
Less than a day before the polling stations welcome millions of voters, South Africans used Google for final checks to make sure today goes smoothly. Over the past 3 days, Google has seen an increase in Search queries related to where South Africans can vote, how to check whether they are registered to vote, what time polling stations open, and even whether shops will be open. Below is a round-up of the top elections-related queries on Google search over the past 72 hours.
Top questions on elections in SA in the last 72 hours:
Top searched party in SA in the last 72 hours:
Top searched candidate in SA in the last 72 hours:
Provincial election search leaderboard in the last 72 hours:
Top cities searching for elections in SA in the last 72 hours:
Search trends information is gleaned from data collated by Google based on what South Africans have been searching for and asking Google. Google processes more than 40 000 search queries every second. This translates to more than a billion searches per day and 1.2 trillion searches per year worldwide. Live Google search trends data is available at https://www.google.co.za/trends/hottrends#pn=p40
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