聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 The internet keeps track of a lot of things and Google has recently compiled the most asked questions for 2015 on their search engine.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The top questions for Google in the United States over the year included: 鈥淗ow can I help the refugees?鈥� 鈥淲hy can鈥檛 women be army rangers?鈥� 鈥淲hat does the confederate flag stand for?鈥� 鈥淗ow can we overcome prejudice?鈥� 鈥淲hy was there a Cuban embargo?鈥� 鈥淲hat color is the dress?鈥� 鈥淗ow can the world find peace?鈥� 鈥淎re you born transgender?鈥� 鈥淗ow can we rebuild Nepal?鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Additionally the top 10 trending searches for 2015 in the United States were Lamar Odom, Jurassic World, American Sniper, Caitlyn Jenner, Ronda Rousey, Paris, Agario, Chris Kyle, Fallout 4, and Straight Outta Compton.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 As I read through these it made me wonder what the top searches for Canadians were, this required a little bit more Google searching than the United States topics, but it was still rather easy to find. The United States鈥� focus appears to be heavily influenced by sports, movies, and celebrities; this is what made me wonder about Canada鈥檚 activities. Were we searching similar things or did we have something else on our minds?
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 According to Google Trends Canadians were focused on sports, but our federal election was also a big one. In Canada the top searches of 2015 were Blue Jays, Justin Trudeau, Federal Election, Pan Am Games, Paris Shooting, Agario, Chris Hyndman, Charlie Hebdo, and Lamar Odom.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Questions at the top of our list included 鈥淲hat is ISIS?鈥� 鈥淲hat is Je Suis Charlie?鈥� 鈥淲hat is Bill C-51鈥� 鈥淲hat is Fentanyl?鈥� 鈥淗ow to vote?鈥� 鈥淗ow to use Snapchat?鈥� 鈥淗ow to delete U2 album?鈥� 鈥淗ow to help Syrian refugees?鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 So what were other countries looking at around the world?
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Australia鈥檚 top ten searches included Netflix, Rugby World Cup, Lamar Odom, Ronda Rousey, Asian Cup, Jarryd Hayne, Jurassic World, Paris, Cricket World Cup, and Agario.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Top Australian questions: 鈥淲hat is Netflix?鈥� 鈥淲hat is love?鈥� 鈥淲hat is the meaning of life?鈥� 鈥淗ow do you tie a tie?鈥� 鈥淗ow do you make pancakes?鈥� 鈥淗ow do you screenshot on Mac?鈥� 鈥淗ow do you make a paper plane?鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 United Kingdom鈥檚 were Cilla Black, Lady Colin Campbell, Rugby World Cup, Jeremy Clarkson, Paris, iPhone6s, Grand National 2015, Jurassic World, Election Results.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Their top questions included 鈥淗ow to lose belly fat?鈥� 鈥淗ow to get rid of brain freeze?鈥� 鈥淗ow to lose weight quickly?鈥� 鈥淗ow to register to vote?鈥� 鈥淲hat is a penny black stamp?鈥� 鈥淲hat is an exit poll?鈥� 鈥淲hat is Leavers Lace?鈥� 鈥淲hat is 0 divided by 0?鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The last question there may have been a popular one because of Siri鈥檚 response on the iPhone to it: 鈥淚magine that you have 0 cookies and you split them evenly among 0 friends. How many cookies does each person get? See, it doesn鈥檛 make sense. And Cookie Monster is sad that there are no cookies. And you are sad that you have no friends.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Globally Lamar Odom was the most searched, while Charlie Hebdo, Agario, Jurassic World, Paris, Furious 7, Fallout 4, Ronda Rousey, and Caitlyn Jenner joined him in the top 10.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Google didn鈥檛 have the compiled trending questions of the year to include, but I found it interesting how the top Google trends do show a glimpse into the world from the year.聽
