Keep in mind what you looked for in 2024? Google does.
Google launched its annual “Year in Search” Dec. 10, rounding up the highest trending queries entered into its namesake search engine in 2024. The outcomes present phrases that noticed the best spike in site visitors in comparison with final yr — starting from key information occasions, notably international elections, to the preferred songs, athletes and unforgettable pop-culture moments that individuals seemed up worldwide.
Sports activities — notably soccer and cricket — dominated Google’s general trending searches in 2024. Copa América topped these search developments globally, adopted by the UEFA European Championship and ICC Males’s T20 World Cup.
In the meantime, the U.S. election led news-specific searches worldwide. Queries about extreme warmth and this yr’s Olympic Video games adopted.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump topped searches in Google’s individuals class this yr — adopted by Catherine, Princess of Wales, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who additionally led athlete-specific searches. In the meantime, the late Liam Payne, Toby Keith and O.J. Simpson led search developments amongst notable people who died in 2024.
On the earth of leisure, Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2”was the highest trending film of the yr, whereas Netflix’s “Baby Reindeer” led TV present developments. And Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” dominated tune developments.
That is simply the tip of the iceberg. Queries for the Olympic village’s chocolate muffin, made well-known by Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen over the summer season video games, led Google’s international recipe developments this yr. The New York Occasions’ “Connections” puzzle topped recreation searches. And within the U.S., country-specific knowledge reveals, many individuals requested Google about on-line developments just like the phrase “demure” and “ mob wife aesthetic.”
You’ll find extra country-specific lists, and developments from years previous, by Google’s “Year in Search” knowledge printed on-line. The California firm stated it collected 2024 search outcomes from Jan. 1 by Nov. 23 of this yr.
Google is not the one one to publish an annual recap or prime developments as 2024 attracts to a detailed. Spotify Wrapped, for instance, in addition to Collins Dictionary and Merriam-Webster’s phrases of the yr, have supplied further reflections for 2024.
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