During the knockout World Cup round Tuesday, Argentina’s national team mounted a late comeback where Cristian Romero scored a goal then Lionel Messi equalized with his own goal in the 83rd minute for the win.<\/p>\n
“Google Search broke all prior usage records and saw its highest usage in history right after Argentina scored their winning goal in yesterday’s match” wrote<\/a> Nick Fox, head of Google’s Knowledge and Information unit Wednesday.<\/p>\n A company spokesperson did not share specific numbers but told CNBC “we saw the most queries per second happen right after the winning goal.”<\/p>\n The milestone comes as the company tries to prove its traditional search engine can keep its relevance in the age of AI, where chatbots have become more<\/a> prevalent. Google still controls 90% of the search market, its stock price has more than doubled in the past year and revenue growth in the\u00a0first quarter<\/a>\u00a0was the fastest for any period since 2022.<\/p>\n Google said its top searched query after the game was “argentina vs egypt.”<\/p>\n Globally, the company also saw people searching for things like\u00a0“argentina x colombia” and “how many world cup goals does messi have.” Additional queries included “what is it called when a player hits another player in game” and “is it messi’s last world cup.” <\/p>\n
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