Google reveals top trending search terms for 2024, including food, sports, movies and people

What were you searching for in 2024?

According to Google’s Year in Search report, the world was surfing the web for news about the US election, the latest iPhone release, blockbuster movie releases, TikTok trends and style advice.

The results, Google told TechCrunch, aren’t just the most popular searches — that would be, for instance, the weather — but rather a list of people, places and things that became more popular this year or “had a high spike in traffic over a sustained period in 2024 as compared to 2023.”

Globally, coverage of sporting events took first place in searches, with Copa América taking the top spot, followed by the UEFA European Championship and the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

Liam Payne, the singer and former One Direction member who died this year was fifth on the list, trailed by President-elect Donald Trump and information about the new iPhone 16, which was released this fall. the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris and information about Catherine, Princess of Wales, were also among the top searches around the world.

In the US, news about the election, the New York Times’ game Connections and the Yankees fell among the most-searched terms of the year across the board.

When divided into sub-categories, Americans searched for Trump more than Harris, JD Vance and President Joe Biden, and in searches for celebrity deaths, users looked up news about the passing of Toby Keith, who died this year after battling cancer, more than any other.

Diddy, the rapper who faces racketeering and sex trafficking charges, was the No. 1 most-searched musician globally but fell in second place behind Usher in the US.

Around the globe, the top-searched TV series was the Netflix hit “Baby Reindeer,” while “Inside Out 2,” released this summer, was the most-searched flick both globally and in the US. Domestically, it was followed by “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” “It Ends with Us” and “Saltburn.”

It was also the year of the martini, as the Porn Star Martini — followed by the buzzy US Open Honey Deuce and the viral Hugo spritz — took first place for the most-searched cocktail in the country, while dirty martinis placed fifth, lychee martinis took sixth lemon drop martinis fell at ninth.

Meanwhile, on-trend Americans searched for the viral “mob wife aesthetic” — marked by micro skirts, large fur coats and voluminous hair ‘dos — more than any other. “Brat” landed at fourth place on the style “aesthetic” list, while “office siren” placed seventh.

Fashion-forward users also searched for the “back in style” fads that saw a resurgence in 2024, “are skinny jeans back in style?” being the most-searched query after the snug-fitting denim was revived by Gen Zers this year.

Searches (Global)

1. Copa América
2. UEFA European Championship
3. ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
4. India vs England
5. Liam Payne
6. Donald Trump
7. India vs Bangladesh
8. iPhone 16
9. Olympic Games Paris 2024
10. Catherine, Princess of Wales

News (Global)

1. U.S. Election
2. Excessive heat
3. Olympics
4. Hurricane Milton
5. 台風 気象 情報 台風 第 10 号 (Japanese for “Typhoon Weather Information Typhoon No.10”)
6. Iran
7. Rafah
8. Crowdstrike
9. Trump shot
10. Menendez brothers

People (Global)

1. Donald Trump
2. Catherine, Princess of Wales
3. Kamala Harris
4. Imane Khelif
5. Joe Biden
6. Mike Tyson
7. JD Vance
8. Lamine Yamal
9. Simone Biles
10. Diddy

Passings (Global)

1. Liam Payne
2. Toby Keith
3. O.J. Simpson
4. Shannen Doherty
5. Akira Toriyama
6. Ratan Tata
7. Alain Delon
8. Maggie Smith
9. James Earl Jones
10. Silvio Santos

Actors (Global) 

1. Ka Williams 
2. Pawan Kalyan 
3. Adam Brody 
4. Ella Purnell 
5. Hina Khan 
6. Kieran Culkin 
7. Terrence Howard 
8. Nimrat Kaur 
9. Suon Foster 
10. Brigie Bozzo 

Athletes (Global) 

1. Imane Khelif 
2. Mike Tyson 
3. Lamine Yamal 
4. Simone Biles 
5. Jake Paul 
6. Nico Williams 
7. Hardik Pandya 
8. Scoie Scheer 
9. Shashank Singh 
10. Rodri 

Games (Global) 

1. Connections 
2. Palworld 
3. Innite Cra 
4. Sprunki 
5. Helldivers 2 
6. Wuthering Waves 
7. Black Myth: Wukong
8. Strands 
9. Brawl Stars 
10. PokéRogue 

Movies (Global) 

1. Inside Out 2
2. Deadpool & Wolverine
3. Saltburn 
4. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
5. Dune: Part Two 
6. It Ends with Us 
7. Oppenheimer 
8. Kung Fu Panda 4 
9. Alien: Romulus 
10. Terrifier 3

Musicians (Global) 

1. Diddy 
2. Usher 
3. Linkin Park 
4. Sabrina Carpenter 
5. Justin Timberlake 
6. Ángela Aguilar 
7. Drake Bell 
8. Tracy Chapman 
9. Dave Grohl 
10. Angelina Mango 

Food and Drink Recipes (Global) 

1. Olympic chocolate muns 
2. Tanghulu 
3. Tini’s mac and cheese 
4. Mango pickle 
5. Dubai chocolate bar 
6. Dense bean salad 
7. Chia water 
8. Sleepy girl 
9. Lemon balm 
10. Viral cucumber salad 

Songs (Global) 

1. Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar 
2. APT. – Rosé and Bruno Mars 
3. Bling-Bang-Bang-Born – Creepy Nuts
4. Thick Of It – KSI 
5. Espresso – Sabrina Carpenter 
6. Hai Yorokonde – Kocchi no Kento
7. yes, and? – Ariana Grande 
8. WILDFLOWER – Billie Eilish 
9. Fortnight – Taylor Swi 
10. Katchi Sera – Sai Abhyankkar 

Sports Teams (Global) 

1. New York Yankees 
2. Los Angeles Dodgers 
3. Inter Miami CF 
4. Bayer 04 Leverkusen 
5. Boston Celtics 
6. New York Mets 
7. Dallas Mavericks 
8. Argentina national football team
9. Minnesota Timberwolves 
10. Edmonton Oilers 

TV Shows (Global) 

1. Baby Reindeer
2. Fallout 
3. House of the Dragon 
4. Heeramandi 
5. Shōgun 
6. The Perfect Couple 
7. Queen of Tears 
8. Marry My Husband 
9. 3 Body Problem 
10. Nobody Wants This