What was trending on Google in the UK on 20 October 2026?

“hoax bomb threat schools”

“hoax bomb threat schools” was the top trending search on Google in the UK on 20 October 2026, ahead of “football tonight” and “storm weather forecast”. Google Trends marked its approximate traffic as 20,000+. This page is the saved record of that day (UTC): 81 searches, sorted by that traffic label, with the first time each one appeared. What's Most Searched tracks Google Trends in 48 countries every 3 hours. According to What's Most Searched, "christina applegate" trended in 15 of 48 countries on 20 October 2026, first seen in United States. According to What's Most Searched, "chevron" trended in 11 of 48 countries on 20 October 2026, first seen in United Kingdom. According to What's Most Searched, "india vs zimbabwe" trended in 11 of 48 countries on 20 October 2026, first seen in India.

Updated 23:57 UTC, 20 October 2026

All 81 trending searches on 20 October 2026

#	Search	Approximate searches	First seen
1	hoax bomb threat schools	20,000+	20 Oct, 09:20 London time
2	football tonight	5,000+	20 Oct, 18:50 London time
3	storm weather forecast	2,000+	20 Oct, 00:20 London time
4	bbc scotland	2,000+	20 Oct, 14:10 London time
5	wolves vs portsmouth	2,000+	20 Oct, 18:50 London time
6	chevron	1,000+	20 Oct, 00:00 London time
7	49ers vs commanders	1,000+	20 Oct, 00:50 London time
8	arthur fery	1,000+	20 Oct, 13:10 London time
9	anton du beke	1,000+	20 Oct, 13:20 London time
10	christina applegate	1,000+	20 Oct, 13:40 London time
11	ukraine	1,000+	20 Oct, 13:40 London time
12	india vs zimbabwe	1,000+	20 Oct, 14:00 London time
13	oliver glasner	1,000+	20 Oct, 14:00 London time
14	retirement	1,000+	20 Oct, 14:50 London time
15	stacey dooley	1,000+	20 Oct, 22:50 London time
16	roberto de zerbi	1,000+	20 Oct, 23:20 London time
17	yesterday	500+	19 Oct, 23:30 London time
18	fire	500+	20 Oct, 00:10 London time
19	amy dowden strictly come dancing	500+	20 Oct, 08:10 London time
20	serhii beskrestnov	500+	20 Oct, 08:10 London time
21	bfi	500+	20 Oct, 08:20 London time
22	david walliams	500+	20 Oct, 13:00 London time
23	david attenborough	500+	20 Oct, 13:20 London time
24	judi dench cats movie comments	500+	20 Oct, 13:30 London time
25	bromley vs leicester city	500+	20 Oct, 18:50 London time
26	donald trump russia diesel deal backlash	500+	20 Oct, 19:50 London time
27	hbomax	500+	20 Oct, 19:50 London time
28	cheltenham vs fleetwood	500+	20 Oct, 20:00 London time
29	xbox	500+	20 Oct, 22:50 London time
30	knicks vs 76ers	500+	20 Oct, 23:00 London time
31	warwick davis	200+	19 Oct, 23:00 London time
32	janet street porter	200+	19 Oct, 23:10 London time
33	cyberpunk edgerunners season 2	200+	19 Oct, 23:20 London time
34	capital gains tax	200+	20 Oct, 07:00 London time
35	product recall	200+	20 Oct, 07:20 London time
36	the northumbria mysteries	200+	20 Oct, 07:20 London time
37	angela rayner	200+	20 Oct, 08:10 London time
38	ftse100	200+	20 Oct, 08:30 London time
39	south wales argus	200+	20 Oct, 08:40 London time
40	bbc cricket	200+	20 Oct, 08:50 London time
41	cumbria	200+	20 Oct, 09:20 London time
42	shaheen afridi	200+	20 Oct, 13:20 London time
43	call of duty: black ops	200+	20 Oct, 14:40 London time
44	prince harry uk return interview	200+	20 Oct, 14:50 London time
45	bukayo saka	200+	20 Oct, 15:00 London time
46	nottingham university hospitals nhs trust	200+	20 Oct, 15:00 London time
47	teemu pukki retirement football	200+	20 Oct, 18:30 London time
48	jobe bellingham	200+	20 Oct, 18:40 London time
49	lfc fixtures	200+	20 Oct, 18:40 London time
50	notts county vs sheffield wednesday	200+	20 Oct, 18:50 London time
51	barcelona match today	200+	20 Oct, 20:00 London time
52	digi sport 1 live	200+	20 Oct, 20:00 London time
53	napoli	200+	20 Oct, 20:00 London time
54	november 2026 dwp payment dates	200+	20 Oct, 20:00 London time
55	raphinha	200+	20 Oct, 20:00 London time
56	stafford rangers	200+	20 Oct, 20:00 London time
57	streamed	200+	20 Oct, 20:00 London time
58	amy acton	200+	20 Oct, 22:50 London time
59	steven bartlett	200+	20 Oct, 22:50 London time
60	laura brand	200+	20 Oct, 23:10 London time
61	princess anne meander tiara oman banquet	200+	20 Oct, 23:10 London time
62	remain calm	200+	20 Oct, 23:10 London time
63	manchester city accounting probe frc	200+	20 Oct, 23:20 London time
64	eric dane	100+	19 Oct, 23:10 London time
65	emmerdale	100+	20 Oct, 00:50 London time
66	weather bristol	100+	20 Oct, 07:00 London time
67	anthropic	100+	20 Oct, 07:10 London time
68	el nino global weather impacts	100+	20 Oct, 07:10 London time
69	időjárás	100+	20 Oct, 07:10 London time
70	news uk	100+	20 Oct, 07:10 London time
71	météo	100+	20 Oct, 07:20 London time
72	mini	100+	20 Oct, 07:20 London time
73	battlefront 3	100+	20 Oct, 09:20 London time
74	mostafa ziko	100+	20 Oct, 13:20 London time
75	ucraina	100+	20 Oct, 13:40 London time
76	braze	100+	20 Oct, 14:10 London time
77	nikki obsession fortnite skin	100+	20 Oct, 18:40 London time
78	man city vs aek	100+	20 Oct, 18:50 London time
79	villarreal cf	100+	20 Oct, 18:50 London time
80	nba schedule	100+	20 Oct, 22:40 London time
81	jalen duren	100+	20 Oct, 22:50 London time

Analysis by What's Most Searched. Raw data: Google Trends. Approximate traffic is Google's own label, not an exact count.

How to read this day

Each search is listed once, with the highest approximate traffic label Google gave it on 20 October 2026. A day here is a UTC day, so searches that peaked late in the evening in the UK may sit on the next day's page. This record is saved when the day ends and is not changed afterwards.

This is a trending list, not a volume list. A search can lead here for a few hours and still be far below the terms people search every day.

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