Technology
Google looked back to 2013 and published an annual review of the most popular searches, people, events and trends that piqued public interest.
According to Google, the most popular searches in 2013 were “Nelson Mandela”, “Paul Walker” and “iPhone 5S”.
Gadgets also played a big role in the top 10 global searches: “Samsung Galaxy S4" and “Sony's PlayStation 4" ranked 8th and 9th respectively in the top 10.
A new phenomenon, the Harlem Shake dance took the 5th place on the list, the rest related mainly to events rather than specific trends.
“Royal Baby” Prince George, born to Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton, was in 7th place. The Boston Marathon and North Korea were also in the top ten.
Most popular searches 2013
1. Nelson Mandela
2. Paul Walker
3. iPhone 5s
4. Cory Monteith
5. Harlem Shake
6. Boston Marathon
7. Royal Baby
8. Samsung Galaxy s4
9. PlayStation 4
10. North Korea
You can also learn more about 2013 global trends on the Google Zeitgeist 2013 page.
Google has also created a 3D map of the world so you can find out about the five most popular daily searches in the world's largest cities.
Once you've chosen a city, you can scroll through the bar below to see how trends have changed.
Also read: What are we looking for online? Top searches in 2012
The most popular searches in Yandex 2013
The Russian company Yandex has also recently published a list of the most popular searches of 2013.
The most popular event of the year was the fall of the “meteorite in Chelyabinsk on February 15” this year. In addition, users were most interested in “Putin's divorce”, “the plane crash in Kazan” and “the addition to the family of Pugacheva and Galkin.”
Among the women who aroused the most interest were host Ksenia Sobchak, Dina Garipova, a participant in Eurovision 2013 and actress Olga Arosyeva, who left this year.
Among men, the most popular requests were the deceased actor Andrey Panin, the actor and husband of Ksenia Sobchak Maxim Vitorgan, and the soloist of the Korol i Shut band Mikhail Gorshenev, who also died in 2013.
Among the memes of the year were the “talking hamster”, as well as the “Mexican epandos” that many are interested in, which appeared in an advertisement for the series “Deffchonki”.
You can find out about other popular topics in 2013 on the Yandex page.