Googlehas released its Year in Search 2024, giving us a glimpse at thesearchesthat trended worldwide this year.
Google is the world’s most popularsearch engine, and as you’re able to imagine, it gets some pretty good insight into what people searched for all year round. 2024 has been a wild ride, from massive sporting events, colossal pop culture moments, and news headlines that broke worldwide.
Before we get into the results, it’s important to note how Year in Search works. The results are not the most popular Google search terms for 2024. If that were the case, terms like YouTube, Facebook, or the weather would be listed yearly. Instead, Year in Search takes note of trending searches that had a huge spike in popularity in 2024 (viaTechCrunch). All the searches were done through Google.com, not other Google sites likeYouTubeor its AI chatbotGemini.
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Year in Search 2024 Results
Football and the U.S. election were both trending searches
The top 10 trending global searches give us a good insight into what most interested people this year. Looking at the results, it seems significant football tournaments this year captivated people the most, with Copa América and the UEFA European Championship coming out on top, followed by the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, a cricket tournament. Donald Trump, the iPhone 16, and the Olympics almost made the top 10. Here’s a list of the top 10 global search trends in 2024:
1. Copa América
2. UEFA European Championship
3. ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
- India vs England
5. Liam Payne
6. Donald Trump
India vs Bangladesh
iPhone 16
9. Olympic Games Paris 2024
10. Catherine, Princess of Wales
Top 10 trending searches in the U.S.
Global search trends give us a fascinating window into what was on the world’s mind this past year, but what was on the mind of millions of Americans? Year in Search also gives data on individual countries' search results so you can better understand what was going on at home. As you can imagine, the U.S. election was the #1 search trend in the U.S. this year, followed by Donald Trump and Connections, the New York Times puzzle game. Here’s a list of the 10 top U.S. search trends in 2024.
1. Election
2. Donald Trump
3. Connections
4. New York Yankees
5. Kamala Harris
6. Copa América
Hurricane Milton tracker
Olympic medal count
9. Toby Keith
10. Liam Payne
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Top movie and gaming search trends
Inside Out 2, Deadpool and Palworld are at the top
Year in Search also gives insights into what movies and games trended the most globally this year. Disney’s Inside Out 2 was a huge success, making over $1.6 billion at the global box office. Naturally, it came out at number one in global search trends for movies in 2024, followed by Deadpool and Wolverine, another massive success for Disney this past summer. Here’s a list of the top 5 trending movie searches globally in 2024:
1. Inside Out 2
2. Deadpool & Wolverine
3. Saltburn
4. Bettlejuice Bettlejuice
5. Dune: Part Two
Gaming-wise, the top global searches are different from what you might think. People love puzzle games, asThe New York Times Connectionswas the #1 trending game search this year, followed byPalworld, the survival game that strongly reassembled Pokémon. Here’s a list of the top 5 trending game searches globally in 2024:
1. Connections
2. Palworld
3. Infinite Craft
4. Sprunki
5. Helldivers 2
From football to the movies, Google’s Year in Search 2024 provides many fascinating insights into what was on people’s minds all year. It’s a great way to reflect and have a few “oh yeah” moments. If you want to see what other search terms trended this year globally and in the United States, you can head over to Google’s Year in Search 2024website.
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