Your Google search history for 2023 has arrived.
Well, actually, the world鈥檚. On Monday, the California-based tech giant released its 鈥淵ear in Search,鈥� a roundup of 2023鈥檚 top global queries, ranging from unforgettable pop culture moments (hello, ), to the loss of beloved figures and tragic news carrying worldwide repercussions.
The ongoing topped news trends in 2023, per Google鈥檚 global data, followed by queries related to the that imploded in June, as well as February鈥檚 in Turkey and Syria.
Damar Hamlin was Google鈥檚 top trending person on search this year. A safety with the NFL鈥檚 Buffalo Bills, Hamlin experienced a on the field during a January game, but has since . Actor Jeremy Renner, who survived a at the start of 2023, followed. Meanwhile, the late and led search trends among notable individuals who passed away.
In the world of , 鈥淏arbie鈥� dominated Google search鈥檚 movie trends this year 鈥� followed by Barbenheimer co-pilot 鈥淥ppenheimer鈥� and Indian thriller 鈥淛awan.鈥� In TV, 鈥淭he Last of Us,鈥� 鈥淲ednesday鈥� and 鈥淕inny and Georgia鈥� were the top three trending shows in 2023.
Yoasobi鈥檚 鈥溿偄銈ゃ儔銉� (Idol)鈥� was Google鈥檚 top trending song on search. Jason Aldean鈥檚 鈥淭ry That In A Small Town鈥� 鈥� which soared in the charts this summer 鈥� and Shakira and Bizarrap鈥檚 鈥淏zrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53鈥� followed.
And that鈥檚 just the tip of the iceberg for Google鈥檚 2023 global search trends. Bibimbap was the top trending recipe. Inter Miami CF, the new home of Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi, led Google鈥檚 sports teams trends. And in the U.S. specifically, many consumers spent 2023 asking why , and bottles were so expensive 鈥� while 鈥渞izz鈥� (recently named ) was a frontrunner for trending slang definition inquires.
You can find more data, including country-specific lists and trends from years past, on . The company says it collected its 2023 search results from Jan. 1 through Nov. 27 of this year.
Google isn鈥檛 the only one to publish annual data as 2023 draws to a close 鈥� and from to , chances are, you鈥檝e probably seen other lists recapping online activity this year. Last week, for example, Wikipedia released of most-viewed entries 鈥� with its article about leading the pack.
To mark the search engine鈥檚 25th birthday, Google also released top search data 鈥渙f all time鈥� across various specific categories. Since 2004 (when the company鈥檚 trends data first became available globally), the most-Googled Grammy winner of all time has been Beyonc茅, for example, while Portuguese soccer great Cristiano Ronaldo is the highest-searched athlete, and the most-searched movie or TV cast is 鈥淗arry Potter.鈥�
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