Lamar Odom’s downfall tops Google’s list of 2015 searches

Zeitgeist means “the spirit of the times”.

Annually, there are about 1.2 trillion searches made on Google, and the company trawls through its data at the end of every year to come up with lists of the most popular terms.

The search engine created a graphic to depict the search volume and life cycle of the year’s biggest news stories, including the January and November attacks in Paris that triggered almost 900 million searches; the 2015 Oscars, which racked up more than 400 million searches; and the Women’s World Cup, which got roughly 113 million searches.

“Charlie Hebdo”, the French satirical magazine attacked by Islamic extremists in what triggered a global outpouring of solidarity, was the second most frequent global search overall, while “Paris” came fifth.

The three public figures that people inquired about most on the search engine were Lamar Odom, Ronda Rousey, and Caitlyn Jenner.

Google Trends created a global timeline of major events (above), with a circle representing the number of searches and a graph showing when they happened.

Other searches featured actor Charlie Sheen, who confirmed being HIV-positive; and The Fast and the Furious star Paul Walker, who died in a auto crash in 2013, and Whitney Houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, 22, who died this year. The list offers a fascinating glimpse of what a portion of the planet thinks about, questions, and researches.

“I don’t know if he can right now”, Kardashian told Entertainment Tonight when asked if Odom has been able to thank her for sticking by him.

Google also provided the lists for the top searches in a wide variety of categories, including movies (“Jurassic World”), television (“Big Brother Brazil”) and musical artists (Adele). Its annual look back at A Year In Search highlighted what people Googled the most this year, from the Nepal natural disaster to the discovery of water on Mars.

And the most searched “how to” question: how to use the new Snapchat update.

Businessman and real estate mogul Donald Trump announced his run for president in 2015.