are page are embeddable and will continue to update even after they’re placed on a media's website.

At the moment, it showed that the top searched presidentiable last week is VP Leni Robredo. Meanwhile, Davao mayor Sara Dutere is the most searched vice presidential candidate last week.

Education is the most searched political issue followed by Drugs, Economy, Tourism, Agriculture, Justice, and Poverty.

To check the page, visit this link.