Top 100 Most Searched Things On Google in 2026 (By Country)

Google handles more than 5 trillion searches every year. That works out to billions of queries every single day, and each one is a small window into what people want to know, buy, watch, or find.

So what are people actually typing into that search box?

This page lists the 100 most searched things on Google in the United States and the 100 most searched things worldwide, along with monthly search volumes and the intent behind each term.

All search volume figures on this page were pulled using Semrush keyword data. NSFW terms, misspellings, and duplicate variations have been removed so the lists stay clean and useful.

What Is the Most Searched Thing on Google

The most searched thing on Google is YouTube. It holds the top spot in both the United States and the global rankings, and it is not a close race in either one.

Below is a breakdown of the single most searched term in each market, plus the most asked question.

Most Searched Thing on Google in the US

YouTube is the most searched thing on Google in the US, with 185 million searches per month. Amazon sits in second place with 151 million, followed by Facebook at 101 million.

The gap between first and second place is around 34 million monthly searches. The gap between second and third is even wider at 50 million.

Most Searched Thing on Google Worldwide

YouTube is also the most searched thing on Google worldwide, with 1.3 billion monthly searches. That is more than twice the volume of the second place term.

Facebook takes second place globally with 549.4 million monthly searches, followed by Translate at 502.2 million.

Notice that Translate ranks third worldwide but does not crack the global top 10 in most people’s expectations. Translation is one of the highest volume needs on the entire internet.

Most Searched Question on Google

The most asked question on Google in the US is “what is my ip” at 980,000 monthly searches. Globally, the most asked question is “what is today” at 5.05 million monthly searches.

Both of these tell the same story. People use Google to answer very small, very practical questions that they could technically answer another way.

Top 100 Most Searched Things on Google in the US

The US top 100 is dominated by platforms people visit every day. Streaming, shopping, email, social media, and news make up most of the list, with a handful of tools and games mixed in.

Search volumes below represent average monthly searches in the United States. The intent column shows the likely reason behind each search.

#	Search Term	US Search Volume	Search Intent
1	YouTube	185 million	Navigational
2	Amazon	151 million	Navigational
3	Facebook	101 million	Navigational
4	Google	83.1 million	Navigational
5	Gmail	55.6 million	Navigational
6	Wordle	55.6 million	Informational
7	ChatGPT	55.6 million	Informational, Navigational
8	Walmart	45.5 million	Navigational
9	Chat GPT	37.2 million	Informational
10	Google Translate	37.2 million	Informational
11	News	37.2 million	Informational, Commercial
12	eBay	30.4 million	Navigational
13	Home Depot	30.4 million	Transactional
14	Food Near Me	30.4 million	Transactional
15	NFL	30.4 million	Informational, Navigational
16	Translate	30.4 million	Informational
17	Yahoo	30.4 million	Navigational
18	Yahoo Mail	30.4 million	Navigational
19	Calculator	24.9 million	Informational
20	Amazon Prime	24.9 million	Navigational, Transactional
21	NBA	24.9 million	Informational, Navigational
22	Target	20.4 million	Navigational
23	Trump	20.4 million	Informational
24	Google Flights	20.4 million	Navigational, Transactional
25	Instagram	20.4 million	Navigational
26	Canva	20.4 million	Navigational
27	Spotify	16.6 million	Navigational
28	ESPN	16.6 million	Navigational
29	Costco	16.6 million	Navigational, Commercial
30	CNN	16.6 million	Informational
31	Lowes	16.6 million	Navigational
32	USPS Tracking	16.6 million	Transactional
33	Best Buy	13.6 million	Commercial
34	Blooket	13.6 million	Navigational
35	Dow Jones	13.6 million	Informational, Commercial
36	Traductor	13.6 million	Informational
37	Indeed	13.6 million	Navigational
38	Netflix	13.6 million	Navigational
39	Gemini	13.6 million	Navigational
40	Zillow	13.6 million	Navigational
41	Reddit	13.6 million	Navigational
42	Google Maps	13.6 million	Navigational
43	Walgreens	13.6 million	Navigational
44	Restaurants Near Me	13.6 million	Transactional
45	X	13.6 million	Navigational
46	Connections	13.6 million	Informational, Navigational
47	English to Spanish	11.1 million	Informational
48	Solitaire	11.1 million	Informational
49	CVS	11.1 million	Navigational
50	Wells Fargo	11.1 million	Navigational
51	StreamEast	11.1 million	Navigational, Transactional
52	Clima	11.1 million	Informational
53	Roblox	11.1 million	Navigational
54	Spanish to English	9.1 million	Informational
55	Shein	9.1 million	Navigational
56	Capital One	9.1 million	Navigational
57	Weather	9.1 million	Informational
58	Airbnb	9.1 million	Transactional
59	Eight Sleep	9.1 million	Navigational
60	Gimkit	9.1 million	Informational, Commercial
61	Etsy	9.1 million	Navigational
62	UFC	9.1 million	Informational
63	Facebook Marketplace	9.1 million	Commercial
64	American Airlines	9.1 million	Navigational
65	MSN	9.1 million	Navigational
66	UPS Tracking	9.1 million	Transactional
67	Dominos	9.1 million	Navigational
68	TikTok	9.1 million	Navigational
69	Pinterest	9.1 million	Navigational
70	Speed Test	9.1 million	Informational
71	Lakers	9.1 million	Informational
72	LinkedIn	7.5 million	Navigational
73	Gmail Login	7.5 million	Navigational
74	Real Madrid	7.5 million	Transactional
75	Math Solver	7.5 million	Navigational
76	Harbor Freight	7.5 million	Navigational
77	FedEx Tracking	7.5 million	Informational, Transactional
78	Temu	6.1 million	Informational, Commercial
79	Kahoot	6.1 million	Navigational, Commercial
80	123movies	6.1 million	Navigational
81	PayPal	6.1 million	Navigational, Transactional
82	Starbucks	6.1 million	Navigational
83	Pizza Hut	6.1 million	Navigational
84	Ikea	6.1 million	Navigational
85	Nvidia Stock	6.1 million	Informational, Commercial
86	Poki	6.1 million	Navigational
87	Premier League	6.1 million	Informational
88	Outlook	6.1 million	Navigational
89	Twitch	6.1 million	Navigational
90	Super Bowl 2025	5 million	Informational
91	Discord	5 million	Navigational
92	Google Scholar	4.1 million	Navigational
93	Social Security	4.1 million	Informational
94	Snake Game	4.1 million	Informational
95	DuckDuckGo	4.1 million	Navigational
96	Champions League	4.1 million	Informational
97	Facebook Login	4.1 million	Navigational, Transactional
98	Clever	4.1 million	Navigational
99	Speedtest	2.7 million	Informational
100	McDonalds	2.7 million	Navigational

A few things stand out here. The top four spots are all navigational searches for major platforms. ChatGPT and ChatGPT appear separately at positions 7 and 9, and together they account for 92.8 million monthly searches. If they were combined, ChatGPT would rank fourth in the entire country.

Games also punch above their weight. Wordle, Solitaire, Roblox, Blooket, Connections, Gimkit, Poki, Snake Game, and Kahoot all appear on the list.

Top 100 Most Searched Things on Google Worldwide

The global list looks very different from the US list. It includes non-English terms, regional platforms, local lottery results, and cricket, none of which show up in the American top 100.

Search volumes below represent average monthly searches worldwide.

#	Search Term	Global Search Volume	Search Intent
1	YouTube	1.3 billion	Navigational
2	Facebook	549.4 million	Navigational
3	Translate	502.2 million	Informational
4	WhatsApp Web	427.2 million	Navigational
5	Instagram	414.4 million	Navigational
6	Gmail	363.2 million	Navigational, Transactional
7	Google	356.3 million	Navigational
8	Weather	310.6 million	Informational
9	IG	244.4 million	Navigational
10	Cricbuzz	244.4 million	Navigational
11	Clima	227.1 million	Informational
12	ChatGPT	223.8 million	Informational, Navigational
13	Canva	215.7 million	Navigational
14	Google Translate	181.4 million	Informational
15	Chat GPT	162.5 million	Navigational
16	Traductor	156 million	Informational
17	Poki	153.6 million	Navigational
18	Amazon	151.3 million	Navigational
19	Satta King	151.3 million	Navigational
20	WhatsApp	141.6 million	Navigational
21	Google Maps	125.5 million	Informational, Navigational
22	Pinterest	108.1 million	Navigational
23	TikTok	102.5 million	Navigational
24	Sarkari Result	101.2 million	Navigational
25	Twitter	99.7 million	Navigational
26	погода	96.9 million	Informational
27	Yahoo Mail	94.9 million	Navigational
28	Wordle	93.7 million	Informational, Navigational
29	Restaurants	93.3 million	Transactional
30	Netflix	90.1 million	Navigational
31	X	87.5 million	Navigational
32	Roblox	83.6 million	Navigational
33	IPL	81.9 million	Informational, Navigational
34	Real Madrid	80.8 million	Informational
35	FB	78 million	Informational
36	Yahoo	77.7 million	Navigational
37	переводчик	77.2 million	Informational
38	NBA	75.8 million	Informational, Navigational
39	Hotmail	74.1 million	Navigational
40	Tradutor	73.9 million	Informational
41	Lottery Sambad	68.2 million	Informational, Transactional
42	News	67.8 million	Informational, Commercial
43	Tiempo	67.6 million	Informational
44	Speed Test	65.4 million	Informational
45	eBay	65.1 million	Navigational
46	BBC News	63.4 million	Navigational
47	Spotify	63.1 million	Navigational
48	Weather Tomorrow	58.5 million	Informational
49	Betano	58 million	Navigational, Commercial
50	Premier League	57.7 million	Informational, Navigational
51	Flipkart	56.8 million	Navigational
52	Map	56.7 million	Navigational
53	ютуб	56.5 million	Navigational
54	Walmart	55.6 million	Navigational
55	Calculator	53.2 million	Informational
56	Facebook Login	52.9 million	Navigational, Transactional
57	LinkedIn	51 million	Navigational
58	çeviri	50.5 million	Navigational
59	Serie A	50.4 million	Navigational
60	Outlook	48.9 million	Navigational
61	Meteo	48.7 million	Informational
62	Hava Durumu	47.6 million	Informational
63	Google Traduction	46.8 million	Informational, Commercial
64	Dpboss	46.1 million	Informational
65	NFL	45.6 million	Informational, Navigational
66	Barcelona	45.5 million	Informational
67	Ikea	44.7 million	Navigational
68	Yandex	44.1 million	Navigational
69	Shein	44.1 million	Transactional
70	Hotels	43.6 million	Transactional
71	SkyScanner	43.5 million	Navigational
72	ترجمة	42.3 million	Informational
73	Restaurants Near Me	41.5 million	Transactional
74	Champions League	40.3 million	Informational
75	Airbnb	40 million	Transactional
76	Temu	39.8 million	Informational, Commercial
77	Live Score	39.4 million	Navigational
78	Twitch	39 million	Navigational
79	Indeed	38.7 million	Navigational
80	Reddit	37.5 million	Navigational
81	Amazon Prime	37.4 million	Transactional
82	Google Flights	37 million	Navigational, Transactional
83	Cricket	36.4 million	Informational
84	Telegram	36.4 million	Navigational
85	Food Near Me	36.2 million	Transactional
86	Home Depot	36 million	Transactional
87	Google Scholar	35 million	Navigational, Transactional
88	Flashscore	34 million	Navigational
89	WP	33.8 million	Navigational
90	Flamengo	32.6 million	Navigational
91	Discord	31.7 million	Navigational
92	Speedtest	30.7 million	Informational
93	Xổ Số Miền Nam	30.7 million	Navigational
94	CNN	28.5 million	Informational
95	Proxy	27 million	Informational
96	Ibomma	25.8 million	Informational
97	Gmail Login	25.3 million	Navigational
98	Liverpool	24.5 million	Informational
99	Futbol Libre	20.4 million	Navigational
100	Manchester United	19.3 million	Informational

The global list has a much longer tail of everyday utility searches. Weather, translation, maps, calculators, and speed tests all appear multiple times in multiple languages.

It also reflects where Google is used most heavily. India alone contributes Cricbuzz, Satta King, Sarkari Result, IPL, Lottery Sambad, Flipkart, Dpboss, Cricket, and Ibomma to the top 100.

Most Searched Questions on Google

The top 100 lists above are mostly brand names. They tell you where people go, but not what people want to know.

Questions are a different data set entirely. They show the actual problems and curiosities people bring to search, and they are far more useful if you create content for a living.

Here are the 50 most asked questions on Google in the United States, ranked by average monthly search volume.

#	Question	US Search Volume
1	what is my ip	980,000
2	how many days until christmas	860,000
3	what is today	710,000
4	what does 6 7 mean	580,000
5	how many weeks in a year	530,000
6	how to make a budget	530,000
7	what day is it	510,000
8	what does 67 mean	510,000
9	when is easter	480,000
10	when is easter 2026	470,000
11	what to watch	460,000
12	how to screenshot on mac	460,000
13	when is the super bowl	460,000
14	when is thanksgiving	400,000
15	what is artificial intelligence	360,000
16	how to tie a tie	360,000
17	how many ounces in a gallon	350,000
18	how to change a tire	350,000
19	how many ounces in a cup	340,000
20	how to start a blog	320,000
21	how to screenshot on windows	310,000
22	how to learn javascript	310,000
23	when is mothers day	300,000
24	what is machine learning	290,000
25	what is juneteenth	290,000
26	what is phishing	290,000
27	when is father’s day	280,000
28	what time is the super bowl	270,000
29	what is an api	270,000
30	what is my ip address	260,000
31	when is the next full moon	260,000
32	what time does mcdonald’s stop serving breakfast	260,000
33	how many days till christmas	260,000
34	where is the super bowl 2026	260,000
35	where to watch	260,000
36	how many people are in the world	250,000
37	is the government still shutdown	240,000
38	when is thanksgiving 2025	240,000
39	when is daylight savings	240,000
40	how many seconds in a day	240,000
41	what is a vpn	230,000
42	how many ounces in a pound	230,000
43	what time is it	230,000
44	when is father’s day 2025	220,000
45	how long to boil eggs	220,000
46	when is christmas	220,000
47	how many oz in a cup	220,000
48	how to delete instagram account	210,000
49	how many oz in a gallon	210,000
50	how many quarts in a gallon	200,000

Look closely, and a pattern appears. Almost none of these questions are complicated. People ask Google for dates, unit conversions, quick definitions, and simple instructions.

The sections below break the list down by how each question starts.

Most Searched How To Questions

How-to questions are the backbone of instructional content. They are evergreen, they rarely go out of date, and they cover skills people need at every stage of life.

Question	US Search Volume
how to make a budget	530,000
how to screenshot on mac	460,000
how to tie a tie	360,000
how to change a tire	350,000
how to start a blog	320,000
how to screenshot on windows	310,000
how to learn javascript	310,000
how to delete instagram account	210,000
how to gain weight	200,000
how to cook rice	200,000
how to write a check	190,000
how to clear cache	180,000

Notice how many of these are one-time tasks. Most people tie a tie or change a tire rarely enough that they need to look it up every time.

Most Searched ‘What Is’ Questions

What is questions are definition searches. They spike when a new technology, holiday, or piece of slang enters public awareness.

Question	US Search Volume
what is my ip	980,000
what is today	710,000
what is artificial intelligence	360,000
what is machine learning	290,000
what is juneteenth	290,000
what is phishing	290,000
what is an api	270,000
what is my ip address	260,000
what is a vpn	230,000
what is python	200,000
what is a url	200,000
what is cryptocurrency	180,000

Technology terms dominate this group. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, VPNs, APIs, phishing, and cryptocurrency all appear in the top 100 questions.

Most Searched When Questions

When questions are almost entirely about dates. Holidays, sporting events, and calendar changes drive nearly all of the volume here.

Question	US Search Volume
when is easter	480,000
when is easter 2026	470,000
when is the super bowl	460,000
when is thanksgiving	400,000
when is mothers day	300,000
when is father’s day	280,000
when is the next full moon	260,000
when is daylight savings	240,000
when is christmas	220,000
when is halloween	180,000
when is black friday	170,000
when is labor day	160,000

These are seasonal keywords with predictable spikes. They look modest as a 12-month average, but the real volume lands in a short window each year.

Most Searched Where, Who, and Is Questions

The remaining question types cover location, identity, and status checks. They are smaller in volume but reveal a lot about how people use search day to day.

Question	US Search Volume
where is the super bowl 2026	260,000
where to watch	260,000
where am i	190,000
is the government still shutdown	240,000
is youtube down	170,000
is today a holiday	160,000
how many people are in the world	250,000
what time is it	230,000

“Where am i” and “what time is it” are worth pausing on. People search Google for information their own device already displays.

Most Searched Questions Worldwide

The global question list looks quite different. Non-English questions appear high up, and regional interests like Indian railways and cricket trivia break into the top 20.

#	Question	Global Search Volume
1	what is today	5,053,000
2	what is my ip	2,918,000
3	امروز چندمه	2,194,000
4	what to watch	1,661,000
5	where’s my refund	1,277,000
6	how many days until christmas	1,210,000
7	where is my train	1,162,000
8	o que significa	966,000
9	how to create invoices	930,000
10	how to learn javascript	929,000
11	令和何年	903,000
12	how many weeks in a year	887,000
13	how to start a blog	884,000
14	whats my ip	876,000
15	how to change a tire	783,000
16	what does 67 mean	768,000
17	who called me	767,000
18	how many balls were originally there in one test over?	724,000
19	how to make a budget	713,000
20	what does 6 7 mean	701,000
21	what is a two-factor authentication method	686,000
22	what is two factor vs two step	669,000
23	when is easter	667,000
24	have i been pwned	666,000
25	cuándo juega el real madrid	638,000

“What is today” gets more than five million searches worldwide every month. That single question outranks every other query on the list by a wide margin.

Most Searched Things on Google by Category

Ranking the top 100 by raw volume is useful, but grouping the same terms by category is where the patterns get interesting.

The sections below sort the US and global lists into the categories that appear most often.

Most Searched Brands

Brand names take up more of the top 100 than any other category. These are people using Google as a shortcut instead of typing a web address.

Brand	US Search Volume
YouTube	185 million
Amazon	151 million
Facebook	101 million
Google	83.1 million
Gmail	55.6 million
Walmart	45.5 million
eBay	30.4 million
Home Depot	30.4 million
Yahoo	30.4 million
Target	20.4 million
Instagram	20.4 million
Canva	20.4 million

The pattern holds worldwide too. Every one of the global top 10 except Translate and Weather is a brand name.

Most Searched Social Media Platforms on Google 

Social platforms appear throughout both lists, and several appear more than once under different names.

Platform	US Search Volume	Global Search Volume
Facebook	101 million	549.4 million
Instagram	20.4 million	414.4 million
Reddit	13.6 million	37.5 million
X	13.6 million	87.5 million
TikTok	9.1 million	102.5 million
Pinterest	9.1 million	108.1 million
LinkedIn	7.5 million	51 million
Twitch	6.1 million	39 million
Discord	5 million	31.7 million
Telegram	Not in US top 100	36.4 million

Facebook picks up extra volume from shorthand searches. Worldwide, “FB” adds another 78 million monthly searches on top of the main brand term, and “Facebook Login” adds 52.9 million more.

Instagram does the same. The abbreviation “IG” pulls 244.4 million global searches, which is more than half the volume of the full brand name.

Most Searched AI Tools on Google

AI tools are the fastest-moving category on either list. A few years ago, none of these terms would have appeared at all.

AI Tool	US Search Volume	Global Search Volume
ChatGPT	55.6 million	223.8 million
Chat GPT	37.2 million	162.5 million
Gemini	13.6 million	Not in global top 100

The split spelling matters here. Combined, ChatGPT and Chat GPT account for 92.8 million US searches and 386.3 million global searches every month.

That combined figure would place ChatGPT fourth in the US and third worldwide.

Most Searched Online Games

Games are heavily represented, especially browser games and puzzles that people play at work or school.

Game	US Search Volume
Wordle	55.6 million
Blooket	13.6 million
Connections	13.6 million
Solitaire	11.1 million
Roblox	11.1 million
Gimkit	9.1 million
Kahoot	6.1 million
Poki	6.1 million
Snake Game	4.1 million

Several of these are classroom tools rather than pure games. Blooket, Gimkit, Kahoot, and Clever are all used in schools, which explains their strong US volume and weak global presence.

Most Searched Sports Terms

Sports drive enormous search volume, and the split between the two lists shows exactly how different American and global sporting interests are.

Sports Term	US Search Volume	Global Search Volume
NFL	30.4 million	45.6 million
NBA	24.9 million	75.8 million
ESPN	16.6 million	Not in global top 100
UFC	9.1 million	Not in global top 100
Lakers	9.1 million	Not in global top 100
Real Madrid	7.5 million	80.8 million
Premier League	6.1 million	57.7 million
Champions League	4.1 million	40.3 million
Cricbuzz	Not in US top 100	244.4 million
IPL	Not in US top 100	81.9 million

Cricbuzz is the standout. At 244.4 million monthly global searches, it outranks TikTok, Netflix, Amazon, and every football club on the list.

Football clubs also appear repeatedly worldwide. Real Madrid, Barcelona, Flamengo, Liverpool, and Manchester United all make the global top 100, along with Serie A, Flashscore, Live Score, and Futbol Libre.

Most Searched Near Me Terms

Near me searches are the clearest signal of local commercial intent anywhere on either list.

Food Near Me ranks 14th in the entire United States. That is higher than Instagram, Netflix, Spotify, and TikTok.

Near Me Term	US Search Volume	Global Search Volume
Food Near Me	30.4 million	36.2 million
Restaurants Near Me	13.6 million	41.5 million
Restaurants	Not in US top 100	93.3 million

Most Searched Translation Terms

Translation is the single most underrated category in search. It appears ten separate times across the global top 100 in six different languages.

Translation Term	Language	Global Search Volume
Translate	English	502.2 million
Google Translate	English	181.4 million
Traductor	Spanish	156 million
переводчик	Russian	77.2 million
Tradutor	Portuguese	73.9 million
çeviri	Turkish	50.5 million
Google Traduction	French	46.8 million
ترجمة	Arabic	42.3 million

Add these together, and translation-related terms account for more than 1.1 billion monthly searches worldwide. Only YouTube generates more.

Most Searched Weather Terms

Weather follows the same pattern as translation. It appears in several languages and adds up to enormous combined volume.

Weather Term	Language	Global Search Volume
Weather	English	310.6 million
Clima	Spanish and Portuguese	227.1 million
погода	Russian	96.9 million
Tiempo	Spanish	67.6 million
Weather Tomorrow	English	58.5 million
Meteo	Italian and French	48.7 million
Hava Durumu	Turkish	47.6 million

Combined, weather searches pass 857 million per month globally. Clima also appears in the US top 100 at 11.1 million searches, driven by Spanish-speaking users in the United States.

Most Searched Email and Login Terms

Email platforms and login pages take up a surprising share of both lists. People search for the login page rather than bookmarking it.

Term	US Search Volume	Global Search Volume
Gmail	55.6 million	363.2 million
Yahoo Mail	30.4 million	94.9 million
Gmail Login	7.5 million	25.3 million
Outlook	6.1 million	48.9 million
Facebook Login	4.1 million	52.9 million
Hotmail	Not in US top 100	74.1 million

Hotmail is still pulling 74.1 million global searches per month despite being rebranded to Outlook years ago.

Most Searched Package Tracking Terms

Package tracking is one of the few categories on the US list with clear transactional intent.

Tracking Term	US Search Volume
USPS Tracking	16.6 million
UPS Tracking	9.1 million
FedEx Tracking	7.5 million

Together these three terms represent 33.2 million monthly searches from people who are waiting on a delivery right now.

Regional and Language Patterns in the Global Top 100

The global top 100 is not a single worldwide list. It is really several regional lists stacked on top of each other, and you can see individual countries clearly if you know what to look for.

The sections below identify which markets are driving which entries.

India

India has the largest footprint of any single country outside the US, with nine separate entries in the global top 100.

Term	Global Search Volume	What It Is
Cricbuzz	244.4 million	Cricket scores and news
Satta King	151.3 million	Lottery and betting results
Sarkari Result	101.2 million	Government job results
IPL	81.9 million	Indian Premier League cricket
Lottery Sambad	68.2 million	State lottery results
Flipkart	56.8 million	Ecommerce platform
Dpboss	46.1 million	Betting results
Cricket	36.4 million	Sport
Ibomma	25.8 million	Regional film streaming

Cricket, government exam results, lottery numbers, and shopping account for almost all of India’s presence on the list.

Spanish-Speaking Markets

Spanish terms appear across both the US and global lists, reflecting Spanish speakers in Latin America, Spain, and the United States.

Term	Global Search Volume	English Meaning
Clima	227.1 million	Weather
Traductor	156 million	Translator
Tiempo	67.6 million	Weather
Futbol Libre	20.4 million	Free football streaming

Clima and Traductor both appear in the US top 100 as well, at 11.1 million and 13.6 million monthly searches. So do English to Spanish and Spanish to English.

Brazil

Brazilian search interest shows up through Portuguese language terms and one football club.

Term	Global Search Volume	What It Is
Tradutor	73.9 million	Translator
Betano	58 million	Sports betting platform
Flamengo	32.6 million	Football club

Turkey

Turkey contributes three high-volume terms, all everyday utilities.

Term	Global Search Volume	English Meaning
çeviri	50.5 million	Translation
Hava Durumu	47.6 million	Weather

Russia and Russian-speaking Markets

Russian terms appear four times, including the local search engine.

Term	Global Search Volume	English Meaning
погода	96.9 million	Weather
переводчик	77.2 million	Translator
ютуб	56.5 million	YouTube
Yandex	44.1 million	Russian search engine

People searching Google for “ютуб” and Yandex is a good reminder that search engines are used to reach other search engines and platforms constantly.

Other Markets

A few more countries appear once or twice each.

Term	Global Search Volume	Market
Google Traduction	46.8 million	France
Meteo	48.7 million	Italy and France
ترجمة	42.3 million	Arabic speaking markets
Xổ Số Miền Nam	30.7 million	Vietnam
BBC News	63.4 million	United Kingdom

Trending Google Searches Are Not the Same as Most Searched

There is a common mix-up worth clearing up before you use any of this data.

“Most searched” and “top trending” are two completely different measurements, and Google itself has asked people to stop treating them as interchangeable.

The lists on this page measure total search volume averaged over 12 months. Google’s annual Year in Search report measures something else entirely, which is the searches that grew the fastest compared to the year before.

How Google Defines Trending Searches

Google builds its Year in Search lists by identifying the search terms that saw the biggest increase in traffic during the year compared to the same period the year before. It measures the spike in interest rather than the total number of searches.

Google’s reasoning is straightforward. Generic terms like weather and news are popular every single year, so they say nothing about what made a particular year different.

Google also uses a “breakout” label for anything searched at least 5,000% more than the previous year.

Top Trending Google Searches in 2025

Gemini was the top trending search worldwide in 2025, which shows how quickly AI tools moved into everyday use.

The rest of the global top 10 was mostly sports. Cricket matches between India and England, the Club World Cup, and the Asia Cup all drove major spikes in interest.

In the United States, the list looked very different. Charlie Kirk topped the US trending list, and the animated Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters took second place.

Other 2025 trending highlights included the following.

• Arc Raiders was the most searched video game globally, while Clair Obscur Expedition 33 led in the US.
• d4vd led musician searches, and Taylor Swift led song searches.
• Monster The Ed Gein Story was the most searched TV show worldwide.
• Pedro Pascal and Mikey Madison topped actor searches.
• Hot honey was the most searched food trend of the year.
• Boston, Seattle, and Tokyo led travel itinerary searches.

Why the Two Lists Give Different Answers

If you compare the two, almost nothing overlaps.

YouTube tops the most searched list every year but never appears on a trending list, because its volume barely changes year to year. Gemini topped the trending list but does not appear anywhere in the global top 100 by total volume.

Both measurements are valid. They just answer different questions. Most searched tells you where the traffic is. Trending tells you where the traffic is heading.

What the Top 100 Lists Reveal About Search Behavior

Reading the raw tables is one thing. Understanding what they say about how people actually use Google is more useful.

Here are the five clearest patterns in the data.

Navigational Searches Dominate

Out of the 100 most searched things in the US, 63 carry navigational intent. Worldwide, the figure is 61.

Navigational means the person already knows where they are going. They are searching for YouTube because they want to get to YouTube, not because they want to learn about it.

In other words, most of Google’s highest volume traffic is not really discovery. It is people using the search bar as an address bar.

Almost Nothing on These Lists Is Commercial

Only 9 of the top 100 US searches carry commercial intent, and only 13 carry transactional intent. Worldwide, the numbers are even lower, with just 4 commercial and 13 transactional.

Combine navigational and informational, and you get 91 out of 100 in the US and 92 out of 100 worldwide.

This is the single most important takeaway for anyone doing keyword research. The most searched terms on Google are almost never the terms that make money.

AI Tools Have Broken Into the Top 10

ChatGPT now sits at number 7 in the US with 55.6 million monthly searches. The alternate spelling Chat GPT sits at number 9 with another 37.2 million.

Together, that is 92.8 million monthly searches in the US alone, which would place it fourth overall, ahead of Google itself.

Gemini has also entered the US top 100 at number 39 with 13.6 million monthly searches. Neither of these terms existed at meaningful volume a few years ago.

People Use Google as a Utility

A large share of the top 100 is people asking Google to do a small job for them right now.

Calculator gets 24.9 million US searches. Speed Test gets 9.1 million, plus another 2.7 million for Speedtest. Translate and Google Translate together get 67.6 million. Weather gets 9.1 million in the US and 310.6 million worldwide.

None of these are research queries. They are people using Google the way you would use a pocket tool.

Everyday Needs Outrank Almost Every Brand

This is the pattern that surprises most people.

Worldwide, Translate outranks Instagram, Amazon, ChatGPT, and TikTok. Weather outranks all of them too.

Add every translation variant together, and you get more than 1.1 billion monthly searches. Add every weather variant together, and you get more than 857 million.

Only YouTube beats either of those totals. Two basic human needs, knowing the weather and understanding another language, generate more search demand than nearly every company on earth.

How Google Search Volume Is Changing in 2026

The lists on this page are a snapshot of demand. The bigger picture is that the whole search environment shifted noticeably over the past two years.

Here are the changes that matter most.

How Many Searches Google Handles Per Day

In March 2025, Google confirmed publicly that it processes more than 5 trillion searches per year. That was its first official volume update since 2016, when the figure given was at least 2 trillion.

Five trillion per year works out to roughly 13.7 billion searches per day.

Published daily estimates vary quite a lot, from around 8.5 billion to over 16 billion, depending on the methodology and whether the estimate covers all Google properties. The 5 trillion annual figure is the only number Google has confirmed itself, so it is the safest anchor.

Google has also said that around 15% of the searches it sees each day have never been searched before.

Google Still Holds Around 90% of Search

Despite years of predictions about AI replacing search, Google’s global market share sits at roughly 90% across all devices.

That is down slightly from its peak of nearly 93% in 2023, but it remains overwhelmingly dominant.

Zero Click Searches Keep Rising

A large share of Google searches now end without anyone clicking through to a website. Studies have put the zero click rate close to 60% of all queries.

This is partly by design. When you search Calculator, Weather, or Speed Test, Google answers directly on the results page. A huge portion of the top 100 list falls into exactly that category.

AI Overviews Are Changing Click Behavior

AI Overviews now appear on a meaningful share of results pages, mostly on informational queries, and their presence measurably reduces clicks to the pages listed beneath them.

The practical effect is that informational keywords are becoming less valuable per search than they used to be, while commercial and transactional keywords hold their value better.

Queries Are Getting Longer and More Conversational

Google reported that searches beginning with “tell me about” rose around 70% between 2024 and 2025. Searches starting with “how do I” hit an all-time high, up about 25% year over year.

People are typing full sentences instead of two-word fragments. That shift favors content that answers specific questions clearly over content built around short head terms.

How We Collected This Data

Transparency about sourcing matters, so here is exactly how these lists were put together.

Search volume figures for the top 100 US and global lists come from Semrush keyword data. The question data comes from a keyword database of 28.7 billion keywords.

Search volume is calculated as a rolling 12 month average of monthly searches. That method smooths out seasonal spikes, so a term like Halloween costume that gets most of its traffic in October shows a lower average than its peak month.

Search intent labels come from the same keyword tools and reflect the most likely reason behind each query. Some terms carry two intents where the data supports both.

Before publishing, the lists were cleaned in three ways. NSFW terms were removed, obvious misspellings were removed, and near duplicate variations were consolidated where they added nothing to the list.

Figures on Google’s total search volume, market share, and search behavior changes come from Google’s own public statements where available, and from named third party measurement where no official figure exists.

Search volumes are estimates, not exact counts. No tool has access to Google’s internal query logs, so treat every figure here as a close approximation rather than a precise number.

Source: Google.com, Ahrefs

Final Thoughts

The most searched things on Google are not what most people expect. They are not questions, products, or trending news stories. They are brand names people already know and small daily tasks people need done quickly.

That makes these lists fascinating as a picture of human behavior and almost useless as a keyword strategy. The traffic is real, but it belongs to the brands being searched for.

The more useful data sits further down. Questions, near me searches, and long tail variations are where real opportunity lives for everyone else.

We update this page as new search volume data becomes available.

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