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It’s been a while since we’ve been trapped at home amid a national blockade. The end of this self-imposed isolation is yet to be seen. While we stay home to flatten the curve and save lives, how do Indians deal with all this? Are you anxious? They are worried? What are the things you are looking for in Google?
A look at the Google Trends data gives us an idea of what’s on people’s minds right now. We’ll see:
Stress and therapy
Google Trends data suggests that stress levels in the country are soaring due to the blockade. In fact, stress seeking levels in India exceed those of other countries that have also been blocked for the past few weeks. And going hand in hand with stress, therapy searches have also skyrocketed.
Data from other sources also suggests that there has been an increase in anxiety and mental health problems during the shutdown. A survey by the Indian Psychiatric Society showed a 20% increase in cases of mental illness due to uncertainties at work, relationships, health problems, and financial concerns.
People have been searching for therapy on Google with relatively high searches for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Mizoram and Puducherry, according to data from Google Trends. Therapy searches have been relatively low in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Fortunately, suicide searches have been low. There was a spike on March 29 when German Finance Minister Thomas Scharfer committed suicide, but that was a unique phenomenon.
Job search
Job searches have been relatively high in the country compared to other countries. Data from the Monitoring Center for the Indian Economy (CMIE) showed a sharp rise in unemployment just after the closure was announced.
The urban unemployment rate rose sharply during this period and remains high, and many people who lost their jobs or are unsure about keeping one while the shutdown continues have been searching hard for jobs online for the past few weeks.
Also read: Trapped at home, India has been looking for Covid-19 cures, Zoom, Netflix: Yahoo Search at Lockdown reveals
The Right Tools
For those who are still employed and report to work virtually, the key has been to find the right tools for that purpose. There was an increase in the search for apps like Zoom that allowed people to connect to their computers practically right after the crash was announced.
However, Zoom searches have been higher in countries like Italy and Germany compared to developing countries like Indonesia, India and South Africa.
Cooking
The closure has given almost everyone more time at home, and most Indians have devoted themselves to cooking and trying new recipes. The search for recipes in India is increasing faster than in many other countries.
Recipe searches also beat India’s online training and classes search with the highest interest from Goa, Daman & Diu and Karnataka.
YouTube video searches have also skyrocketed in India compared to other countries. Also, Netflix’s search for Amazon Prime was relatively quiet.
Overall, the search for “internet shutdown” began to increase when the shutdown was announced, but as the panic subsided, people focused their attention on food, exercising, staying in touch, and, yes, on jobs. and therapy.
