Google has revealed its top trending searches of 2025.

Charlie Kirk was the highest trending search in the United States, following his assassination while speaking at Utah Valley University.

“KPop Demon Hunters” was a top trending topic, with Labubus, monster dolls based on Nordic mythology, ranking third on the list.

The government shutdown, President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and tariffs were also among the trending topics of the year.

Google’s Year in Search data was collected from Jan. 1 through Nov. 25, compiling moments, people, topics, events, and places that captured the world’s attention in 2025.

Google clarified that the lists of trending topics should not be confused with the most searched topics by number of searches, as they represent unique spikes in interest for the year.

Here are more of the lists:
 
  Google’s top trending searches of 2025

  1. Charlie Kirk
  2. ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
  3. Labubu
  4. iPhone 17
  5. One Big Beautiful Bill Act
  6. Zohran Mamdani
  7. DeepSeek
  8. Government shutdown
  9. FIFA Club World Cup
  10. Tariffs
 
  Google’s trending people of 2025

  1. Zohran Mamdani
  2. Tyler Robinson
  3. d4vd
  4. Erika Kirk
  5. Pope Leo XIV
  6. Shedeur Sanders
  7. Bonnie Blue
  8. Karoline Leavitt
  9. Andy Byron
  10. Jimmy Kimmel
 
  Top searched deaths on Google in 2025

  1. Charlie Kirk
  2. Gene Hackman
  3. Ozzy Osbourne
  4. Anne Burrell
  5. Diane Keaton
  6. Michelle Trachtenberg
  7. Pope Francis
  8. Hulk Hogan
  9. Malcolm-Jamal Warner
  10. Val Kilmer
 
  Trending movies of 2025

  1. “KPop Demon Hunters”
  2. “Sinners”
  3. “The Minecraft Movie”
  4. “Happy Gilmore 2′
  5. “Thunderbolts*”
  6. “F1”
  7. “Jurassic World Rebirth”
  8. “Final Destination Bloodlines”
  9. “The Fantastic Four: First Steps”
  10. “Weapons”
 
  Trending TV shows in 2025

  1. “The Hunting Wives”
  2. “The White Lotus”
  3. “The Pitt”
  4. “The Summer I Turned Pretty”
  5. “Squid Game”
  6. “Severance”
  7. “MobLand”
  8. “Adolescence”
  9. “Andor”
  10. “IT: Welcome To Derry”