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16 December 2014
What’s the last thing you Googled?
Whatever it is, it’s been registered forever. Yes, there’s no taking back ‘How to boil an egg', and in its small way it might just have influenced the top search trends of the last 12 months.
And now the tech titans have released lists of the most popular trending topics. The biggest topic was Robin Williams’s death in August, with the sad news seemingly sending keyboards ablaze as fans and well-wishers worldwide attempted to find out more information about the beloved actor's passing.
Other big stories to make the ‘trending searches’ list included Ebola, Malaysia Airlines, Flappy Bird, ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and ISIS; essentially giving us a snapshot at 2014 with a couple of sentences.
But here are the big lists...
Trending Searches
1. Robin Williams
2. World Cup
3. Ebola
4. Malaysia Airlines
5. Flappy Bird
6. ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
7. ISIS
8. Ferguson
Frozen10. Ukraine
Trending Movies of 2014
FrozenInterstellarDivergentGone GirlLone SurvivorGodzilla22 Jump StreetBig Hero 6AnnabelleMaleficentTrending Movie Trailers
Gone Girl Interstellar Divergent FrozenThe Lego Movie The Avengers 2Godzilla The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Annabelle MaleficentTop TV Shows
Game of ThronesNo, You Shut Up!True DetectiveOrange is the New BlackBlood, Sweat & HeelsThe FollowingHouse of CardsGothamSouth ParkAmerican Horror StoryTrending People
1. Jennifer Lawrence
2. Kim Kardashian
3. Tracy Morgan
4. Ray Rice
5. Tony Stewart
6. Iggy Azalea
7. Donald Sterling
8. Adrian Peterson
9. Renee Zellweger
10. Jared Leto
Trending Actors
1. Jared Leto
2. Matthew McConaughey
3. Macaulay Culkin
4. Chris Pratt
5. Theo James
6. Ansel Elgort
7. Jamie Dornan
8. Alfonso Ribeiro
9. James McAvoy
10. Laurence Fishburne
Trending Actresses
1. Jennifer Lawrence
2. Renee Zellweger
3. Betty White
4. Ellen Page
5. Kim Novak
6. Margot Robbie
7. Jacqueline Bisset
8. Lena Dunham
9. Melanie Griffith
10. Lea Thompson