Google releases its top searches for 2018

One of the most interesting snapshots of 2018 comes via Google which has just released its top searches for the year with sport, celebrities and news events dominating our online explorations.

This year we continued to look for information, tried to find answers to our most curious questions and jumped on a few worldwide bandwagons throughout 2018.

Overall, it was sport that dominated with the World Cup and the Commonwealth Games taking out the top two spots followed by new princess Meghan Markle coming in third.

Sadly it was celebrities who passed away during the year that also figured prominently in the searches including Anthony Bourdain, Avicii and Mac Miller who also made it into the top 10.

As far as news events go, the Royal Wedding topped the list followed closely by the Thai cave rescue and the Wentworth by-election.

In Australia, Barnaby Joyce topped the list ahead of our current Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Here are the top Google searches for 2018:

Overall

1. World Cup
2. Commonwealth Games
3. Meghan Markle
4. Avicii
5. Coinspot
6. Anthony Bourdain
7. US Open Tennis
8. Mac Miller
9. Bitcoin price
10. Black Panther

News events

1. Royal Wedding
2. Thai cave rescue
3. Wentworth by-election
4. My health record
5. Beaumont children
6. Hawaii volcano
7. California fires
8. Listeria
9. US midterm elections
10. Blood moon

Global figures

1. Meghan Markle
2. Demi Lovato
3. Freddie Mercury
4. Khloe Kardashian
5. Logan Paul
6. Tristan Thompson
7. Hailey Baldwin
8. Sylvester Stallone
9. Khabib
10. Travis Scott

Aussies

1. Barnaby Joyce
2. Scott Morrison
3. Peter Dutton
4. Billy Slater
5. Craig McLachlan
6. Vikki Campion
7. David Warner
8. Chopper Read
9. Nick Cummins
10. Andrew Gaff

Loss

1. Avicii
2. Anthony Bourdain
3. Mac Miller
4. xxxtentacion
5. Stan Lee
6. Kate Spade
7. Aretha Franklin
8. Burt Reynolds
9. Jessica Falkholt
10. Eurydice Dixon

How to…?

1. How to opt out of my health record
2. How to watch World Cup in Australia
3. How to win Powerball
4. How to delete Instagram
5. Google Arts and Culture face match how to
6. How to buy bitcoin
7. How to lose weight fast
8. How to screenshot on iPhone X
9. How to delete Facebook
10. How to lose belly fat

What is…?

1. What is bitcoin
2. What is listeria
3. What is ligma
4. What is hazing
5. What is a mud room
6. What is the capital of California
7. What is open on Good Friday
8. What is Diwali
9. What is blockchain
10. What is ball tampering

Why is…?

1. Why is State of Origin on Sunday
2. Why is it called Good Friday
3. Why is Russia OAR
4. Why is Australia Day Jan 26
5. Why is Tim Cahill not playing tonight
6. Why is ANZAC Day important
7. Why is Australia Day celebrated
8. Why is my internet so slow
9. Why is Nick Cummins called the honey badger
10. Why is my poop green

Recipes

1. Keto recipes
2. Beef stroganoff recipes
3. Chicken curry recipes
4. Frittata recipes
5. Gnocchi recipes
6. Risotto recipes
7. Chicken soup recipes
8. Fried rice recipes
9. Omelette recipes
10. Beef stew recipes

“How to cook…?”

1. How to cook corned beef
2. How to cook eggplant
3. How to cook tofu
4. How to cook silverside
5. How to cook beetroot
6. How to cook rice in the microwave
7. How to cook corn
8. How to cook couscous
9. How to cook crayfish
10. How to cook barramundi