Top Google Search Trends of 2022

In a year full of questions, people turned to Google for answers. Trending searches reflect both major global news stories and more personal moments. From arts and sports to entertainment and politics, check out some of Google's top trending searches for 2022 with Google Trends expert Sarah Armstrong.

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Google Year End Top Searched 2022 Trends

Mason Paine: What were people searching for on Google in 2022? Sarah Armstrong, trends expert at Google joins me to reveal some of the top search terms and topics for the year from celebrity news to global events and much more. Thanks for joining me, Sarah.

Sarah Armstrong: Thank you for having me.

Mason Paine: Okay. Year of search of 2022. I'm just curious headlines, what was the most searched by people?

Sarah Armstrong: Yeah, so we're looking at those searches that had the biggest increase in 2022 compared to 2021, and that top trending search this year is actually wordle that five letter word game that became so popular that beat everything else in the search trends. Number two was election results, and then number three is Betty White.

Mason Paine: Wow. Wordle. I'm thinking people are trying to cheat though more than anything.

Sarah Armstrong: Exactly. You're absolutely correct there. We also saw a huge spike in searches, like five letter words that start with that kind of thing. ,

Mason Paine: everybody wants that upper hand. I'm a little surprised that Mega Millions wasn't higher on the list.

Sarah Armstrong: I know it came in at number seven. Powerball numbers came in at number eight. I know that jackpot hit about 2 billion and was one by one person, so that's pretty impressive.

Mason Paine: Yeah, that's what I was curious everybody kind of looking for the numbers or looking for some kind of secret code, cause I sure was, that's what I was searching for.

Sarah Armstrong: Yes. I don't know if they found it on Google search, but if they did, that would really be.

Mason Paine: What about people? What was the most search person? For 2022?

Sarah Armstrong: Johnny Depp was actually the most search person, I'm sure, because of the trial. And that trial went on for a while, so I imagine that continued to generate search interest. Will Smith was actually number two on our people list, I'm sure because of that off script slap.

Mason Paine: Wow. Amber Heard wasn't like right underneath Johnny Depp, it was just Johnny Depp. Will Smith. I'm shocked about that.

Sarah Armstrong: Right. It's interesting. I think Johnny Depp is probably a more recognizable name, and so folks searched that first, but it's definitely interesting to see.

Mason Paine: I'm curious, what about news? Anything in news that was big?

Sarah Armstrong: Right. So election results, it being a midterm year, that was number one. Queen Elizabeth passing was number two, and then Ukraine came in at number three for that category, and we saw search interest in Ukraine, of course, across the board. One thing that I found really interesting was even in cuisine, the top trending cuisine this year was Ukrainian cuisine. So not only are folks interested in getting news about the war, but also Ukrainian culture.

Mason Paine: Wow, that is pretty cool. I'm shocked that people were looking specifically for a dish. I wonder if it was one of those you're looking for, like a Ukrainian food and then one dish kept popping up and everybody just was clicking on that one dish.

Sarah Armstrong: Right, right. I know folks are also looking for Ukrainian restaurant, maybe finding ways to help out the community and that phrase, how to help actually hit an all time high this year.