What Were The Top Google Searches Of 2015?

The death of Cilla Black in August has been named as the biggest search trend in the United Kingdom this year by Google.

The year in Search lists are Googles annual look at the billions of searches performed throughout the year.

Coming in behind searches for the smartphone was information on cricket’s Indian Premier League, Furious 7, which was partly filmed in the UAE, Ramadan and video game Agario.

The results show a growing interest in people, movies, technology, sport and global events, said Joyce Baz, head of communications at Google Mena.

If ever there was a more comprehensive (or depressing) insight into modern Britain’s psyche than Google’s Year in Search 2015, we have yet to see it.

The operator of the world’s biggest search engine has revealed its breakdown of the most common searches of the year.

Google now deals with around 40,000 search queries per second, and more than 1.3 trillion searches a year.

The eldest son of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, died of a heart attack on September 19, aged 33. This fascinating overview has even made it possible for you to check out how people in different parts of the world looked for news related to Paris attacks.

In sport, this year’s IPL led the way along with the ICC Cricket World Cup.

As reported by The Irish Times, the Rugby World Cup came out on top, followed by the tragic story of Karen Buckley, with Conor McGregor in third place (the data was compiled last week, before the Aldo fight).

In 2015, Google counted more than 897 million searches about Paris, which suffered two major terrorist attacks: the massacre at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in January and the November 13 shootings at several locations, including the Bataclan concert hall. The latest instalment has been searched for more than 155 million searches to date.