As we draw closer to the end of 2016, Google, the search giant that handles trillions of search requests every year released its trending topics of the year. At the top of the global search list is Pokémon Go, a game that had taken the world by storm earlier in the year. The iPhone 7 and Donald Trump are the other two most searched topics by Internet users worldwide during 2016.
In Canada, users searched for Donald Trump, Pokémon Go and Toronto Raptors in keeping with the global search trends of the rest of the world. Drake topped the categories of the most searched celebrity, musician and Canadian.
Let’s look at some of the categories as released by Google.
Global
Searches
1) Pokémon Go
2) iPhone 7
3) Donald Trump
4) Prince
5) Powerball
Global News
1) US Election
2) Olympics
3) Brexit
4) Orlando Shooting
5) Zika Virus
People
1) Donald Trump
2) Hillary Clinton
3) Michael Phelps
4) Melania Trump
5) Simone Biles
Consumer Tech
1) iPhone 7
2) Freedom 251
3) iPhone SE
4) iPhone 6S
5) Google Pixel
Canada
Searches
1) Donald Trump
2) Pokémon Go
3) Toronto Raptors
4) Fort McMurray Fire
5) Prince
News Stories
1) Donald Trump
2) US Election
3) Zika Virus
4) Olympics
5) Fort McMurray Fire
Celebrities
1) Drake
2) Beyoncé
3) Rihanna
4) Céline Dion
5) Kanye West
Consumer Technology
1) iPhone 7
2) Samsung Galaxy S7
3) Samsung Galaxy Note 7
4) Google Pixel
5) Nintendo Switch
If you are wondering why neither Prime Minister Justin Trudeau nor musician Justin Bieber made the Canadian list is because Google’s trending list is not based on the overall number of searches a particularly topic received, but rather, “searches that had the highest spike in traffic over a sustained period compared with 2015,” Alexandra Hunnings, a spokeswoman for Google Canada said as reported by CBC.
To see more, go to Google Trends 2016.
