Google has brought out the list of the most searched topics in
its search engine this year.
According to
the search engine, Euro 2012 beat Olympics tickets as the top internet search
of the year in the UK, the Sun reported.
The company's stats also show that pop diva Whitney Houston's death in February attracted more interest than Kate.
The company's stats also show that pop diva Whitney Houston's death in February attracted more interest than Kate.
'Gangnam Style' beat 'Call Me Maybe' as the most trending pop song and 'Skyfall' topped 'Prometheus' as the most enquired about film.
Rio - home to the 2016 Olympics and a host city for the 2014 football World Cup - beat Greece as the most searched-for destination.
Google's UK results are split into trending searches and most searched.
Justin Bieber's split from Selena Gomez was the most enquired-about relationship bust-up while Victoria Pendleton beat Georgia Salpa as the most searched-for participant in a reality television show.
Sport dominated the trending searches, with Euro 2012 and Olympic tickets showing the biggest rises in interest ahead of Houston and the Duchess of Cambridge.
But the duo topped the trending celebrities section followed by 'X Factor' judges Gary Barlow and Tulisa.
Andy Murray's US Open victory and Olympic gold medal helped him to become the most searched-for British Olympian.
Usain Bolt was the most searched-for non-UK Olympian.
TV soaps regularly top the TV ratings but the highest trending show of 2012 was the BBC kids' show 'Mike The Knight' that beat US terror drama 'Homeland' and 'Towie.'
Most searched topics on Google:
Euro 2012
Olympic tickets
Whitney Houston
Kate Middleton
April Jones
Netflix
Natwest online
iPad 3
Gary Barlow
Gangnam Style
Most searched celebrities on Google:
Whitney Houston
Kate Middleton
Gary Barlow
Tulisa
Jessica Ennis
Fabrice Muamba
Michael Clarke Duncan
Morgan Freeman
Prince Harry
Usain Bolt
Most searched UK Olympians on Google:
Andy Murray
Tom Daley
Jessica Ennis
Mo Farah
Victoria Pendleton
Bradley Wiggins
Chris Hoy
Rebecca Adlington
Laura Trott
Louis Smith
Most searched non-UK Olympians on Google:
Usain Bolt
Michael Phelps
Roger Federer
Yohan Blake
Ryan Lochte
Venus Williams
Rafael Nadal
Novak Djokovic
Tyson Gay
Missy Franklin
Most searched Television show on Google:
Mike The Knight
Homeland
Towie
The Jonathan Ross Show
Celebrity Big Brother
Sherlock
The Great British Bake Off
Game Of Thrones
The Big Bang Theory
How I Met Your Mother
Most searched films on Google:
Skyfall
Prometheus
The Hunger Games
Magic Mike
Take 2
The Avengers
The Woman In Black
The Dictator
Sinister
The Devil Inside
Most searched divorces/break-ups on Google:
Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
Caroline Flack and Harry Styles
Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis
Heidi Klum and Seal
Chantelle Houghton and Alex Reid
Michelle Keegan and Max George
Katherine Jenkins and Gethin Jones
Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries
Most searched reality TV stars on Google:
Victoria Pendleton
Georgia Salpa
Danica Thrall
Lucy Spraggan
Natasha Giggs
Jasmine Lennard
Nicola McLean
Andy Scott-Lee
Jahmene Douglas
Jerry Hall
Most searched music artists on Google:
Lucy Spraggan
The Military Wives
Will.i.am
Emeli Sande
Psy
One Direction
The Spice Girls
Muse
Girls Aloud
Dizzee Rascal
Most searched songs on Google:
Gangnam Style
Call Me Maybe
Blow Me One Last Kiss
Beneath Your Beautiful
The Official Olympic Song (Survival by Muse)
Skyfall
Somebody That I Used To Know
We Are Young
Too Close
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Most searched travel hotspots on Google:
Rio de Janeiro
Greece
Brazil
Dubai
Paris
London
Bruges
Cornwall
Edinburgh
Barcelona
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