Priyanka Chopra Beats Salman Khan To Become India's Most Searched Celebrity Globally

Priyanka Chopra’s popularity across the globe has made the Bollywood actress the most searched Indian celebrity online. The actress has left behind mega stars like Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan according to recent survey. Bollywood’s very own ‘Desi girl’ was searched more than 2.74 million times in October 2019 alone while Salman Khan stood second with 1.89 million searches in his name in the same month.

The study was conducted by a Boston based group SEMrush to discover the popularity of Indian celebrities across the globe between October 2018-October 2019. Most searches for Priyanka were made in the month of December 2018, the month of her wedding to American singer Nick Jonas, with 13.6 million searches. During the year Priyanka averaged a search volume of 4.2 million a month while Salman Khan had a little over 2 million monthy searches.

In the actors category, Salman Khan, Amrish Puri and Shah Rukh Khan emerged as the most searched celebs while Amitabh Bachchan secured the seventh spot. In the actresses category, Priyanka Chopra’s top spot was followed by Sunny Leone and Deepika Padukone while veteran actress Madhubala was in the sixth position.