Barbenheimer led 2023 in movie searches, while Jeremy Renner, who was severely injured on New Year's Day, was the top trending actor.
The Last of Us led TV shows and Jason Aldean topped the musicians' list.
Below are highlights from Google’s 2023 Year in Search report for the U.S. According to Variety, the report is "based on data about the top-trending searches in the U.S., tracking queries that had the highest spikes in traffic over a sustained period this year as compared with 2022. That’s why Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, for example, don’t show up on the rankings for music artists."
Movies
Barbie
Oppenhiemer
Sound of Freedom
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Creed III
John Wick: Chapter 4
Five Nights at Freddy’s
Cocaine Bear
TV Shows
The Last of Us
Ginny & Georgia
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
Daisy Jones & The Six
Wednesday
That ’90s Show
Kaleidoscope
Beef
The Idol
The Fall of the House of Usher
Actors
Jeremy Renner
Jamie Foxx
Danny Masterson
Matt Rife
Pedro Pascal
Jonathan Majors
Sophie Turner
Russell Brand
Ke Huy Quan
Josh Hutcherson
Deaths
Matthew Perry
Tina Turner
Jerry Springer
Jimmy Buffett
Sinéad O’Connor
Ken Block
Tyre Nicholas
Lisa Marie Presley
Suzanne Somers
Bob Barker
Games
Hogwarts Legacy
Connections
Baldur’s Gate 3
Starfield
Diablo IV
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Atomic Heart
Dead Island 2
Sons of the Forest
Mortal Kombat 1
Musicians
Jason Aldean
Ice Spice
Oliver Anthony
Peso Pluma
Joe Jonas
Sam Smith
Matt Healy
Kellie Pickler
Kim Petras
Sexyy Red
People
Damar Hamlin
Jeremy Renner
Travis Kelce
Tucker Carlson
Lil Tay
Andrew Tate
Carlee Russell
Jamie Foxx
Danny Masterson
Matt Rife
News
War in Israel and Gaza
Titanic submarine
Hurricane Hilary
Hurricane Idalia
Hurricane Lee
Maine shooting
Nashville shooting
Maui fire
Idaho murder trial
Canada wildfires