From free weights to hair dye – our lockdown web searches
YouTube says people are watching instructional videos more than ever as they seek new skills during lockdown. Videos with titles like "how to" and "step-by-step" are being viewed for 65% longer than this time last year, the platform said.
Meanwhile, questions which begin "how to..." are increasingly appearing in search engine trends. At the same time, online shoppers are increasingly in the market for garden plants, lawn mowers, free weights and hair dye.
But it’s not all new skills and home/self improvement – the significant rise in questions about grammar, punctuation, fractions, human biology and history since the closure of UK schools show the instant impact virtual schooling has had on search traffic.