New research shows sizeable surge in interest in remote working, video conferencing and edtech due to COVID-19

New research from global communications agency ClearStory International has analysed the rapid surge in interest in the most popular tech trends across media since coronavirus first emerged.

The COVID-19 Tech Trend Report was compiled to help businesses, industry stakeholders, journalists and others gain insight into the historic speed and scale of interest that catapulted previously obscured tech trends into public prominence.

The report identified 77,451 articles across UK media that featured mentions of tech trends which emerged under the spotlight as COVID-19 took hold. It assesses the surge in interest in the weeks coming up to the height of the pandemic. Globally, on average, there was a 17,500% increase in interest in video calling while there was an upsurge in interest in remote working by 14,000%.