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Google’s Year in Review: Most-searched trends of 2019

A google search bubble has the words 'top trending searches' typed in it. Below are the five top trending searches of 2019. They are: fires near me, rugby world cut, cricket world cup, election results Australia 2019 and Cameron Boyce
This is Google's Year in Review. Source: Google

As 2019 comes to a close, Google has revealed its most-searched terms, events, deaths, recipes and odd questions.

Given the gravity of the bushfires affecting the nation this year, ‘Fires near me’, referring to the NSW Rural Fires Services’ Fires Near Me app, was the most-searched term of the year.

This was followed closely by Rugby World Cup, Cricket World Cup, and the Federal Election results.

The top recipe search was ‘Plant based recipes’, and Aussies were burning to know ‘Why is Madonna wearing an eye patch at Eurovision?’

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Social media users’ plans to storm Area 51 most likely failed because people didn’t know what it was, evident by the most-searched ‘what is?’ question: ‘What is Area 51?’

Here are the top 10 results:

Top 10 trending searches on Google

  1. Fires near me

  2. Rugby World Cup

  3. Cricket World Cup

  4. Election results Australia 2019

  5. Cameron Boyce

  6. Thanos

  7. Avengers Endgame

  8. Danny Frawley

  9. The fall of the Berlin wall

  10. Christchurch shooting

Top 10 trending news on Google

  1. Election results Australia 2019

  2. Christchurch shooting

  3. NSW fires

  4. Cyclone Oma

  5. Sri Lanka

  6. NSW election

  7. Brexit

  8. Townsville flooding

  9. Royal baby

  10. Amazon fire

Top 10 trending sporting events on Google

  1. Rugby World Cup

  2. Cricket World Cup

  3. FIBA World Cup

  4. Cricket Australia

  5. Pakistan vs Australia

  6. Ashes score

  7. Copa America

  8. Ashes 4th test

  9. NRL grand final

  10. Women's World Cup

Top 10 trending global figures on Google

  1. James Charles

  2. Billie Eilish

  3. Jordyn Woods

  4. Greta Thunberg

  5. Keanu Reeves

  6. Julian Assange

  7. Lady Gaga

  8. Tsitsipas

  9. Bradley Cooper

  10. Prince Andrew

Top 10 trending Australian public figures on Google

  1. Ash Barty

  2. Fraser Anning

  3. Israel Folau

  4. Cody Simpson

  5. Scott Morrison

  6. Bill Shorten

  7. Jack Vidgen

  8. George Pell

  9. Tayla Harris

  10. Chris Lilley

Top 10 trending losses on Google

  1. Cameron Boyce

  2. Danny Frawley

  3. Luke Perry

  4. Bob Hawke

  5. Annalise Braakensiek

  6. Karl Lagerfeld

  7. Keith Flint

  8. Doris Day

  9. Mike Willesee

  10. Ben Unwin

Top 10 trending recipes on Google

  1. Plant based recipes

  2. Scones recipes

  3. Beef stroganoff recipes

  4. MKR recipes 2019

  5. Apple pie recipes

  6. Frittata recipes

  7. Fried rice recipes

  8. Risotto recipes

  9. Hello Fresh recipes

  10. Osso buco recipes

Top 10 trending ‘How to…?’ questions on Google

  1. How to vote

  2. How to watch Game of Thrones

  3. How to vote labor 2019

  4. How to vote liberal

  5. How to pronounce psalm

  6. How to vote in NSW State Election

  7. How to vote early

  8. How to win Powerball

  9. How to opt out of my health

  10. How to solve a rubix cube

Top 10 trending ‘Why is…?’ questions on Google

  1. Why is Madonna wearing an eye patch at Eurovision

  2. Why is the Amazon burning

  3. Why is Australia Day on the 26th

  4. Why is the Press Club closing

  5. Why is Instagram not working

  6. Why is ASAP rocky in jail

  7. Why is Hong Kong protesting

  8. Why is Halloween celebrated

  9. Why is ANZAC day commemorated on 25 April

  10. Why is Turkey invading Syria

Top 10 trending ‘What is…?’ questions on Google

  1. What is area 51

  2. What is momo

  3. What is Brexit

  4. What is a VSCO girl

  5. What is a boomer

  6. What is keto diet

  7. What is an astrophysicist

  8. What is negative gearing

  9. What is Diwali

  10. What is vaping

Top 10 trending “DIY” searches on Google

  1. How to build a deck

  2. DIY face mask

  3. How to lay pavers

  4. DIY halloween costumes

  5. Beeswax wraps DIY

  6. DIY Christmas decorations

  7. DIY balloon garland

  8. DIY garage

  9. DIY lip scrub

  10. DIY dog wash

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