Google Report Confirms Kenyan Arsenal Fans' Huge Interest In EPL Table

EPL table was ranked behind the UEFA Nations League, the ongoing 2022 FIFA World Cup and the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).

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Dec 8, 2022 - 13:00 Updated: Sep 2, 2023 - 22:26
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Google Report Confirms Kenyan Arsenal Fans' Huge Interest In EPL Table
Gabriel Jesus celebrates with fellow Arsenal players after scoring a goal in the 2022/23 Premier League season. /FILE

A Google report on the most searched sports topics by Kenyans on Google revealed a sudden surge in English Premier League (EPL) fans in the country checking the league table.

According to the report released on Thursday, December 8, the EPL table was ranked behind the UEFA Nations League, the ongoing 2022 FIFA World Cup and the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).

The league table bettered terms such as Ballon D'Or, Winter Paralympics, Commonwealth Games Schedule, Carabao Cup, Indian Premier League (IPL) and Community Shield.

To get to know the reason behind the sudden interest in the Premier League table, we have to take a look at the 2022/23 current league table. As of now, Arsenal tops the league with 37 points, five points ahead of defending champions Manchester City.

Newcastle United who are on a five-game winning streak, are third with 30 points, ahead of Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and Liverpool. Chelsea are eighth, behind Brighton and Hove Albion in seventh.

In more interesting circumstances, Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus was the most searched global personality by Kenyans on Google, ahead of Casemiro and Lisandro Martinez of Manchester United. 

The Brazilian signed a five-year contract on a Ksh6.7 billion (£45 million) deal on July 4, 2022, and has five goals in 14 appearances for the club as of now.

The 2022 Qatar World Cup fixtures were among the most searched general topics by Kenyans as the quarter-finals begin on Friday, December 9.

Searches were also made on IEBC vice chair Juliana Cherera, IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati, nominated MP Sabina Chege and, 100m and 200m sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala, currently the African record holder and eighth fastest man of all-time in the 100 metres after clocking a time of 9.77 seconds on September 18, 2021, in Nairobi.

On the how-to category, Kenyans searched how to update Safaricom line, how to check KCSE results, how to check KCPE results, how to check their polling station online, how to buy KPLC tokens, how to make a marionette, how to register Airtel line, how to make a kite, and how to download form one admission letter.

In the trending loss, the death of local and global personalities saw Kenyans seek more information about Queen Elizabeth, Mwai Kibaki, Takeoff, Osinachi Nwachukwu, Paul Gicheru, DJ Lithium, Kevin Samuels, Frank Obegi, Coolio and Ivana Trump.

The Search results on the Movies and TV Shows category show Kenyans closely monitored Tinder Swindler, Zora, Sultana, Jeffrey Dahmer, House of The Dragon, Stranger Things, Black Adam, Wakanda, The Terminal List and Inventing Anna.

In the Health category, Kenyans sought information on how to maintain facial health by controlling the type of food consumed, how to register for the COVID vaccine, how to get pregnant fast, how to calculate BMI, how to register NHIF online, how to remove pimples naturally and permanently, how to gain weight in a week, how to treat UTI at home and how to grow hair faster naturally in a week and how to manage stress.

Search on the diseases category was on Monkeypox, Swine Flu, Alopecia, Moh Chanjo, Fournier Gangrene and Ramsay Hunt Syndrome.

In the Tech category, many Kenyans looked for information on how to update GB Whatsapp, How to delete a page in word, how to convert a word document to pdf, how to clear cache, how to screenshot on Windows 10, how to pin location on WhatsApp, how to cast phone to TV, how to backup WhatsApp chats, how to delete a Facebook account and how to download apps on a laptop.

The Year in Search is an annual report by Google that shows the most searched terms every year. 

Read the full list here

A person searching on Google. /FILE

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