Google searches reveal what captured America's attention in 2025

As we are near 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 top trending searches of 2025 spotlights the events, people, and pop-culture viral moments that had everyone Googling.

Charlie Kirk remained the top searched keyword on Google in 2025, while behind it were Netflix’s hit film “KPop Demon Hunters,” the viral plush collectible Labubu, Apple’s iPhone 17, and the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which was enacted as law in July and passed by the Congress.

Charlie Kirk, 31-year-old conservative, who was shot and killed while he was addressing the university crowd on his Turning Point USA tour at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025, fueled surge in search spikes across U.S.

Other major search spikes included New York City’s first Muslim Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, the AI platform DeepSeek, the U.S. government shutdown, the FIFA Club World Cup, and tariffs, as reported by Google.

Here’s a breakdown of what Americans Googled for most in 2025, a year that will soon pass into history.

Top trending US searches of 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

Top trending US news searches

1. One Big Beautiful Bill Act”

2. Government shutdown

3. Charlie Kirk assassination

4. Tariffs

5. No Kings protest

6. Los Angeles fires

7. New Pope chosen

8. Epstein files

9. US presidential inauguration

10. Hurricane Melissa

Top trending people searches

1. Zohran Mamdani

2. Tyler Robinson

3. d4vd

4. Erika Kirk

5. Pope Leo XIV

6. Shedeur Sanders

7. Bonnie Blue

8. Karoline Leavitt

9. Andy Byron

10. Jimmy Kimmel

Top trending movies 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”

Top trending searches of passings:

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

Top trending actors 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