NEW Google Trends reports reveal what Americans searched for the most in 2021 — and the results may surprise you.
Reddit user u/V1Analytics created a one-minute video that illuminated the top trending search terms from Google’s 2021 Year in Search summary and Google’s Daily Search Trends page.
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January 2021
The report began on January 6, 2021, which reveals that most people Googled “Capitol” and “Biden.”
Given that January 6 was the day of the attack on the U.S. Capitol, those search results were not surprising.
What is surprising, however, is that six states actually conducted more searches on the Mega Millions jackpot that day.
Americans ended January by looking up GameStop after its valuation shot up in a stock market phenomenon.
February 2021
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In February, Americans turned their attention to The Weeknd and his Super Bowl performance.
There was also a lot of focus on Valheim’s video game launch, as well as several sporadic power outages throughout the country.
March 2021
March was all about the money as Americans had one thing on their minds: Stimulus checks.
April 2021
April’s Google searches focused on the deaths of a few public figures including the UK’s Prince Phillip and American rapper DMX.
May – July 2021
Americans had crypto fever from May until early July, with Google searches focusing mainly on Dogecoin.
The spotlight also shone on AMC stock and a few more power outages.
Towards the end of July, the trends switched up as searches for Jeff Bezos (who went to space) and Simone Biles (who talked about the twisties) started to take over.
August 2021
In August, Afghanistan stole the show after the Taliban officially took over Kabul.
Then Google searches then focused on professional boxer Jake Paul, and Hurricane Ida, which ravaged Louisana.
September 2021
In the first half of September, people were focused on the disappearance of Gabby Petito.
In the second half, they seemed to be enthralled by Squid Game and Alec Baldwin’s accidental homicide.
October – November 2021
October into November saw Travis Scott searches soar, likely because of the Astrworld Festival catastrophe.
Kyle Rittenhouse’s court case and Adele’s album launch also piqued people’s interest.
For approximately two days at the end of November, the Oxford High School shooting was trending, and then Spotify Wrapped came out and stole the attention.
December 2021
Thus far, December’s searches have been dominated by Tornados and Elon Musk, as he was recently named Time’s Person of the Year.
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