You can learn a lot about what happened in the previous year by what people searched online. Every year, Google compiles a list of the top searches in different categories. You can learn which movies were seemingly the most popular and get an overview of what happened that year.
Google makes lists of some of the top searches, top movies that people searched for, the top people that many searched for, etc. Now, let’s take a look back at 2019 and see the top Google searches.
Top Searches overall
The top Google search this year is truly no surprise. It was Disney+! Many people were very excited about the announcement and release of the new streaming service. The next top searches were Cameron Boyce and Nipsey Hussle, two celebrities who sadly passed away this year.
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- Disney+
- Cameron Boyce
- Nipsey Hussle
- Hurricane Dorian
- Antonio Brown
- Luke Perry
- Avengers: Endgame
- Game of Thrones
- iPhone 11
- Jussie Smollett
Top News Searches
This list compiles the top searches based on news and events that happened in 2019. How many of these do you remember?
- Hurricane Dorian
- Notre Dame Cathedral
- Women’s World Cup
- Area 51 Raid
- Copa America
- El Paso shooting
- Sri Lanka
- Government shutdown
- Equifax data breach settlement
- California earthquake
Top Movie Searches
Do you remember all of the popular films that came out in 2019? Let’s see which ones people searched for most:
- Avengers: Endgame
- Captain Marvel
- Joker
- Toy Story 4
- The Lion King
- IT Chapter Two
- Frozen 2
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Midsommar
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Top Recipe Searches
Interested in what people were cooking or baking this year? Here are the top recipe searches… some are not surprising, like the popular Popeye’s chicken sandwich!
- Shepherd’s Pie
- Chicken parmigiana
- Ham glaze
- Charoset
- Snickerdoodle cookies
- Chaffle
- Chicken cacciatore
- Popeyes chicken sandwich
- Tater tot casserole
- King cake
Top TV Show Searches
Can you guess which shows were the most popular this year? Many were on streaming services like Netflix and Disney+!
- Game of Thrones
- Stranger Things
- When They See Us
- Chernobyl
- The Mandalorian
- The Umbrella Academy
- Euphoria
- Dead to Me
- Surviving R. Kelly
- The Boys
Watch a video of Google’s search year in review below for more or read all of the lists here: