Here are Google's most popular search terms for 2016

Google has rolled out its top searches for 2016, highlighting the people, topics, news, musicians, TV shows, and tech products we searched for the most this year. As you can probably imagine, Niantic's Pokémon Go led the way for global searches, followed by the iPhone 7, and Donald Trump.

Global

Top searches of 2016

  • Pokémon Go
  • iPhone 7
  • Donald Trump
  • Prince
  • Powerball

Top people searches of 2016

  • Donald Trump
  • Hillary Clinton
  • Michael Phelps
  • Melania Trump
  • Simone Biles

Top consumer tech searches of 2016

  • iPhone 7
  • Freedom 251
  • iPhone SE
  • iPhone 6S
  • Google Pixel

Top TV show searches of 2016

  • Stranger Things
  • Westworld
  • Luke Cage
  • Game of Thrones
  • Black Mirror

USA

Top searches of 2016

  • Powerball
  • Prince
  • Hurricane Matthew
  • Pokeman Go
  • Slither.io

Top people searches of 2016

  • Donald Trump
  • Hillary Clinton
  • Michael Phelps
  • Bernie Sanders
  • Steven Avery

Top consumer tech searches of 2016

  • iPhone SE
  • iOS 10
  • Google Pixel
  • iPhone 7 Plus
  • Nintendo Switch

Top TV show searches of 2016

  • Stranger Things
  • Making a Murderer
  • Fuller House
  • Westworld
  • The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Canada

Top searches of 2016

  • Donald Trump
  • Pokémon Go
  • Toronto Raptors
  • Fort McMurray Fire
  • Prince

Top consumer tech searches of 2016

  • iPhone 7
  • Samsung Galaxy S7
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 7
  • Google Pixel
  • Nintendo Switch

Top TV show searches of 2016

  • Stranger Things
  • Westworld
  • Girlmore Girls
  • Fuller House
  • Luke Cage

UK

Top news searches of 2016

  • Brexit
  • US election
  • Hurricaine Matthew
  • Zika virus
  • Clowns

Top consumer tech searches of 2016

  • iPhone
  • Samsung Galaxy
  • Google Pixel
  • Sky Q
  • Amazon Echo

India

Top searches of 2016

  • Rio 2016 Olympics
  • Pokémon GO
  • EURO 2016
  • Sultan
  • Kabali

Top people searches of 2016

  • Donald Trump
  • P.V. Sindhu
  • Sonam Gupta
  • Dipa Karmakar
  • Disha Patani

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Harish Jonnalagadda
Senior Editor - Asia

Harish Jonnalagadda is a Senior Editor overseeing Asia at Android Central. He leads the site's coverage of Chinese phone brands, contributing to reviews, features, and buying guides. He also writes about storage servers, audio products, and the semiconductor industry. Contact him on Twitter at @chunkynerd.

14 Comments
  • #5. Clowns? What up UK? Edit: I forgot about the creepy stalker clown thing. My bad UK.
  • That was big in the US as well
  • Yeah, I didn't remember until after I posted.
  • They prob meant Donald trump at the beginning. Europe referred to him as a clown mostly.
  • Donald Trump lol no shocker there.
  • Now is that an exact search term list, or does it include any searches with those words in it? Example: just "Donald Trump" vs. "Donald Trump tiny hands" or "Comrade Donald Trump" or "Not my Fuhrer #DonaldTrump". Either way, I'm sure a tweet about being #1 is imminent.
  • Who's this Donald Trump you people speak of????
  • Donald Obama and Joe Trump.
  • A clown we elected for President.
  • Hey, the Pixel even made it into the Top 5 for tech!
  • With Google Pixel being so high, I wonder if the production levels hurt them a bit. Granted search inquiries are great, but if it is difficult to buy, well that can represent negative inquiries. Either way that is a lot of searches. Get production together Google. Hoping Google goes the Apple route, no discounts (outside of promos) till the next version is released. Help people keep those resale values high.
  • Wow pokemon was the biggest search 2016. what a time to be alive.
  • Porn related search disregarded then.
  • Sonam Gupta lol.