Zeitgeist means “the spirit of the times”. This year’s overall trending searches from SA show load shedding, xenophobia, sport and various celebrities topping the overall search trends list. Hundreds of top-10 lists from 72 countries were counted, including the hottest searches from various states and cities.
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The late Public Service and Administration Minister Collins Chabane featured on trending South African, Trending Current Affairs and Trending Political Figures lists. In the US, two movies, “Jurassic World” and “American Sniper”, ranked behind Odom. Odom, a two-time NBA Champion, who fell from grace shortly after marrying into the Kardashian family, was found passed out in a brothel in Nevada in October.
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Fellow Internet giants Twitter and Facebook have also released their own set of trending items.
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The list for top trending politicians was less surprising, with GOP candidate Donald Trump topping the list, but Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton did not make the list.
Of these, the Paris attacks loom largest, with more than 897 million people having searched for information about the attacks since they took place in November.
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As for active athletes, the UFC match between Rousey and Holly Holm helped garner a ton of interest in both athletes as evidenced by their 1-2 placements on Google’s list of trending athletes in 2015. The top ten trends was completed by summer blockbuster Jurassic World, the results of the General Election and French magazine Charlie Hebdo – the scene of a separate Paris terror attack in January. Google says tracking trends for the year, versus its top searches, is a better way to determine the topics and people that grew in popularity compared to last year.
