Have you ever been curious as to what the most Googled thing in NYC is? You’re in luck because Google shared it’s Google’s “Year in Search,” which looks at what everyone has searched for throughout the year.
To determine the 2019 “Year in Search,” Google looked at the trillions of search queries over the year. Google said that these aren’t the most searched for topics by the number of searches because those don’t often change from year-to-year. They looked at trending queries that had a high spike in traffic over a period of time from 2018 to 2019 and put together a list of the top 10 trends per city.
Google shared with Metro the top trending words for New York City:
Nipsey Hussle
Jussie Smollett
Game of Thrones
Cameron Boyce
Luke Perry
Antonio Brown
Avengers Endgame
Disney plus
iPhone 11
Notre Dame
If you’re curious about how NYC compares to the United States, below are the top searches for the U.S.:
Disney Plus
Cameron Boyce
Nipsey Hussle
Hurricane Dorian
Antonio Brown
Luke Perry
Avengers: Endgame
Game of Thrones
iPhone 11
Jussie Smollett
New York City and the United States shared some common themes, such as Nipsey Hussle. Jussie Smollett, Game of Thrones, Cameron Boyce, Luke Perry, Antonio Brown, Avengers Endgame, Disney plus, and iPhone 11.
In fact, the only trend that New York City did not share on the national level was Notre Dame. Nationally, the final trend that did not show up for New Yorkers was Hurricane Dorian.
The number one search in New York City was Nipsey Hussle, which ranked as third most searched for the topic in the country overall. Nipsey Hussle died earlier this after a shooting incident in a clothing store that he owned. Hussle was a rapper, businessman and was involved in other ventures.
He was shot the day before he was supposed to be meeting with LA Police Commissioner Steve Soboroff and LAPD Chief Michael Moore to discuss how to help stop gang violence.
