The company said in a blog post: Searches related to working from home skyrocketed by nearly 35 times compared with previous months. There was also data suggesting changes in daily routine. Searches that were previously prone to morning or evening surges were more evenly distributed throughout the day. Searches for sleep, conversely, were down, which Giphy attributed to the lack of commuting. People are also consuming more content than ever, and there is plenty of evidence in Giphy’s search data. They found that searches related to television and entertainment were seeing massive spikes. As for the elephant in the room, Giphy said searches for events such as International Woman’s Day dominated the beginning of March, with only minimal searches related to the coronavirus, but by the week of March 9, when quarantine orders began emerging, terms related to the coronavirus led Giphy.
