What we searched for online this year

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Wikipedia and Google have published lists of the most-frequent search terms in 2023. Host Marco Werman speaks with Anusha Alikhan of the Wikimedia Foundation about what the search terms reveal about people’s interests worldwide, what we have in common and what sets us apart.

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