The search giant winds up the year with a list of top 10 searches for the last 12 months. iPhone6 gets the position of top consumer electronics searches. Flappy Bird tops the list of gaming searches. Jennifer Lawrence overshadows Kim Kardashian in the most-searched people’s list. Robin Williams tops Google’s list of most-searched terms for 2014 - for global and the US list.
The deaths of Robin Williams, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Peaches Geldof featured in the top 10 trending search list.
The Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence beat Kim Kardashian as the most Googled celebrity in 2014.
Well, Ms Kardashian tried hard to break the internet. But seems she couldn't. *
Coming back to the biggest events of the year, the FIFA World Cup is definitely the top one. “From Luis Suarez’s bite heard around the world, to Tim Howard’s superman performance versus Belgium, to Germany’s incredible run to their fourth title, the competition certainly lived up to its reputation and topped the charts,” Google said.
The most talked about matches in this season were Brazil vs Germany, Germany vs Argentina, and Brazil vs Chile.
In the athletes category, James Rodriguez tops the list, followed by Michael Schumacher, Ray Rice, Luis Suarez, and Neymar da Silva Santos.
The big news stories in 2014 were mostly gloomy and tragic
Here are the most viral videos on YouTube; Mutant Giant Spider Dog (SA Wardega), Nike Football: Winner Stays, and FIRST KISS secured the top three positions.
Watch Youtube's viral ads of 2014
Let’s move on from the global scenario to India. IRCTC, Sunny Leone, Salman Khan and Elections 2014 won the race in different categories. These are the top 10 searches in India.
Sunny Leone tops the list of the most searched people in India, followed by Mr. Narendra Modi, the honorable PM of the country. In the category of actors and actresses, Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif got the first positions in the concerned list.
You can have a sneak peek into the trending stories of 2014 here.
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