What Were People Googling For Last Week?: Top 5 Searches

Google News Lab reports a number of interesting stats quite frequently. In a latest post on their blog, Google has revealed the five hottest search terms that people were looking up for in the past week. (Aug 28 – Sep 3). Here’s a quick look at these top 5 searches and why they matter.

Top 5 Searches from Last Week

Hurricane Harvey

Hurricanes dominated Google Search this week. After Hurricane Harvey hit the US, a number of concerned citizens from the country as well as from around the globe relied on Google to know more about this devastating hurricane. In case you had lost faith in humanity here are the top 3 search terms:

“How to donate clothes to Hurricane Harvey”
“How to help Houston”
“How much money has been raised for Hurricane Harvey?”

Michael Jackson

The King of Pop would have turned 59 years old on Tuesday. An overwhelming number of users went to Google looking up for MJ’s birthday, as well as for his songs. Here’s the list of the top 5 searches when it came to Michael Jackson’s songs:

Bad
Billie Jean
Beat It
Smooth Criminal
Man in the Mirror

Gossip Girl

Popular TV Show Gossip Girl has now been around for a decade as it completed it’s 10 years this year. The character of Chuck Bass was the most popular in terms of searches while Blake Lively was the most popular actor. Gossip Girl related searches dominated the top 5 searches on Google this week. Other related questions were the likes of –

“Who is Gossip Girl?”
“How many seasons of Gossip Girl are there?”
“Who does Serena end up with on Gossip Girl?”

The L’Oreal Lawsuit and Beauty Tips

A former Catholic monk was making it to the news last week as he claimed that L’Oreal has stolen a formula he invented for an anti-aging cream. He has since filed a lawsuit against the company and this has been extensively covered by news channels. This made it to the list of top 5 google searches. Moreover, beauty tips are something which never go out of fashion. Here’s what people were looking for –

“L’Oreal skin cream monk”
“feather eyebrows”
“lipstick”
“best foundation for my oily skin”
“blush”
“makeup blushes”

Pumpkins!

Our collective love for pumpkins spikes up every year around September and October, as indicated by Google search data. This year it looks like the searches have begun early as a number of Pumpkin related searches have dominated Google and it is among the top 5 searches. Here’s what was being searched for –

“pumpkin spice cake”
“pumpkin spice cookies”
“pumpkin spice poke cake”
“pumpkin spice muffins”

What were you looking up for this past week? Comment below and let us know!

Source: Google Blog

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