As we’re close to saying goodbye to 2025 and welcoming the new dawn of 2026, Google looks back at the year’s top searches.
Google’s list of most popular searches in 2025 spotlights the events, people and pop culture viral moments that got everyone Googling.
Charlie Kirk remained the most searched keyword on Google in 2025, followed by Netflix’s hit movie “KPop Demon Hunters,” the viral lavish collectible Labubu, Apple’s iPhone 17, and the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which was passed into law in July and passed by Congress.
Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old conservative who was shot and killed while addressing a college crowd on his Turning Point USA tour at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025, spurred a nationwide search.
Other major search spikes included New York City’s first Muslim mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, the AI platform DeepSeek, the US government shutdown, the FIFA Club World Cup and tariffs, as reported by Google.
Here’s a breakdown of what Americans Googled the most in 2025, a year that will soon go down in history.
Most popular US searches in 2025
1. Charlie Kirk
2. KPop Demon Hunters
3. Labubu
4. iPhone 17
5. One Big Beautiful Bill Act
6. Zohran Mamdani
7. DeepSeek
8. Government shutdown
9. FIFA Club World Cup
10. Tariffs
Most Popular US News Searches
1. One Big Beautiful Bill Act”
2. Government shutdown
3. The murder of Charlie Kirk
4. Tariffs
5. No kings protest
6. Los Angeles fires
7. New Pope elected
8. Epstein files
9. US Presidential Inauguration
10. Hurricane Melissa
Most popular searches
1. Zohran Mamdani
2. Tyler Robinson
3. d4vd
4. Erika Kirk
5. Pope Leo XIV
6. Shedeur Sanders
7. Bonnie Blue
8. Caroline Leavitt
9. Andy Byron
10. Jimmy Kimmel
Most popular movie searches
1. “KPop Demon Hunters”
2. “Sinners”
3. “The Minecraft Movie”
4. “Happy Gilmore 2”
5. “Thunderbolts*”
6. “F1”
7. “Jurassic World Rebirth”
8. “Final Destination Bloodlines”
9. “Weapons”
10. “The Fantastic Four: First Steps”
Most popular searches of transits:
1. Charlie Kirk
2. Gene Hackman
3. Ozzy Osbourne
4. Anne Burrell
5. Diane Keaton
6. Michelle Trachtenberg
7. Pope Francis
8. Hulk Hogan
9. Malcolm-Jamal Warner
10. Val Kilmer
Most Popular Actor Searches:
1. Pedro Pascal
2. Malachi Barton
3. Walton Goggins
4. Pamela Anderson
5. Charlie Sheen
6. Eric Dane
7. Mikey Madison
8. Aubrey Plaza
9. Adam Sandler
10. Justin Baldoni
