The 10 Most Searched Things of 2012 Show How Screwed Up Humanity Is

[The Straight Story]

The lists by country are not that much more enlightening. In the US this is what we get for the general ranking:

U.S.

1. Whitney Houston
2. Hurricane Sandy
3. Election 2012
4. Hunger Games
5. Jeremy Lin
6. Olympics 2012
7. Amanda Todd
8, Gangnam Style
9. Michael Clarke Duncan
10. KONY 2012

Global Rankings:

1. Whitney Houston
2. Gangnam Style
3. Hurricane Sandy
4. iPad 3
5. Diablo 3
6. Kate Middleton
7. Olympics 2012
8. Amanda Todd
9. Michael Clarke Duncan
10. BBB12 (don't search for this, it's a terrible Brazilian show, apparently).

http://gizmodo.com/5967799/the-10-most-searched-things-of-2012-show-how-screwed-up-humanity-is

Complete listings here:
http://www.google.com/zeitgeist/2012/#the-world

[mike_c]

1. Whitney Houston?

WTF?

[haele]

2. She died this year. When Micheal Jackson died, you probably saw the same thing.

Makes sense, in a celebrity-driven world.
I'm suprised Steven Colbert didn't rank.

Haele

[ErikJ]

3. Wow, not a single political name or word in an election year?

[NV Whino]

4. Well, you didn't have to search for that

It was blasted at you 24/7.

[ErikJ]

5. Ha. I must've googled political words a million times in the past year.

[msongs]

6. where are the chinese words? they are the biggest population group. do they not search? nt

[The Straight Story]

7. Here

http://www.google.com/zeitgeist/2012/#china

[ErikJ]

8. Ha. "Voice of China" is top search.

Their "American Idol" TV show