Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility
What Did You Google in 2024? Here's What Search Trends Show
gvw_ap_news
By Associated Press
Published 1 month ago on
December 10, 2024

A Google sign hangs over an entrance to the company's new building, Sept. 6, 2023, in New York. (AP File)

Share

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...

NEW YORK — Remember what you searched for in 2024? Google does.

Google released its annual “Year in Search” on Tuesday, rounding up the top trending queries entered into its namesake search engine in 2024. The results show terms that saw the highest spike in traffic compared to last year — ranging from key news events, notably global elections, to the most popular songs, athletes and unforgettable pop-culture moments that people looked up worldwide.

Sports — particularly soccer and cricket — dominated Google’s overall trending searches in 2024. Copa América topped those search trends globally, followed by the UEFA European Championship and ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

Meanwhile, the U.S. election led news-specific searches worldwide. Queries about excessive heat and this year’s Olympic Games followed.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump topped searches in Google’s people category this year — followed by Catherine, Princess of Wales, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who also led athlete-specific searches. Meanwhile, the late Liam Payne, Toby Keith and O.J. Simpson led search trends among notable individuals who died in 2024.

In the world of entertainment, Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” was the top trending movie of the year, while Netflix’s “Baby Reindeer” led TV show trends. And Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” dominated song trends.

That’s just the tip of the iceberg. Queries for the Olympic village’s chocolate muffin, made famous by Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen over the summer games, led Google’s global recipe trends this year. The New York Times’ “Connections” puzzle topped game searches. And in the U.S., country-specific data shows, many people asked Google about online trends like the word “demure” and “ mob wife aesthetic.”

You can find more country-specific lists, and trends from years past, through Google’s “Year in Search” data published online. The California company said it collected 2024 search results from Jan. 1 through Nov. 23 of this year.

Google isn’t the only one to publish an annual recap or top trends as 2024 draws to a close. Spotify Wrapped, for example, as well as Collins Dictionary and Merriam-Webster’s words of the year, have offered additional reflections for 2024.

RELATED TOPICS:

DON'T MISS

Google Signs Deal With AP to Deliver Up-to-Date News Through Its Gemini AI Chatbot

DON'T MISS

Are the Resnicks ‘Hoarding’ Water While LA Burns? No

DON'T MISS

Will State GOP Determine Who Is Rightful Leader of Fresno GOP?

DON'T MISS

Trump and Biden Both Claim Credit for Gaza Ceasefire Deal

DON'T MISS

CEO Arrested For Giving His 8-Year Old Son a Marijuana Gummy

DON'T MISS

Madera Woman Arrested for Alleged DUI After Crashing into Guardrail

DON'T MISS

Jeffrey Epstein’s Estate Got a $112 Million Tax Refund

DON'T MISS

TikTok Says Employees Will Have Jobs Even if Ban Takes Effect

DON'T MISS

Wired Wednesday: What’s Causing the Number of Homeless Veterans to Decline?

DON'T MISS

North Korean Hackers Steal $659M in Crypto, Allies Warn

UP NEXT

Are the Resnicks ‘Hoarding’ Water While LA Burns? No

UP NEXT

Will State GOP Determine Who Is Rightful Leader of Fresno GOP?

UP NEXT

Trump and Biden Both Claim Credit for Gaza Ceasefire Deal

UP NEXT

CEO Arrested For Giving His 8-Year Old Son a Marijuana Gummy

UP NEXT

Madera Woman Arrested for Alleged DUI After Crashing into Guardrail

UP NEXT

Jeffrey Epstein’s Estate Got a $112 Million Tax Refund

UP NEXT

TikTok Says Employees Will Have Jobs Even if Ban Takes Effect

UP NEXT

Wired Wednesday: What’s Causing the Number of Homeless Veterans to Decline?

UP NEXT

North Korean Hackers Steal $659M in Crypto, Allies Warn

UP NEXT

New California Bill Would Block Trans Females From Playing in Girls’ Sports

Trump and Biden Both Claim Credit for Gaza Ceasefire Deal

2 hours ago

CEO Arrested For Giving His 8-Year Old Son a Marijuana Gummy

2 hours ago

Madera Woman Arrested for Alleged DUI After Crashing into Guardrail

3 hours ago

Jeffrey Epstein’s Estate Got a $112 Million Tax Refund

3 hours ago

TikTok Says Employees Will Have Jobs Even if Ban Takes Effect

3 hours ago

Wired Wednesday: What’s Causing the Number of Homeless Veterans to Decline?

3 hours ago

North Korean Hackers Steal $659M in Crypto, Allies Warn

4 hours ago

New California Bill Would Block Trans Females From Playing in Girls’ Sports

4 hours ago

Israel and Hamas Agree to Ceasefire Deal to Pause Gaza War and Release Some Hostages

5 hours ago

Fire Tornadoes Are a Risk Under California’s Extreme Wildfire Conditions

5 hours ago

Google Signs Deal With AP to Deliver Up-to-Date News Through Its Gemini AI Chatbot

Google says its artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini will deliver up-to-date news from The Associated Press in the tech giant’s firs...

3 minutes ago

3 minutes ago

Google Signs Deal With AP to Deliver Up-to-Date News Through Its Gemini AI Chatbot

8 minutes ago

Are the Resnicks ‘Hoarding’ Water While LA Burns? No

20 minutes ago

Will State GOP Determine Who Is Rightful Leader of Fresno GOP?

2 hours ago

Trump and Biden Both Claim Credit for Gaza Ceasefire Deal

2 hours ago

CEO Arrested For Giving His 8-Year Old Son a Marijuana Gummy

A 47-year-old Madera woman was arrested for DUI after crashing her Ford Explorer into a guardrail on Road 27 Sunday afternoon.
3 hours ago

Madera Woman Arrested for Alleged DUI After Crashing into Guardrail

3 hours ago

Jeffrey Epstein’s Estate Got a $112 Million Tax Refund

Tiktok’s headquarters in Culver City, Calif., Sept. 8, 2020. TikTok on Jan. 14, 2025 sought to assure its U.S. employees that they will still have jobs next week even if the Supreme Court upholds a law that would see the video app banned in the United States. (Rozette Rago/The New York Times)
3 hours ago

TikTok Says Employees Will Have Jobs Even if Ban Takes Effect

Help continue the work that gets you the news that matters most.

Search

Send this to a friend