Australia’s Top Google Searches for 2023: From Andrew Tate to Matthew Perry

In Australia, the news related searches included infamous social media star Andrew Tate, the Optus outage, and the ongoing conflict in Israel and Gaza.

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The 2023 most search results from Google have recently been released, with the Optus outage and Israel-Hamas war topping the interest of Australians.

The nationwide Optus outage on Nov. 9 left 10 million Australians and 40,000 businesses without mobile, data, and internet services. Millions of Australians were also unable to make digital payments with EPTFOS systems down, forcing customers to use cash transactions.