2Top 10 Trending Items of 2013
310 Most Searched For People
4Top 10 Trending Events, Globally
The Boston Marathon was the top-trending event of 2013. It was followed by Typhoon Haiyan, the Government Shutdown, the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Chinese New Year, the Australian Open, the Eurovision Song Contest, Wimbledon, the Syrian conflict, and EuroBasket, a biennial basketball competition in Europe. (Image: Flickr, NASA Goddard)
5What Americans Wanted to Know
In the United States, we searched for the calories in eggs more than any other item (beer was third); searched for Kohl’s, above all other retailers; and concerned ourselves with the pregnancy of Kim Kardashian and the breakup of Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth, above all others. (Image: Flickr, Daniel Almond-Farrant)
6Dance Moves
7Most Searched For Phones in India
In India, a market ripe with smartphone growth potential, the most searched for phones were the Samsung Galaxy S 4, the Nokia Lumia 520, the Micromax Canvas 2, the Samsung Galaxy Grand, the Micromax Canvas, the Sony Xperia Z, the Nokia Lumia, the MicroMax Canvas 4, the Nexus 4 and the Samsung Galaxy S 3.
8Brazil and Gadgets
9Global Entertainment
10Top 10 Google+ Hashtags
11What We Learned to Do
There’s nothing Google can’t help you to learn about. In 2013, the things the most of us tried to figure out were How to … Tie a Tie, File, Get a Passport, Blog, Knit, Kiss, Flirt, Whistle, Unjailbreak and Vader. The latter, if you were among those who searched it, is a BMX bike trick. (Image: Flickr, Jayneandd)