This year, Park Güell has risen to first place on the list of parks in the world most searched by Internet users through Google. The Barcelona venue designed by Antoni Gaudí is at the forefront of trends in its category, ahead of other legendary parks such as London’s Hyde Park, New York’s Central Park, Madrid’s Retiro or Rome’s Villa Borghese.
The presence of Park Güell in the number one park in the world that arouses the most interest among Google users confirms the attractiveness that Gaudí’s work continues to have throughout the world. Park Güell received 4.2 million visitors in 2022, a figure that could be exceeded this year, but which will still be below those registered before the pandemic and when it was free access.
In the category classifications, the war between Israel and Palestine is the most searched news. Shakira is the musical artist most searched for (a surprising José Luis Perales, who was left for dead by more than one, appears in the top ten, specifically at number 9). The protagonist of Friends Matthew Perry has been the deceased character this year that has generated the most searches on Google and Barbie has been the film that has aroused the most interest, judging by the data that the company has made public.
Another point of great tourist attraction in Barcelona tops one of the Google lists. This is the Spotify Camp Nou, or what remains of this stadium under reconstruction. The alliance between Barça and the music platform has undoubtedly helped the Blaugrana temple to be placed ahead of other large sports venues, such as the remodeled Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid, which occupies second position in this ranking, surpassing the London stadium. Wembley, the Tokyo Dome and the San Siro in Milan. On the other hand, neither FC Barcelona nor Real Madrid, despite their size as global clubs, enter the top ten of the most sought-after sports teams. Lionel Messi’s current squad, Inter Miami, is the global trending topic of this classification, ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers, Al-Nassr Saudi (Cristiano Ronaldo effect), Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City and, in fifth place , another NBA team, the Miami Heat.
Regarding the museums that have generated the greatest number of searches through Google, in this year that is entering its final stretch, the Prado appears in number 7 on a list headed by the Parisian Louvre, followed by the British Museum of London, the Orsay Museum in Paris, the Natural History Museum in London, TeamLab Planets in Tokyo and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Search trends in Spain are somewhat different from those in the rest of the world. Thus, among the news that has caused the most interest in 2023, those referring to ChatGPT stand out above all. Next, those related to the general elections of July 23; the soccer World Cup won by the Spanish women’s team; the unfortunate incident carried out by the former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, and in fifth position, those included in the item Israel. In music, Shakira is the main trend of the year in Spain in a ranking – with somewhat obituary overtones – in which the first eight places are occupied by women: the Colombian artist, María Jiménez, Tina Turner, Carmen Sevilla, Sinéad O’Connor , Blanca Paloma, Loreen and Amaral.