Topics are ranked based on their increase in searches compared to last year, rather than sheer volume. The World Cup came out top overall, but much of the list is made up of celebrities who died this year: Avicii, Mac…<\/b>
\nTopics are ranked based on their increase in searches compared to last year, rather than sheer volume. The World Cup came out top overall, but much of the list is made up of celebrities who died this year: Avicii, Mac Miller, Stan Lee, Anthony Bourdain, XXXTentacion, Stephen Hawking, and Kate Spade.
The US trending searches were mostly similar to the global list, with Hurricane Florence, Mega Millions Results, Demi Lovato, and Election Results some of the America-specific terms.
The People category is an interesting one, with American actress Meghan Markle\u2019s marriage to Prince Harry making her the most trending person on the global list. In the US, that honor goes to singer and actress Demi Lovato. US president Donald Trump doesn\u2019t appear as his searches haven\u2019t spiked this year, though Stormy Daniels does. Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s name is an expected entry, but Sylvester Stallone? Presumably, that\u2019s related to Creed II and the upcoming Rambo V: Last Blood. He also tops the actor category ahead of Logan Paul, whose classification as an \u2018actor\u2019 comes as a surprise to me.
The excellent Altered Carbon is one of the top trending global TV show searches\u2014beaten only by Roseanne in the US\u2014while the video game category is led by Fortnite, with Red Dead Redemption 2, Fallout 76, Far Cry 5, and God of War in its wake.
Check out Google\u2019s full year in search right here .
Here are some of the US category results.
Searches
1. World Cup
2. Hurricane Florence
3. Mac Miller
4. Kate Spade
5. Anthony Bourdain
6. Black Panther
7. Mega Millions Results
8. Stan Lee
9. Demi Lovato
10. Election Results
News
1. World Cup
2. Hurricane Florence
3. Mega Millions
4. Election Results
5. Hurricane Michael
6. Kavanaugh Confirmation
7. Florida Shooting
8. Royal Wedding
9. Olympic Medal Count
10. Government Shutdown
People (not including deaths)
1. Demi Lovato
2. Meghan Markle
3. Brett Kavanaugh
4. Logan Paul
5. Khloe Kardashian
6. Eminem
7. Urban Meyer
8. Ariana Grande
9. Rick Ross
10. Cardi B
Image credit: Shutterstock<\/p>\n