In 2017 cricket was the most searched topic on Google reflecting the cricket craze in Pakistan. ICC Champions trophy was the most favourite topic for Pakistanis and among individuals Fakhar Zaman and Javed Afridi came top among cricket related searchers.
Javed Afridi is the CEO OF Haier Pakistan but is famous as the owner of Peshawar Zalmi. He purchased the cricket franchise for $16,000,000. Fakhar Zaman came into fame after his historical century against India in ICC Champions Trophy becoming the first Pakistani to score a century & making Pakistan the winner of the tournament.
The top 10 categories which were searched most on Google were:
- ICC Champions Trophy
- WWE Extreme Rules
- Dangal
- Raees
- Half Girlfriend
- Fast and Furious 8
- Jagga Jasoos
- Munna Michael
- Wajah Tum Ho
- Eid Mubarak
The most searched people on google were:
- Fabiha Sherazi
- Nadeem Sarwar
- Fakhar Zaman
- Rishi Kapoor
- Rida Isfahani
- Faryal Makhdoom
- Javed Afridi
- Ahad Raza Mir
- Hania Amir
- Momina Mustehsan
In the category of news the most searched topics were:
- ICC Champions Trophy
- The Kapil Sharma Show
- Prime Minister Laptop Scheme
- Barma
- Shivratri
- Panama Case
- Lahore blast
- Catalonia
- Prime Minister Youth Internship
- CSS results