Data published by Google on their Most-Searched-For terms in 2024, can also give us an insight into the public’s psyche. Now, according to the firm, in the UK, the Euros, Liam Payne, the US elections and darting superstar Luke Littler ranked highest with the most searches.
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00:00Data published by Google on their most-searched-for terms in 2024 can also give us an insight
00:07into the public's psyche. Now, according to the firm, in the UK, the Euros Liam Payne,
00:13the US elections and Darling superstar Luke Littler ranked highest with the most searches.
00:18Other highly-searched-for terms included how to get Oasis tickets following the band's
00:22reunion and Jay Slater, the British teenager who went missing on the Spanish island of
00:27Tenerife. Interestingly, in the UK, Catherine, Princess of Wales, was the most-searched-for
00:33person of the year after her absence from public royal duties sparked conspiracy theory
00:38after conspiracy theory. US President-elect Donald Trump was the second most-searched-for
00:44person in the UK. So, in terms of news, it was the Euros which made for the most-searched-for
00:50term of the year as England men's football team made it to the final. The tragic death
00:55of One Direction superstar Liam Payne was the second most-searched-for news topic of
01:00the year, according to Google. The hunt for TV doctor Michael Moseley, who was found dead
01:05after going missing on the Greek island of Simi, was also reportedly an area of interest
01:10for the British public. Other people who made the top 10 list of most-searched-for people
01:15on Google included Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Liverpool legend Alan Hansen and King Charles.
01:22Moving on to the most-searched-for movies in the UK of 2024, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
01:27came out on top. This was closely followed by the drama film It Ends With Us, which starred
01:33Blake Lively and was adapted from a book by Colleen Hoover. Animated film Inside Out 2
01:38and blockbuster Dune Part 2 were also films of major interest. It's no surprise that Oasis
01:44were found to be the most-searched-for term on Google in terms of musicians in 2024. Pop
01:50superstar Sabrina Carpenter came second on this list after she spent the summer dominating
01:55the charts following the release of her record Short and Sweet.