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'Parasite' leads Google Trends after Oscars 2020 best picture win

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Kelly McCarthy
ByKelly McCarthy
February 10, 2020, 2:12 PM

"Parasite" was the big winner on Hollywood's biggest night and the world is doing its homework when it comes to the star-studded 2020 Oscars.

From winners to film titles, search trends surrounding the Academy Awards show an array of questions around the highly-buzzed about event.

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Google Trends released a comprehensive real-time look with animated graphics to show how users have searched for the Academy Awards and collected data over the last week to give people a glimpse at the movie-centric ebbs and flows.

Here is a snapshot of Google's top trends.

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Most searched best picture nominees

The foreign language film that earned the evening's top award has steadily remained the number one searched movie among other best picture nominees including, "Jojo Rabbit," "1917," "Joker," and "Once Uponn a Time... in Hollywood."

Leading ladies and gentleman vye for top search spot

While "Jojo Rabbit" star Scarlett Johnasson was the most searched best actress nominee ahead of the awards show, "Judy" star Renee Zellweger surpassed her for the top search spot after her big win.

"Harriet" actress Cynthia Erivo, who was also nominated for best original son, saw a significant spike in search traffic on Sunday after her performance of "Stand Up."

"Bombshell" producer-star Charlize Theron, whose makeup and hairstyling team took home the award for their incredible work, jumped up alongside Zellweger and Johnasson Sunday, but ultimately settled in the number four search spot on Monday morning.

The best actor nominees swapped for the top spot multiple times since the trends were tracked on Jan. 31.

On the heels of his win, "Joker" star Joaquin Phoenix, took over the top search spot that Leonardo DiCaprio dominantly held in the category.

"Marriage Story" star Adam Driver jumped ahead of "Pain and Glory" actor Antonio Banderas as well as Jonathan Price.

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Movie buffs in the US

Google found that Los Angeles had the highest search traffic in U.S. metro areas, followed by the San Francisco Bay Area, New York and San Diego.

Even outlying cities like Honolulu, Hawaii and Anchorage, Alaska, showed some interest with 31 percent and 27 percent, respectively. While Meridian, Mississippi and Albany, Georgia, reported the lowest Oscars searches to date at just 10 percent.

Global Oscars searches

The current No. 1 country searching for the Oscars is North Macedonia, followed by Mexico, Portugal, Costa Rica and Chile.

Previous Oscar winners

The most searched question in the U.S. about past winners looked at the big-name stars who have racked up the most statues.

Check out more of the animated charts, graphs and interactive maps here as they continue to update through March 28.

Check out goodmorningamerica.com for full coverage from the red carpet to backstage with the night's big winners. /b>

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