As is tradition, Google has revealed it’s top trending searches of 2015, and the number one worldwide search is a little unexpected to say the least.
Last year’s top 10 was a reasonable and expected list of everything that we’d been talking about throughout the course of the year, from the late, great Robin Williams through to the World Cup and the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. By comparison, 2015’s list is a weird mish-mash of important topics and things we can’t remember talking about. Case in point: Lamar Odom is at the top spot. Yes, in 2015 the former basketball player, who made his way into the news after falling into a coma at a brothel in Nevada, was apparently more of a hot topic than the Paris terror attacks.
Also in the top 10 list of global search topics was Agar.io, the popular massively multiplayer browser game, and Ronda Rousey, the UFC fighter who suffered her first loss this year. Also, American Sniper somehow managed to sneak its way into the list, with Star Wars: The Force Awakens not charting whatsoever. Seriously, we’re starting to question Google’s algorithms at this point.
Top trending searches
- Lamar Odom
- Charlie Hebdo
- Agar.io
- Jurassic World
- Paris
- Furious 7
- Fallout 4
- Ronda Rousey
- Caitlyn Jenner
- American Sniper
Speaking of Star Wars, JJ Abrams’ take on the blockbuster sci-fi franchise didn’t even break the top 10 trending movies of 2015 list, with Jurassic World coming in first place while Fifty Shades of Grey, Minions, Spectre, Straight Outta Compton and Birdman also featured. Big Brother Brazil topped the list of globally trending TV shows, beating out the likes of Netflix’s Jessica Jones, Fear the Walking Dead, Better Call Saul and Game of Thrones.
In other categories, Charlie Hedbo topped the trending global news list, Copa America the trending global sports event, Adele the top trending music artist and the iPhone 6s the top trending consumer tech product.
Check out Google’s ‘Year in Search 2015’ video below: