In 2021, Americans turned to Google for updates in the Gabby Petito case, news in the death of rapper DMX and highlights from the NBA. NEW YORK -- Over the past year, Americans turned to Google for updates in the Gabby Petito case, news in the death of rapper DMX and highlights from the NBA.
That's according to Google's annual Year in Search trends recap, released Wednesday morning, which looks back at trillions of searches in the United States over the past 12 months to suss out what topics saw a sustained increase in interest compared to the year before. Last year, "coronavirus" predictably topped the trending search list globally and dominated much of the US list. This year, the top trending global searches were more sports-focused: "Australia vs India," "India vs England," "IPL," "NBA" and "Euro 2021" ranked as top five. In the U.S., news and politics caught more attention: "NBA," "DMX," "Gabby Petito," "Kyle Rittenhouse" and "Brian Laundrie" were the top five searched terms domestically. Americans' minds were also on the money: Mega Millions, AMC stock and stimulus check ranked sixth, seventh and eighth respectively in overall search. Googlers wanted to know "how to be eligible for a stimulus check," and searched spiked for "dogecoin" when amateur investors worked to send the cryptocurrency "to the moon." Searches1) NBA 2) DMX 3) Gabby Petito 4) Kyle Rittenhouse 5) Brian Laundrie 6) Mega Millions 7) AMC Stock 8) Stimulus Check 9) Georgia Senate Race 10) Squid Game News1) Mega Millions 2) AMC Stock 3) Stimulus Check 4) Georgia Senate Race 5) GME 6) Dogecoin 7) Hurricane Ida 8) Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict 9) Afghanistan 10) Ethereum Price People1) Kyle Rittenhouse 2) Tiger Woods 3) Alec Baldwin 4) Travis Scott 5) Simone Biles 6) Derek Chauvin 7) Morgan Wallen 8) Henry Ruggs III 9) Pete Davidson 10) Shailene Woodley Actors 1) Alec Baldwin 2) Pete Davidson 3) Shailene Woodley 4) Gina Carano 5) Armie Hammer 6) Jake Gyllenhaal 7) Dave Chappelle 8) Bo Burnham 9) Olivia Wilde 10) Dog the Bounty Hunter Aesthetics1) Indie 2) Dark academia 3) Cottagecore 4) Y2K 5) Sage green 6) Kidcore 7) Coconut girl 8) Kawaii 9) Harry Potter 10) Slytherin Athletes1) Tiger Woods 2) Simone Biles 3) Henry Ruggs III 4) Odell Beckham Jr. 5) Aaron Rodgers 6) Giannis Antetokounmpo 7) Sha'Carri Richardson 8) Deshaun Watson 9) Christian Eriksen 10) Jake Paul Celebrities Searched Together1) Kim and Kanye 2) Bill and Melinda Gates 3) Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson 4) Kanye and Jeffree Star 5) Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal 6) JLo and A-Rod 7) Tom Holland and Zendaya 8) Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer 9) Ben Affleck and JLo 10) Selena Gomez and Chris Evans Games1) Among Us 2) Battlefield 2042 3) Resident Evil Village 4) Valheim 5) Forza Horizon 5 6) Madden NFL 22 7) Outriders 8) Pokémon Unite 9) Biomutant 10) Friday Night Funkin' How to be1) How to be eligible for stimulus check 2) How to be more attractive 3) How to be happy alone 4) How to be a baddie 5) How to be a good boyfriend 6) How to be a good kisser 7) How to be a flight attendant 8) How to be happy with yourself 9) How to be mindful 10) How to be romantic Movies1) Black Widow 2) Eternals 3) Halloween Kills 4) Mortal Kombat 5) Dune 6) Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 7) Godzilla vs. Kong 8) The Suicide Squad 9) Space Jam 10) In the Heights Memes1) Bernie Sanders' mittens 2) Hamster 3) Twisted tea 4) Squid Game 5) Sheesh 6) Red flag 7) Dab me up 8) Trade offer 9) Vin Diesel family 10) Suez Canal Musicians and Bands1) Travis Scott 2) Morgan Wallen 3) Adele 4) The Weeknd 5) Dr. Dre 6) Olivia Rodrigo 7) Marilyn Manson 8) Daft Punk 9) Bobby Shmurda 10) Lil Nas X Click here for more. Report a correction or typo |