Both Google and Bing released their top searches of 2015 and one thing the two search engines had in common was Caitlyn Jenner and Paris (the attacks, not the celebrity). Jenner topped Bing's "celebrity" searches and landed fourth among Google's general search terms.
From the Microsoft release on Jenner's #1 spot:
Jenner rose to the top of the Most Searched Celebrities list with a powerful primetime interview on “20/20,” an iconic magazine cover, and a moving acceptance speech while accepting the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYS.
Here are Google's top general search terms: 1. Lamar Odom, 2. Jurassic World, 3. American Sniper, 4. Caitlyn Jenner, 5. Ronda Rousey, 6. Paris, 7. Agario, 8. Chris Kyle, 9. Fallout 4, 10. Straight Outta Compton.
Bing's searches were a bit more illuminating because they separated out "news stories" from "celebrities.”
BING'S TOP 2105 SEARCHES
Celebrities |
News Stories |
1. Caitlyn (Bruce) Jenner
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1. Paris attacks and the threat of ISIS |
2. Miley Cyrus
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2. The EU refugee crisis
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3. Taylor Swift |
3. Earthquake in Nepal
|
4. Kim Richards |
4. Snowstorm buries Northeast U.S.
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5. Kim Kardashian
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5. Germanwings 9525 crash
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6. Bindi Irwin
|
6. Wildfires and drought devastate
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7. Chris Brown
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7. U.S.-Cuba relations restored
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8. Kylie Jenner
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8. Planned Parenthood faces potential defunding |
9. Justin Bieber
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9. Ashley Madison hacked, data leaked
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10. Kelly Clarkson |
10. Discoveries on Pluto and Mars |
All this got me thinking about all the “top” stories that just didn’t manage to make the list. Huh. Here’s my top 10:
1. Benghazi 2. Jade Helm
3. Starbucks cups and the war on Christmas
4. Hillary’s emails
5. Planned Parenthood’s alleged sale of “body parts”
6. Muslim student builds clock
7. Kim Davis
8. Europe’s so-call “no-go zones”
9. Mt. McKinley renamed Denali
10. O'Keefe "sting" buying Clinton campaign swag for a Canadian