This was the most searched for item on Google in 2023

According to First Site Guide, 76% of all global searches are conducted via Google. A total of 3.7 billion searches on this site. This 2023, Google has been around for 25 years and is still ‘the most used search engine in the world’.

The company announced this What was most searched for last year?. “Year in Search” evaluates lists and trends from January 1 to November 27, 2023.

What was most searched for in 2023?

Google has created several categories and lists five searches per topic. Users can filter the year in Search by country. This was the most searched for worldwide.

News

In terms of news, first place goes to the war between Israel and Gaza. On Saturday October 7th around 5,000 rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory.

Although conflict in this part of the Middle East dates back hundreds of years, the beginning of the modern dispute was in 1947when Israel emerged as a state and was recognized by the Organization of the United Nations (UN).

Israel’s health minister says Hamas gave hostages sedatives to make hostages appear happy upon release

Personalities

Damar Hamlinwas the person most popular in Google searches this year. The footballer suffered a near-death cardiac arrest on the field during a match in January.

Deaths

Some personalities left in 2023, actor Matthew Perry received the most searches after his death. The sudden death of the American actor last October shocked the entire entertainment industry, especially those who knew him personally. Perry was part of the classic sitcom Friends.

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Actors

Jeremy Renner, one of Marvel’s leading actors, with his character Hawkeye, suffered an accident early this year that left him on the brink of death when his snow plow ran over him, leaving him with 34 broken bones and many surgeries. and therapies to be performed.

Jeremy Renner wants to return to acting, but he will stop doing his own stunts and will use doubles

athletes

The most searched athlete was once again Damar Hamlin.

Games

The world of Harry Potter was not left out in 2023, the video game Hogwarts Legacy, developed in this universe, was the game most users searched for on Google.

The video game takes place before the events of the novels. The player controls a student at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the late 19th century who learns to wield various magical skills and items.

Movies

Barbie takes first place, closely followed by Oppeheimer. Both films were released on the same day, July 21, and were a complete trend on social networks.

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Musicians

Colombian artist Shakira was crowned as the most sought after. In January he published the song that would mark a before and after in his career and his life: Bzrp music session #53together with the famous ones Argentinian DJ and producer Bizarrap (25). The piece refers to the end of his relationship with Gerard Piqué.

2023 was full of awards for the singer. To cap off his great year, just two days after picking up his gold gramophones, the creator of topics like Inevitable or you traveled to Barcelona to reach an agreement with the judiciary and finally forget his fight against the public treasury. He agreed to seven million euros, admitted the tax fraud and with that confession put an end to his eternal nightmare against the treasury.

TV series

Although the series came out in January, this did not stop the popularity of the series The Last of Us from declining. The production is based on the video game of the same name set in a dystopian future full zombies

Sports teams

Inter Miami CF, the new home of Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi, led Google’s sports team trends. (JO)