India's Virat Kohli was ranked the second most searched personality in 2021, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi being India's most searched personality this year.
According to Yahoo’s 2021 Year in Review (YIR) for India, Kohli, apart from being the second most searched personality of the year, was also the most searched sports personality of 2021, followed by former India captain MS Dhoni on the list of most searched sports personalities in India.
Dhoni is also ranked sixth on the list of the most searched personalities of the year.
Since 2017, PM Modi has consistently topped the chart, with the exception of last year, when late actor Sushant Singh Rajput took the top spot as the most searched personality of the year.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the late actor Siddharth Shukla, and politician Rahul Gandhi have taken the third, fourth, and fifth spots respectively in the list of the most searched personalities this year.
On the other hand, Olympic Gold Medalist Neeraj Chopra was ranked third, while Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma bagged the fourth and fifth spots, respectively, as the most searched sports personalities of 2021 in Yahoo’s survey for India.
Notably, Kohli enjoys a huge fan following across the globe and is the most followed cricketer on social media, while Dhoni also enjoys a staggering fan following across the world and remains one of the most inspirational figures in world cricket after returning from international cricket last year.
Yahoo announced its 2021 Year in Review (YIR) for India on Friday, which is a collection of the year's top personalities, newsmakers, and events based on users’ daily search trends on the platform.
(With PTI Inputs)
