diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2a2300ea4..ed95b434b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,3 +28,6 @@
 # vim swap files and tags
 *.sw[a-z]
 /tags
+
+# Ignore local config
+config/local_env.yml
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 5eb74850e..84f64036f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ gem "dalli"
 gem "dartsass-rails"
 gem "faraday"
 gem "gds-api-adapters"
+gem "google-cloud-bigquery"
 gem "govspeak"
 gem "govuk_ab_testing"
 gem "govuk_app_config"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 7ee0ab038..32da42a15 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ GEM
       sass-embedded (~> 1.63)
     date (3.3.4)
     debug_inspector (1.2.0)
+    declarative (0.0.20)
     diff-lcs (1.5.1)
     dig_rb (1.0.1)
     docile (1.4.0)
@@ -186,11 +187,41 @@ GEM
       rest-client (~> 2.0)
     globalid (1.2.1)
       activesupport (>= 6.1)
+    google-apis-bigquery_v2 (0.70.0)
+      google-apis-core (>= 0.15.0, < 2.a)
+    google-apis-core (0.15.0)
+      addressable (~> 2.5, >= 2.5.1)
+      googleauth (~> 1.9)
+      httpclient (>= 2.8.1, < 3.a)
+      mini_mime (~> 1.0)
+      representable (~> 3.0)
+      retriable (>= 2.0, < 4.a)
+      rexml
+    google-cloud-bigquery (1.49.0)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
+      google-apis-bigquery_v2 (~> 0.62)
+      google-apis-core (~> 0.13)
+      google-cloud-core (~> 1.6)
+      googleauth (~> 1.9)
+      mini_mime (~> 1.0)
+    google-cloud-core (1.7.0)
+      google-cloud-env (>= 1.0, < 3.a)
+      google-cloud-errors (~> 1.0)
+    google-cloud-env (2.1.1)
+      faraday (>= 1.0, < 3.a)
+    google-cloud-errors (1.4.0)
     google-protobuf (4.27.3)
       bigdecimal
       rake (>= 13)
     googleapis-common-protos-types (1.15.0)
       google-protobuf (>= 3.18, < 5.a)
+    googleauth (1.11.0)
+      faraday (>= 1.0, < 3.a)
+      google-cloud-env (~> 2.1)
+      jwt (>= 1.4, < 3.0)
+      multi_json (~> 1.11)
+      os (>= 0.9, < 2.0)
+      signet (>= 0.16, < 2.a)
     govspeak (8.3.4)
       actionview (>= 6)
       addressable (>= 2.3.8, < 3)
@@ -245,6 +276,7 @@ GEM
       csv
       mini_mime (>= 1.0.0)
       multi_xml (>= 0.5.2)
+    httpclient (2.8.3)
     i18n (1.14.5)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     i18n-coverage (0.2.0)
@@ -265,6 +297,8 @@ GEM
     json (2.7.2)
     json-schema (4.3.0)
       addressable (>= 2.8)
+    jwt (2.8.1)
+      base64
     kramdown (2.4.0)
       rexml
     language_server-protocol (3.17.0.3)
@@ -293,6 +327,7 @@ GEM
     mocha (2.4.5)
       ruby2_keywords (>= 0.0.5)
     msgpack (1.7.2)
+    multi_json (1.15.0)
     multi_test (1.1.0)
     multi_xml (0.7.1)
       bigdecimal (~> 3.1)
@@ -514,6 +549,7 @@ GEM
       opentelemetry-semantic_conventions
     opentelemetry-semantic_conventions (1.10.1)
       opentelemetry-api (~> 1.0)
+    os (1.1.4)
     pact (1.65.1)
       pact-mock_service (~> 3.0, >= 3.3.1)
       pact-support (~> 1.16, >= 1.16.9)
@@ -622,6 +658,10 @@ GEM
     regexp_parser (2.9.2)
     reline (0.5.9)
       io-console (~> 0.5)
+    representable (3.2.0)
+      declarative (< 0.1.0)
+      trailblazer-option (>= 0.1.1, < 0.2.0)
+      uber (< 0.2.0)
     request_store (1.7.0)
       rack (>= 1.4)
     rest-client (2.1.0)
@@ -629,6 +669,7 @@ GEM
       http-cookie (>= 1.0.2, < 2.0)
       mime-types (>= 1.16, < 4.0)
       netrc (~> 0.8)
+    retriable (3.1.2)
     rexml (3.3.5)
       strscan
     rinku (2.0.6)
@@ -705,6 +746,11 @@ GEM
     sentry-ruby (5.18.2)
       bigdecimal
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
+    signet (0.19.0)
+      addressable (~> 2.8)
+      faraday (>= 0.17.5, < 3.a)
+      jwt (>= 1.5, < 3.0)
+      multi_json (~> 1.10)
     simplecov (0.22.0)
       docile (~> 1.1)
       simplecov-html (~> 0.11)
@@ -747,8 +793,10 @@ GEM
     tins (1.33.0)
       bigdecimal
       sync
+    trailblazer-option (0.1.2)
     tzinfo (2.0.6)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
+    uber (0.1.0)
     unicode-display_width (2.5.0)
     unparser (0.6.15)
       diff-lcs (~> 1.3)
@@ -781,6 +829,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   erb_lint
   faraday
   gds-api-adapters
+  google-cloud-bigquery
   govspeak
   govuk_ab_testing
   govuk_app_config
diff --git a/app/helpers/browse_helper.rb b/app/helpers/browse_helper.rb
index 02328a263..5f4d06bb5 100644
--- a/app/helpers/browse_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/browse_helper.rb
@@ -1,27 +1,33 @@
 module BrowseHelper
-  def display_popular_links_for_slug?(slug)
-    I18n.exists?(slug.to_s, scope: "browse.popular_links")
+  def slug(path = base_path)
+    path.sub(%r{.*(?=/browse/)}, "")
+  end
+
+  def display_popular_tasks_for_slug?(slug)
+    %w[benefits business].include?(slug)
   end
 
   def popular_links_for_slug(slug)
-    links = I18n.t(slug.to_s, scope: "browse.popular_links")
-    count = links.length
-    links.map.with_index(1) do |link, index|
-      {
-        text: link[:title],
-        href: link[:url],
-        data_attributes: {
-          module: "ga4-link-tracker",
-          ga4_track_links_only: "",
-          ga4_link: {
-            event_name: "navigation",
-            type: "action",
-            index_link: index,
-            index_total: count,
-            text: link[:title],
-          },
-        },
-      }
+    browse_page = slug(slug)
+
+    # Cache keys for the specific browse page
+    cache_key_latest = "popular_tasks_#{browse_page}_#{Date.yesterday.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")}"
+    cache_key_backup = "popular_tasks_backup_#{browse_page}"
+
+    # Try to fetch the latest cache first
+    popular_task_data = Rails.cache.read(cache_key_latest)
+
+    # If the latest cache doesn't exist, fall back to the backup cache
+    if popular_task_data.nil?
+      # Falling back to backup cache
+      popular_task_data = Rails.cache.read(cache_key_backup)
+    end
+
+    # If both caches are empty, fetch fresh data and cache it
+    if popular_task_data.nil?
+      popular_task_data = PopularTasks.new.fetch_data("/browse/#{browse_page}")
     end
+
+    popular_task_data
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/services/bigquery.rb b/app/services/bigquery.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f07b16591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/bigquery.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+require "google/cloud/bigquery"
+require "googleauth"
+
+class Bigquery
+  include Google::Auth
+
+  def self.build
+    new.build
+  end
+
+  def build
+    credentials = {
+      "client_email" => ENV["BIGQUERY_CLIENT_EMAIL"],
+      "private_key" => ENV["BIGQUERY_PRIVATE_KEY"],
+    }
+
+    Google::Cloud::Bigquery.new(
+      project_id: ENV["BIGQUERY_PROJECT"],
+      credentials: Google::Auth::ServiceAccountCredentials.make_creds(
+        json_key_io: StringIO.new(credentials.to_json),
+        scope: ["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigquery"],
+      ),
+    )
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/services/popular_tasks.rb b/app/services/popular_tasks.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5cfee4d0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/popular_tasks.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+class PopularTasks
+  CACHE_EXPIRATION = 24.hours # Set the cache expiration time
+  BACKUP_CACHE_EXPIRATION = 7.days # Backup cache can have a longer expiration
+
+  def initialize; end
+
+  def client
+    @client ||= Bigquery.build
+  end
+
+  def fetch_data(browse_page, date: Date.yesterday)
+    @fetch_data = client
+    @date = date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+
+    cache_key_latest = "popular_tasks_#{browse_page}_#{@date}"
+    cache_key_backup = "popular_tasks_backup_#{browse_page}"
+
+    Rails.cache.fetch(cache_key_latest, expires_in: CACHE_EXPIRATION) do
+      # If cache is empty, this block is executed
+      query = <<~SQL
+        WITH cte1 as (SELECT
+        event_date,
+        event_name,
+        search_term,
+        cleaned_page_location,
+        cleaned_page_referrer,
+        link_url,
+        count(event_name) as click,
+
+        FROM `ga4-analytics-352613.flattened_dataset.flattened_daily_ga_data_*`
+        WHERE _TABLE_SUFFIX = FORMAT_DATE('%Y%m%d', DATE_SUB(CURRENT_DATE(), INTERVAL 2 DAY))
+        -- WHERE _table_suffix IN ('20240708', '20240709','20240710','20240711','20240712','20240713','20240714')
+        group by 1,2,3,4,5,6),
+
+        CTE2 as (SELECT
+        event_date,
+        sum(click) as clicks,
+        cleaned_page_referrer as BrowsePage,
+        search_term,
+        ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY cleaned_page_referrer ORDER BY click DESC) Rank,
+        link_url as SearchDestPage
+        FROM cte1
+        WHERE event_name = 'select_item'
+        AND cleaned_page_referrer = '#{browse_page}'
+        AND cleaned_page_location = '/search/all'
+        group by click,event_date,cleaned_page_referrer,search_term,link_url
+        order by cleaned_page_referrer,Rank asc)
+
+        SELECT
+        *
+        FROM CTE2
+        WHERE Rank <6
+      SQL
+
+      data = @fetch_data.query(query).all
+      @results = data.map do |row|
+        {
+          url: row[:SearchDestPage],     # Using SearchDestPage as the link URL
+          browse_page: row[:BrowsePage], # Using BrowsePage as the L1 browse
+          rank: row[:Rank],              # Rank to order the links
+        }
+      end
+      @results.sort_by { |link| link[:rank] } # Order the links by their rank
+
+      # Cache the results in the backup cache as well
+      Rails.cache.write(cache_key_backup, @results, expires_in: BACKUP_CACHE_EXPIRATION)
+
+      @results
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/browse/show.html.erb b/app/views/browse/show.html.erb
index 787441e74..dc6c6f3e2 100644
--- a/app/views/browse/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/browse/show.html.erb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   } %>
 <% end %>
 
-<% if display_popular_links_for_slug?(page.slug) %>
+<% if display_popular_tasks_for_slug?(page.slug) %>
   <div class="govuk-width-container">
     <div class="govuk-grid-row">
       <div class="govuk-grid-column-full">
@@ -45,9 +45,25 @@
             font_size: "m"
           } %>
           <ul class="govuk-list govuk-!-margin-bottom-7">
-            <% popular_links_for_slug(page.slug).each do |link| %>
+            <% popular_links_for_slug(page.slug).each_with_index do |task, index| %>
               <li>
-                <%= render partial: "shared/browse_action_link", locals: {link:} %>
+                <%= render "govuk_publishing_components/components/action_link", {
+                  text: task[:url],
+                  href: task[:url],
+                  dark_large_icon: true,
+                  margin_bottom: 3,
+                  data_attributes: {
+                    module: "ga4-link-tracker",
+                    ga4_track_links_only: "",
+                    ga4_link: {
+                      event_name: "navigation",
+                      type: "action",
+                      index_link: index + 1 ,
+                      index_total: popular_links_for_slug(page.slug).length,
+                      text: task[:url]
+                    }
+                  }
+                } %>
               </li>
             <% end %>
           </ul>
@@ -60,7 +76,7 @@
 <% total_links = page.second_level_browse_pages.count.to_s %>
 <%= render "shared/browse_cards_container" do %>
   <%= render "govuk_publishing_components/components/cards", {
-    heading: display_popular_links_for_slug?(page.slug) ? t("browse.topics") : nil,
+    heading: display_popular_tasks_for_slug?(page.slug) ? t("browse.topics") : nil,
     items: page.second_level_browse_pages.map.with_index do |second_level_browse_page, index|
       {
         link: {
@@ -78,6 +94,6 @@
         description: second_level_browse_page.description,
       }
     end,
-    sub_heading_level: display_popular_links_for_slug?(page.slug) ? 3 : 2,
+    sub_heading_level: display_popular_tasks_for_slug?(page.slug) ? 3 : 2,
   } %>
 <% end %>
diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
index 17eab5130..0e2497bab 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -70,4 +70,13 @@
 
   # Uncomment if you wish to allow Action Cable access from any origin.
   # config.action_cable.disable_request_forgery_protection = true
+
+  config.before_configuration do
+    env_file = Rails.root.join("config/local_env.yml")
+    if File.exist?(env_file)
+      YAML.safe_load(File.open(env_file)).each do |key, value|
+        ENV[key.to_s] = value
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end