Google reveals most searched terms in 2024 and some of them won’t come as a surprise

Google has now revealed its most searched terms in 2024 and some of them won’t come as a surprise.

Now, we've already been privy to this year's Spotify Wrapped and even Pornhub's Year in Review rundowns and now everyone's favourite search engine is also hopping on the annual summarising trend.

Many of us use Google every single day - asking it anything spanning from 'how much should you spend on your partner for Christmas' all the way through to frantically listing your medical symptoms after falling under the weather with nothing but a common cold.

Google has revealed its most searched terms this year (SOPA Images / Contributor / Getty Images)

And while we probably all use it for extremely varying reasons, it's clear there were some recurring things us Brits all Googled throughout the year.

So, without further ado, let's get into it.

It was only inevitable the Euros would make it onto the round-up (Lars Baron / Staff / Getty Images)

News

Quite a lot happened this year including two major world sporting events; the Euros which saw Spain take home the trophy as well as the Olympics.

Additionally, we all watched on as the US election took place last month which historically announced Donald Trump as the first convicted felon to serve in the presidential role.

It was huge when Britpop legends, Oasis, announced their 2025 reunion tour with hundreds of thousands racing to nab tickets.

A couple of TV series, Baby Reindeer and Fool Me Once, clearly took Netflix by storm too.

We were all obsessed with Baby Reindeer when it first hit our screens back in April (Netflix)

Jay Slater, the British teen who went missing on the Spanish island of Tenerife and tragically died, as well as Michael Mosley, who was found dead after going missing on the Greek island of Symi, were also of key interest.

Equally, there was a lot of Google searches when One Direction star, Liam Payne, died after falling from a third floor of the hotel he was staying at in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

And, following Kate Middleton's cancer diagnosis and her prolonged absence from royal duties, there was an avalanche of speculation and conspiracy theories which floated about online.

Here are the top searches for news:

1. Euros

2. Liam Payne

3. Jay Slater

4. Michael Mosley

5. US Election

6. Kate Middleton

7. Baby Reindeer

8. Olympics

9. Oasis tickets

10. Fool Me Once

Kate Middleton was the most-searched celebrity on Google this year following her return to royal duties (Chris Jackson / Staff / Getty Images)

People

Given all the hype around the Princess of Wales, it only makes sense she was the most-searched for person on Google.

We also saw fellow royal family member, King Charles, up in the top 10 alongside Trump, Keir Starmer who won the UK general election in July and Imane Khelif who became the focal point of a devastating gender row.

Here are the top searches for people:

1. Kate Middleton

2. Donald Trump

3. Luke Littler

4. Keir Starmer

5. Imane Khelif

6. Alan Hansen

7. King Charles

8. Richard Gadd

9. Michelle Keegan

10. Yung Filly

Liam Payne's tragic death in October sparked a lot searches on Google (Gareth Cattermole / Staff / Getty Images)

Death

As briefly touched on above, we lost a lot of beloved celebrities this year including Harry Potter legend Dame Maggie Smith who passed away in September.

Here are the top searches for deaths:

1. Liam Payne

2. Jay Slater

3. Michael Mosley

4. Steve Wright

5. Maggie Smith

6. Robin Windsor

7. Donald Sutherland

8. Shannen Doherty

9. Kevin Campbell

10. James Earl Jones

We were all super eager to nab ourselves some Oasis reunion tour tickets (James Fry / Contributor / Getty Images)

How to

And, last but not least, this wouldn't be a Google yearly round-up if we didn't show you all the top-searched 'how to' questions we asked.

A lot of the searches mirrored some timely events, like the election and the Oasis reunion, while others were far more evergreen.

Us Brits clearly loved our cocktails this year with 'how to make a pornstar martini' up there in the top five.

We were also apparently fairly keen on keeping our social media private with 'how to block someone on TikTok' also making it onto the list.

Here are the top 'how to' searches:

1. Vote in the UK

2. Get Oasis tickets

3. Watch Fury vs Usyk

4. Watch Tyson vs Paul

5. Make a pornstar martini

6. Watch the Olympics

7. See the Northern Lights

8. Block someone on TikTok

9. How to make life in infinite craft

10. Vote for the UK in Eurovision

I guess time will only tell what weird and wonderful things we'll Google in 2025...