After the attack on the city, people took to the search engine to ask what happened or why ISIS attacked the city.Īside from the Paris attacks, people also asked about the Nepal Earthquake, the Cricket World Cup, water on Mars, Ashley Madison and the Charlie Charlie challenge. A lot of people also wanted to understand the attack in Paris, which is Google's biggest news story of the year. Like the Navy Seal's biography, "Straight Outta Compton" had people searching and talking about the NWA and their story.īut not all the top searches were about entertainment.
Clint Eastwood's "American Sniper," a film about the late Chris Kyle also polarized filmgoers.
Entertainment Culture & Arts Media Celebrity TV & Film. The fourth installment on the "Jurassic Park" franchise broke world records and led to the rise of Chris Pratt's popularity and countless memes. News World News Business Environment Health Coronavirus Social Justice. Movies like "Jurassic World," "American Sniper" and "Straight Outta Compton" also had people talking and wondering. Odom is the former NBA player who married reality TV star Khloe Kardashian from "Keeping Up with the Kardashians." The retired ball player was found unconscious in a Nevada brothel in October, after reportedly bingeing on alcohol, drugs and herbal viagra. These are not necessarily the most important headlines of the year, but rather the search terms that had the highest spike in traffic over a certain period of time.įor 2015, the top trending searches are, in order, Lamar Odom, "Jurassic World," "American Sniper," Caitlyn Jenner, Ronda Rousey, Paris, Agario, Chris Kyle, "Fallout 4" and "Straight Outta Compton."
Google had become so ubiquitous in our daily lives that "google" became an accepted part of the vernacular, with the word having been included in Merriam-Webster's dictionary in 2006.Įvery year, Google releases its list of the year's top trending searches.