x
Breaking News
More () »

Google reveals its top searches of 2017

Google posted its top results in the U.S. and globally on a special website: google.com/2017. ]

Hurricane Irma was the most popular 2017 search term both in the United States and globally, Google revealed Wednesday.

The storm slammed into the Florida coast in September as a Category 4 hurricane, one of several extreme weather events in the U.S. this year.

Matt Lauer, the former Today show host fired by NBC over sexual harassment allegations, finished second among Google's top U.S. searches.

Tom Petty, the rock icon who died earlier this year, was third, followed by the Super Bowl.

The sexual harassment scandal that started in Hollywood and spread through other industries weighed on many Google searchers minds' this year. Three of the top five most popular people searched in 2017 faced accusations: Lauer, movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and actor Kevin Spacey.

Last summer's solar eclipse also drew interest among searchers. It was the seventh most popular search overall, and the third most popular News search. Related popular searches included "how to make solar eclipse glasses" and "how to watch the solar eclipse."

Google posted its top results in the U.S. and globally on a special website: google.com/2017. Scroll down for more top results in the U.S.

Searches

1. Hurricane Irma

2. Matt Lauer

3. Tom Petty

4. Super Bowl

5. Las Vegas Shooting

6. Mayweather vs McGregor Fight

7. Solar Eclipse

8. Hurricane Harvey

9. Aaron Hernandez

10. Fidget Spinner

People

1. Matt Lauer

2. Meghan Markle

3. Harvey Weinstein

4. Michael Flynn

5. Kevin Spacey

6. Bill O'Reilly

7. Melania Trump

8. Kathy Griffin

9. Milo Yiannopoulos

10. Gal Gadot

News

1. Hurricane Irma

2. Las Vegas Shooting

3. Solar Eclipse

4. Hurricane Harvey

5. Bitcoin Price

6. North Korea

7. Hurricane Jose

8. Hurricane Maria

9. April the Giraffe

10. DACA

How to ...

1. How to make slime

2. How to make solar eclipse glasses

3. How to watch the solar eclipse

4. How to watch Mayweather vs McGregor

5. How to buy Bitcoin

6. How to freeze your credit

7. How to solve a Rubix Cube

8. How to make a fidget spinner

9. How to cook a turkey in the oven

10. How to screen record

Follow Brett Molina on Twitter: @brettmolina23

Before You Leave, Check This Out