MANILA--Many Filipinos were apparently interested in this year's US presidential elections, as revealed by Google. Even more than the global COVID-19 health crisis.

"US election 2020" was the most sought topic on the search engine in the Philippines this year, the tech company reported Wednesday.

"Coronavirus", a topic that essentially dominated everyone's lives, came in only at third place, even behind "NBA score", which was second among overall searches.

The most searched keywords among Filipinos this year are as follows:

OVERALL TOP TRENDING SEARCHES

1. US election 2020
2. NBA score
3. coronavirus
4. DepEd Commons
5. Taal Volcano
6. NBA schedule
7. Kobe Bryant
8. Lakers vs Heat
9. first day of school
10. www.reliefagad.ph

NEWS-RELATED SEARCHES

1. US election 2020
2. coronavirus
3. Taal Volcano
4. first day of school
5. www.reliefagad.ph
6. Kim Jong Un
7. Joe Biden
8. hantavirus
9. SSS calamity loan
10. Typhoon Ulysses

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