What have we been searching for in 2011?
It's that time of year, again, folks. The time when companies around the world start compiling top lists based on the trends of 2011. As is tradition, search giant Google has released its top search terms for the year, revealing just what its users have spent the last 12 months looking for.
The company's overall top 10 list features Rebecca Black at number one, with Google Plus, Ryan Dunn, Casey Anthony and Battlefield 3 rounding out the top five. iPhone 5 (which turned out to be the iPhone 4S) took sixth place, while British singer Adele, 東京 電力, Steve Jobs and iPad 2 placing 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th, respectively. Interestingly, 東京 電力 (TEPCO, owners of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant), was the first non-Latin term to make it to the global fastest-rising list.
"When looking at the data, it is fascinating to see the cultural fads and trends that took over the globe, from cupcakes (making top food lists in over a dozen countries) to the Dukan diet and high-profile weddings, but Google was used for much more than staying up to date on the sisters Middleton and Kardashian," writes Google Fellow Amit Singhal.
"From local celebrities in Finland to Singaporeans looking for news on the revolutions in Egypt and Libya half a world away, people turned to Google to learn more about what was happening on the world stage. It wasn’t just the man-made moments that topped the charts this year, but also the natural disasters that literally shook the world, from Hurricane Irene in the U.S. to the earthquakes in Christchurch and Japan."
Google's 11th annual Zeitgeist covers a variety of different top 10 lists, including fastest rising, fastest falling, fastest rising on Google Maps, and fastest rising on Google News. The company's top 10 fastest rising consumer electronics were Amazon's Kindle Fire (#1), iPhone 4S (#2), Sidekick 4G (#3), Hp TouchPad (#4), Spb Shell 3D (#5), iPad 2 (#6), HTC Sensation (#7), Samsung Nexus Prime (#8), Sony Ngp (#9), and iPad 3 (#10).
Check out the full Google Zeitgeist 2011 here for infographics, top searches by country, and more. Mountain View has also released a video overview of the search terms that captivated the world this year. Check it out:
Zeitgeist Part 1 & the Supportive Evidence (with the video)
The New ZEITGEIST Part 1 Sourcebook (2010)
Rebuttal to Dr. Chris Forbes concerning 'Zeitgeist, Part 1'
Good stuff!
another justin beiber who is two years younger than me but thousands of times richer, i just don't know why???
Arrogant Apple user or not, your arrogance is just as bad. You sound like you are above everyone just because you don't search "iCrap" up on Google. Get over yourself. Intelligence is not based on what material possessions one may own.
Never heard of the wench either. It is almost as bad as looking at a Steve Jobs picture.
because most people only search google for porn a few times, i can say that i have not once knowenly searched for porn on google in the last 5 years (granted i have searched porn actresses names, not knowing they were porn actresses)
we tend to find out little areas of the internet and get our porn form those places. or we build a collection so massive that if you looked at it from beginning to end, and stared over at the beginning, you wouldn't remember any of it.
if you see a billy bass on someones wall, do you think exactly the same of them from before you knew they had one?
there is a correlation between what you have and how people precieve you. if you have money to afford nice things, but chose to buy lesser, that says things about you weather you like it or not.
I don't know.
Now i'm watching her on youtube.
Because the economy hasn't gotten so bad yet the 10 year old girls are no longer getting allowances.