On December 8, 2021 Google released its annual "Year in Search" list.<br />The list offers a glimpse into what search terms were top trends and how those numbers compared to the year prior.<br />According to CNN Business, 2021 saw a return to normalcy for online searches as the old standards of sports and entertainment made a resurgence.<br />In 2020, "coronavirus" topped the trending search list.<br />The top two trending searches of 2021 were both from Men's World Cup cricket matches.<br />The NBA earned a spot on the top trending global searches and was the number one trending search in the U.S.<br />According to CNN, sports topics accounted for eight of the 10 top global searches.<br />The wildly popular Netflix Show, "Squid Game," and the recently deceased DMX both earned spots on the global and U.S. lists.<br />Top searches in the U.S. also included the Georgia Senate race and searches related to stimulus payments from the government.<br />Also making it onto the most searched news list were crypto-related searches: Dogecoin and the price of Ethereum.<br />CNN reports that Gamestop appeared on the top U.S. news list, following a meme-induced craze surrounding the company's stock earlier this year.
