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In this Sept. 24, 2019, file photo a sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif.
The end of the year is nearing, and as usual, Google is recapping 2022’s current events and trends with the most popular searches made through the platform.
These are the terms Americans searched the most.
Most popular searches overall
WordleElection resultsBetty WhiteQueen ElizabethBob SagetUkraineMega MillionsPowerball numbersAnne HecheJeffrey Dahmer
Most searched people
Johnny DeppWill SmithAmber HeardAntonio BrownKari LakeAnna Sorokin (Delvey)Chris RockAndrew TateAdam LevineSerena Williams
Most searched current events
Election resultsQueen Elizabeth passingUkrainePowerball numbersHurricane IanMonkeypoxTexas school shootingWill Smith OscarsJohnny Depp verdictRoe v Wade
Most searched movies
EncantoThor: Love and ThunderTop Gun: MaverickThe BatmanEverything Everywhere All at OnceBlack AdamJurassic World DominionBlack Panther: Wakanda ForeverMorbiusTurning Red
Most searched TV shows
EuphoriaStranger ThingsThe WatcherInventing AnnaHouse of the DragonMoon KnightYellowstoneThe Summer I Turned PrettyObi-Wan KenobiShe-Hulk: Attorney at Law
Most searched songs
“We Don’t Talk About Bruno” – Encanto”Surface Pressure” – Encanto”Jiggle Jiggle” – Duke & Jones and Louis Theroux”Unholy” – Sam Smith and Kim Petras”As It Was” – Harry Styles”Running Up That Hill” – Kate Bush”Glimpse of Us” – Joji”About Damn Time” – Lizzo”Anti-Hero” – Taylor Swift”What Else Can I Do” – Encanto
Most searched definitions
RupeeOligarchCacaoHomerRecessionCannyForayTroveSauteTacit
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