What do people search the most on Internet? Google has released the top searches of 2023

Google has published the trending searches of the year (The Year in Search 2023) both for the whole world and by country. Similar statistics of the previous year were not published regarding China, Russia and a number of other countries.

In 2023, the news polls were dominated by the war between Israel and Hamas. This is followed by inquiries about the sunken bathyscaphe, as well as the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.

NFL Buffalo Bills quarterback Damar Hamlin is the most searched person on Google this year. In January, Hamlin's heart stopped on the field, after which he was able to return to the sport again. The late Matthew Perry and Tina Turner top search trends for "deceased celebrities."

Barbie topped the movie search, followed by Oppenheimer and Indian thriller Jawan. As for TV series, the most popular of them were The Last of Us, Wednesday and Ginny and Georgia.

Korean bibimbap has become the most popular recipe, and Inter Miami soccer club has topped the search trends for sports teams. People also wondered why eggs, Taylor Swift concert tickets, and sriracha sauce are so expensive, and what the word rizz means.

Country-specific lists are available on Google Trends, where you can also see past years' trends. Google aggregated searches between January 1 and November 27, 2023.

The top five searches from Armenia in 2023, according to topics, look like this:

1. Gagik Shamshyan
2. Yalı Çapkını (TV series)
3. Lurs (the word "news" was searched for in Latin letters)
4. Adjarabet Head Office
5. 2023

And according to the results of concrete inventions, the top five looks like this:

By the way, in 2023, the Google search engine celebrates its 25th anniversary. On this occasion, the company also published a video in which the most popular search queries are presented.