A website called how-to-fix-a-toilet.com, created by Google's News Lab and visual data journalist Xaquin G.V., compiles data from 100 of the most popular "How to" searches typed into Google's search engine worldwide, giving users the option to filter the inquiries by location to gain a better understanding of trends.
As for his inspiration behind expressing this visual data, Xaquin himself admitted that he is a major "How to" search user, and this has inspired him in creating the website with the visual data.
The website revealed that "walls", "doors", and "windows" were the most common how-to queries people ask Google in almost every country
"We looked at what things we need the most help with around the house, from the simplest how-to-fit-a-bulb kind of fixes, to those fixes for which we know we need a professional, but our ego makes us take upon ourselves to at least try," Xaquin wrote.
"North Americans and East Asians need their toilets, people in former Soviet countries are fearless enough to attempt fixing their own washing machines, [and] warmer climates can't live without a fridge."
Other top searches involve things around cooking, dating, money, dressing and health.
Many people have asked Google how to "impress a girl", "write a check", "tie a bow-tie", "pick a lock", "lose weight", "gain weight" and "get rid of pimples".
Other items, like cooking asparagus, asking someone to the prom and losing weight tend to be seasonal.
Others are viral, peaking and declining over a short period, with things like "how to make slime and loom-bands".
