The MEMernet got practical, fancy, and kinda weird on Google last year.
The online search giant released its annual search trends for cities late last year. Memphians googled many expected things but the list had some odd surprises.
Here’s one:
“The Memphis, TN, area searched for ‘5 star restaurants near me’ more than anywhere else in the country,” according to Google.
Memphians also searched for “power outages near me,” as a surprise to few. However, the only other city to search for “power outages” as much as we did is the upstate New York town of Utica.
Our top-trending recipe? Probably wings or barbecue, right? Nope. Shakshuka.
Wikipedia says it’s “a Maghrebi dish of eggs poached in a sauce of tomatoes, olive oil, peppers, onion, and garlic, [and is] commonly spiced with cumin, paprika, and cayenne pepper.” Memphis was the only city in the country with shakshuka as its top trending dish, Google said.
Yes, rap was the city’s most-searched music genre last year.
As for animals, Memphians like Tigers and Grizzlies. Turns out we also have some fascination with the muntjac deer, the city’s top trending animal in 2022. Known as “the barking deer” or “rib-faced deer,” muntjacs are small deer native to South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Looks like this:
WTF, MEMernet?
The city’s top-10 trending “near me” searchers were:
1. power outages
2. junkyards
3. fireworks shows
4. power outage
5. gas prices
6. cheapest gas
7. estate sales
8. 5 star restaurants
9. food pantry
10. remote jobs
