Google has revealed that Charlie Kirk was the top trending US search of 2025 following the conservative influencer's assassination in September.
The search engine platform shared its top US searches in its Year in Search on Sunday, an annual report and recap of the platform's most popular searches that users most wanted to know about throughout the year.
Following Kirk in the top searches list was KPop Demon Hunters. The hit children's animated Netflix show, about a Korean girl band that slays evil spirits, broke the record as the platform's most-watched film ever.
Another sensation among kids, the Labubus toy, ranked third in searches. The line of collectible plush elves with monster teeth was designed by illustrator Kasing Lung and featured a mystery box-style opening.
Joining the top five searches were Apple's iPhone 17 and President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill legislation, according to Google.
Next on the list was the newly elected mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, followed by DeepSeek, the Chinese AI platform.
Rounding out the top 10 was the government shutdown, which lasted for 43 days, the FIFA Club World Cup, and Trump's favorite word - tariffs, which was ranked in the tenth spot.
Google highlighted a variety of the top trending search categories, ranging from concert outfits and actors to confused parents searching 'why do kids say.'
Read more top results below:
| 1.'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' 2. Government shutdown 3. Charlie Kirk assassination 4. Tariffs 5. No Kings protest 6. Los Angeles fires 7. New Pope chosen 8. Epstein files 9. US presidential inauguration 10. Hurricane Melissa |
Top trending searches of celebrity passings:
1. Charlie Kirk
2. Gene Hackman
3. Ozzy Osbourne
4. Anne Burrell
5. Diane Keaton
6. Michelle Trachtenberg
7. Pope Francis
8. Hulk Hogan
9. Malcolm-Jamal Warner
10. Val Kilmer
| 1. 6-7 2. Sigma 3. 41 4. Skibidi 5. Ohio 6. Rizz 7. Good boy 8. Skibidi toilet 9. Aura 10. Chat |
Top trending searches of songs:
1. Wood - Taylor Swift
2. DtMF - Bad Bunny
3. Golden - HUNTR/X
4. The Fate of Ophelia - Taylor Swift
5. Father Figure - Taylor Swift
6. Predador de perereca - MC Jhey and BLOW RECORDS
7. Soda Pop - Saja Boys
8. Opalite - Taylor Swift
9. Ordinary - Alex Warren
10. Takedown - HUNTR/X
| 1. Pedro Pascal 2. Malachi Barton 3. Walton Goggins 4. Pamela Anderson 5. Charlie Sheen 6. Eric Dane 7. Mikey Madison 8. Aubrey Plaza 9. Adam Sandler |
Top trending musicians searches
1. d4vd
2. KATSEYE
3. Bad Bunny
4. Sombr
5. Doechii
6. Jonas Brothers
7. Alex Warren
8. Coldplay
9. NBA YoungBoy
10. Benson Boone
| 1. Boston 2. Seattle 3. Tokyo 4. New York 5. Prague 6. London 7. San Diego 8. Arcadia National Park 9. Edinburgh |
Top trending athletes
1. Shedeur Sanders
2. Terence Crawford
3. Cooper Flagg
4. Cam Skattebo
5. Micah Parsons
6. Jaxson Dart
7. Sophie Cunningham
8. Shilo Sanders
9. Jalen Carter
10. Justin Rose
| 1. 'The Hunting Wives' 2. 'The White Lotus' 3. 'The Pitt' 4. 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' 5. 'Squid Game' 6. 'Severance' 7. 'MobLand' 8. 'Adolescence' 9. 'Andor' |
Top trending people searches
1. Zohran Mamdani
2. Tyler Robinson
3. d4vd
4. Erika Kirk
5. Pope Leo XIV
6. Shedeur Sanders
7. Bonnie Blue
8. Karoline Leavitt
9. Andy Byron
10. Jimmy Kimmel
