Weird Questions People Ask Google

The most commonly asked questions about social media are not about how to use them but how to delete profiles:

• How to delete an Instagram account
• How to delete Snapchat account
• How to delete a Facebook account
• How to deactivate Facebook.

It must be said that social media profiles don’t place a “delete profile” button in a prominent place. Understandably, the ultimate goal of social media companies is to keep users on their platforms for the longest possible time and drive engagement.

These searches often direct to specific help pages with instructions on how to leave a social media platform.

The frequency of questions about weight is probably a sign that, as a society, we are overly focused on our physical appearance. There may be different explanations behind searching for weight loss tips and advice, for example when we are exposed to images of successful, wealthy, and slim people that may make us feel insecure about the way we look.

There may also be genuine reasons to search for ways to lose weight.However, in such cases, the best course of action is to speak to a medical professional first. Search results for weight loss will likely not be suitable for many people.

Quite a few questions related to languages as well as grammar.

For example:

• What is the meaning of
• What is an adjective?
• What is a noun?
• How to pronounce
• What is a verb?

There are also prompts to use Google Translate to look up a word or sentence in a different language. In the United States, a popular search question is “how to pronounce”.

Questions about converting units of measurement are particularly popular in the United States, where imperial measurements are used instead of metric units.

Questions include:

• How many ounces in a cup?
• How many ounces in a gallon?
• How many liters in a gallon?
• How many ounces in a pound?
• How many grams in an ounce?
• How many cups in a quart?
• How many quarts in a gallon?
• How many centimeters in an inch?

These types of queries often relate to cooking recipes. On a similar note, a popular question is also how long to boil eggs for.

People are not just searching for ways to get slimmer or richer (or who is the wealthiest person in the world): they are also doing a bit of soul searching.

It might be surprising to find these questions in the list of most Googled:

• Where can I find happiness?
• What is love?

This is just a selection of questions, but it can give us some ideas of the way we think. Questions tend to change over time and it will be fascinating to see what will be trending in the next few years. Let’s hope that meaningful questions will still be there while others about quick lifestyle fixes and diets .