Digital Nomad Trends In A Changing World

Most digital nomads have witnessed that the whole work-and-travel lifestyle has been severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

While remote working has been embraced in many sectors and companies ranging from SMEs to large corporates (Google and Twitter have put arrangements in place to allow their employees to work remotely, in some cases permanently), the travel aspect of the digital nomad lifestyle has become more cumbersome because of quarantines and restrictions.

Here is how the digital nomad landscape is looking from what people are searching on Google. These are some insights from Google Trends.

Established and aspiring digital nomads have different needs — someone planning to become a digital nomad (see our dedicated section on this website) mostly search for the types of jobs that allow you to work and travel anywhere in the world, while experienced nomads have very specific interests, from residence and taxation to reducing overheads.

These are some of the most searched items related to digital nomads:

• “Cheapest places for digital nomads”
• “Best jobs for digital nomads”
• “Best countries for digital nomads”
• “Cost of living”
• “Citizenship”