Meanwhile, “American Sniper” is a film about the late Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, who is number 8 in the trending searches list.
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Conor McGregor was the most searched for sportsperson, with Jonah Lomu in second place and Ronda Rousey coming in third.
The trends vary by region; you can view them for the US, UK, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, India, and several other countries.
Other rankings include the most searched brands, with Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, souq.com and Dubai’s Electricity and Water Authority on top.
Popular search engine Google today released its overview of trends in search by people across the world, and these tragedies have taken a hold on the collective spirit of the Internet as we look at the year through the eyes of Google.
No one has all the answers, unless you are Google, it seems.
A lot of people searched “What is Ashley Madison?” after the infidelity site was hacked but the top spot went to “What is 0 divided by 0?”
The most searched news event this year – 900 million searches – was on the two attacks in Paris, Wired says. Check out the rest of the trends here!
For example, the No. 1 trending search, surpassing even the Amazins’ World Series frenzy, was Lamar Odom, former National Basketball Association player and Keeping up with the Kardashians reality star husband.
The year 2015 was book-ended by tragic events in Paris – from the shooting at Charlie Hebdo in January to the multiple attacks around the city in November.
Caitlyn Jenner, who was previously known as Bruce Jenner, follows Odom in the “trending people” list.
The company released its annual list of the year’s most popular queries from residents.
Sure, that damn blue-or-gold dress racked up 73 million searches way back in February, but the world redeemed itself in the months that followed.
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Indeed, the French were a curious bunch when it came to the sex romp film, which was also the most searched movie in the country all year.
