“What Is Love” – 2013’s Top Irish Google Searches And Trends Have Been Revealed

Thanks to the Google Zeitgeist list, each year we’re able to work out the most searched and trending topics in Ireland. The 2013 round-up has been released, there are a few surprises and of course there are those names we were expecting to see. 

The categories range from the top trending searches, people, places and television shows. Each category includes ten items.

Paul Walker tops the trending searches list and unsurprisingly Miley Cyrus was the top trending artist.

Others to top the polls: Irish MMA legend Conor McGregor, Snapchat, Breaking Bad television series… and ‘what is twerking.’

The lists can be read in full below.

Top Trending Searches:

1. Paul Walker
2. Ryanair.ie
3. Cory Monteith
4. Trivago
5. Property Tax
6. Royal Baby
7. Oscar Pistorius
8. Eurovision 2013
9. Nelson Mandela
10. Oxegen 2013

Top Trending People:

1. Paul Walker
2. Cory Monteith
3. Oscar Pistorius
4. Nelson Mandela
5. Margaret Thatcher
6. Nigella Lawson
7. James Gandolfini
8. Pope Francis
9. Amanda Bynes
10. Donal Walsh

Top Trending Words:

1. Snapchat
2. Harlem Shake
3. Catfish
4. Twerking
5. Grumpy Cat
6. Selfie
7. Photobombing
8. Squinch
9. Whovian
10. Workation

Top Trending What is:

1. What is twerking
2. What is love
3. What is anxiety
4. What is gluten
5. What is illuminati
6. What is gout
7. What is fracking
8. What is autism
9. What is cilantro
10. What is lupus

Top Trending Artists

1. Miley Cyrus
2. One Direction
3. Macklemore
4. Kodaline
5. Robin Thicke
6. Taylor Swift
7. Lorde
8. Bonnie Tyler
9. Cher
10. Katy Perry

Top Trending Politicians:

1. Phil Hogan
2. Enda Kenny
3. Mick Wallace
4. James Reilly
5. Leo Varadkar
6. Ruairi Quinn
7. Frances Fitzgerald
8. Michael Martin
9. Simon Coveney
10. Joan Burton

Top Trending Events

1. Oxegen
2. Electric Picnic
3. Longitude
4. Glastonbury
5. Flightfest
6. Rose of Tralee
7. Cork Jazz Festival
8. Ploughing Championships
9. Galway Oyster Festival
10. Wexford Opera Festival

Top Trending TV Shows:

1. Breaking Bad
2. Game of Thrones
3. Eurovision 2013
4. Big Brother 2013
5. X Factor 2013
6. Operation Transformation 2013
7. Rose of Tralee
8. Love/Hate
9. Britain’s Got Talent
10. I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here

Top Trending Movies:

1. Les Misérables
2. Man of Steel
3. Django Unchained
4. World War Z
5. The Conjuring
6. The Impossible
7. Iron Man 3
8. Wreck it Ralph
9. Pacific Rim
10. Zero Dark Thirty

Top Trending Sports Personalities:

1. Conor McGregor
2. Gareth Bale
3. Oscar Pistorius
4. Alex Ferguson
5. David Moyes
6. Niall Donoghue
7. Mesut Ozil
8. Willian
9. Thiago Alcantara
10. Wayne Rooney

Top Trending Sports Teams:

1. Lions
2. Arsenal
3. Dublin GAA
4. Spurs
5. Cork City FC
6. Liverpool FC
7. Celtic FC
8. Derry City FC
9. Clare Hurling GAA team
10. Drogheda United

Top Trending Cities:

1. Moscow, Russia
2. Amsterdam, Netherlands
3. Prague, Czech Republic
4. Rome, Italy
5. Istanbul, Turkey
6. Venice, Italy
7. Berlin, Germany
8. Paris, France
9. Barcelona, Spain
10. London, UK

Top Trending Gadgets:

1. PS4
2. Samsung Galaxy S4
3. iPhone 5S
4. Xbox One
5. HTC One
6. Google Glass
7. iPad Air
8. Samsung Note
9. Google Nexus 5
10. Galaxy Gear