Worldwide top Google trends of the 10s

New year, new technological advancements to be made… But it’s also a new decade! The roaring 20s have just arrived and many of us are looking forward to a decade that promises many innovations in technology (from AI to job automation) that will surely change our lives. But there are also many nostalgics that, before going ahead, first want to look back at for the last time and draw conclusions about what happened in the last ten years. Just before the end of last year we shared the UK top 2019 Google searches, and now we do the same for the top Google searches of every year of the last decade. This time we are not focussing on the top UK searches, but the Worldwide top Google trends of the 10s.

Worldwide Google trends of the 10s

The 10s had been a shocking decade with the tragic deaths of celebrities like Whitney Houston (2012), Nelson Mandela and Paul Walker. Many people ‘googled’ for them after the news of their passing. While many top trends are related to sports – as World Cup and India vs South Africa dominate the last couple of years – others link with technology: do you remember the hype around Chatroulette (2010) or the evergreen PokemonGo (2016)?

Top 10 trending searches in 2010

1. Chatroulette
2. iPad
3. Justin Bieber
4. Nicki Minaj
5. Friv
6. Myxer
7. Katy Perry
8. Twitter
9. Gamezer
10. Facebook

Top 10 trending searches in 2011

1. Rebecca Black
2. Google+
3. Ryan Dunn
4. Casey Anthony
5. Battlefield 3
6. iPhone 5
7. Adele
8. Fukushima
9. Steve Jobs
10. iPad2

Top 10 trending searches in 2012

1. Whitney Houston
2. Gangnam Style
3. Hurricane Sandy
4. iPad 3
5. Diablo 3
6. Kate Middleton
7. Olympics 2012
8. Amanda Todd
9. Michael Clarke Duncan
10. BBB12

Top 10 trending searches in 2013

1. Nelson Mandela
2. Paul Walker
3. iPhone 5s
4. Cory Monteith
5. Harlem Shake
6. Boston Marathon
7. Royal Baby
8. Samsung Galaxy S4
9. PlayStation 4
10. North Korea

Top 10 trending searches in 2014

1. Robin Williams
2. World Cup
3. Ebola
4. Malaysia Airlines
5. ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
6. Flappy Bird
7. Conchita Wurst
8. ISIS
9. Frozen
10. Sochi Olympics

Top 10 trending searches in 2015

1. Lamar Odom
2. Charlie Hebdo
3. Agar.io
4. Jurassic World
5. Paris
6. Furious 7
7. Fallout 4
8. Ronda Rousey
9. Caitlyn Jenner
10. American Sniper

Top 10 trending searches in 2016

1. Pokémon Go
2. iPhone 7
3. Donald Trump
4. Prince
5. Powerball
6. David Bowie
7. Deadpool
8. Olympics
9. Slither.io
10. Suicide Squad

Top 10 trending searches in 2017

1. Hurricane Irma
2. iPhone 8
3. iPhone X
4. Matt Lauer
5. Meghan Markle
6. 13 Reasons Why
7. Tom Petty
8. Fidget Spinner
9. Chester Bennington
10. India National Cricket Team

Top 10 trending searches in 2018

1. World Cup
2. Avicii
3. Mac Miller
4. Stan Lee
5. Black Panther
6. Meghan Markle
7. Anthony Bourdain
8. XXXTentacion
9. Stephen Hawking
10. Kate Spade

Top 10 trending searches in 2019

1. India vs South Africa
2. Cameron Boyce
3. Copa America
4. Bangladesh vs India
5. iPhone 11
6. Game of Thrones
7. Avengers: Endgame
8. Joker
9. Notre Dame
10. ICC Cricket World Cup

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