Each year, Google releases a list of the topics we’ve collectively searched for the most over the past 12 months. Each year, I try and see how many I can guess beforehand.


This year, I got about half. How many can you get? [Pro tip: remember, people generally search for depressing/scary stuff more than pretty much anything else.]

Google released two lists this year — one for US search trends, and one for worldwide search trends. The lists are mostly the same, with just a few differences.

US Trending Searches:

Robin Williams
World Cup
Ebola
Malaysia Airlines
Flappy Bird
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
ISIS
Ferguson
Frozen
Ukraine


Global Trending Searches:


Robin Williams
World Cup
Ebola
Malaysia Airlines
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Flappy Bird
Conchita Wurst
ISIS
Frozen
Sochi Olympics
The two lists are strikingly similar, save for the global list leaning toward Conchita Wurst and the Sochi Olympics in place of Ferguson and Ukraine.

Interesting to note: this is the first year in a few where an Apple product didn’t make the cut. (2010 had iPad; 2011 featured both iPhone 5 and iPad 3; 2012 had iPad 3 again; 2013 had the iPhone 5S in spot #2)

Also of note: as far as I can recall, Flappy Bird is the first mobile app to crack Google’s top 10. Having a wildly successful app is one thing — but an app that becomes one of the most searched for things around the entire world? Achievement unlocked. (Google notes that 2048 and Flappy Bird, both one-man projects, beat out Destiny, the most expensive game ever developed.)

(Note: this list is based on year-versus-year search trends; it’s about how popular a topic is this year versus last, not raw frequency. If it were just raw frequency, Google says the most popular searches wouldn’t change much.)


http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/16/these-were-the-10-top-trending-searches-on-google-in-2014/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&utm_content=FaceBook

Ebola! hmmmmmm.

Dear lord, we are permanently grateful.

Robin Williams ke?

Chai! See how virus gain popularity within a short pace of time.

chai...
When i think say #Bringbackourgirls go make the cut...na frozen dey dey ;(

Flappy Bird ehn...that developer sef wacko jareh

Imagine such an app raking in money for me and i take it down...Ko jo mehn!

Haba......u did not add "BOKO HARAM"
"BRING BACK OUR GIRLS"

What's frozen?

oyinbo ppl and mumunity, which one be Frozen

My name is not there. Why Google?

That midget Kim K didn't break the internet afterall.
#nohating.

Oh wow no celebrity on the list

Oh! shit
#BringBackOurGirls

And
PEJ
Bokoharam
Sambisa
Borno
CAN president
Will surely make nigerian top 10... % sure
Will surely make d nigerian top 10

mohammad11:
Oh! shit
#BringBackOurGirls

And
PEJ
Bokoharam
Sambisa
Borno
CAN president
Will surely make nigerian top 10... % sure
Will surely make d nigerian top 10

If i hear

Mrval20:
That midget Kim K didn't break the internet afterall.
#nohating.

Hehehehehehe... I believe she has done it one time already i.e. the sex tape that has brought her so much fame and fortune.

buhari

Ah, Flappy bird, oh Flappy bird that cruel game. Nigerian police forces suppose dey use that game torture people ni

yemivictor:


Hehehehehehe... I believe she has done it one time already i.e. the sex tape that has brought her so much fame and fortune.

But the video wasn't even capable of breaking the internet as she put it; Psy's Gangnam Style did instead.

Who is Robin hood ?

agarawu23:
oyinbo ppl and mumunity, which one be Frozen

It's the best animated film of 2013

Apart from ebola & probably ISISI & Maleshian Airline,non in that list is worthy of searching, like seriously, Robin williams, Als, Frozen, Ukrain, soschi olympic, Conchita Wurst?

In Nigeria, i heard Linda Topped the search or sth similar, buh am definitely gonna replace her come 2015.

I smell FP, MOD do the magic and wayo u guys normally do

I bet "GEJ's shoes" will top the search in Nigeria.
we need to find that Otuoke man's shoes so that he no go waka barefooted commot aso rock next year.

thewarrior72:
Apart from ebola & probably ISISI & Maleshian Airline,non in that list is worthy of searching, like seriously, Robin williams, Als, Frozen, Ukrain, soschi olympic, Conchita Wurst?

This is global search, not really Nigeria or regional issue. Topic that we fashion here may not interest Internet developed West.

The only topic I feel some how abt is 'frozen' which is more of 2013 best bla bla film

Gabreal1:
What's frozen?

FISH

this oyinbos no serious, hw robin williams go ovatake ebola, in naija d fear of ebola is d bginning of google searches

missdebs:
this oyinbos no serious, hw robin williams go ovatake ebola, in naija d fear of ebola is d bginning of google searches

That's not the point


Is more of making the list

The most popular search in naija was Tonto Dike.