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
