People around the world noticed that it was a very, very hot year.

Relive the best, saddest, and weirdest moments of the year with Google. Credit: Google

It feels like all anyone talked about this year was the U.S. election and excessive heat. And, according to Google’s Year in Review 2024, this was all anyone searched for, too.

Google’s yearly review of trending terms for 2024 reveals that top global searches were primarily based around sporting events such as Copa America, the UEFA European Championship, and the Olympics. Aside from that, people searched for Liam Payne, former One Direction singer who died in October, as well as the U.S. president-elect, Donald Trump.

Unsurprisingly, a lot of searches this year were related the U.S. presidential elections, with people also searching for current President Joe Biden and the Vice President and democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

Some of the terms that stand out this year include “excessive heat,” obviously related to the extremely high temperatures in many places around the world this summer, “iPhone 16,” which shows continued interest in Apple’s flagship phone, and Imane Khelif, the Algerian boxer who was falsely accused of being a biological male during the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Google revealed its Year in Search 2024 a few days ago, and we have a detailed rundown here.

Now, however, Google also shared a handy video, with an emotional overview of some of the people and events that ranked highly in trends this year. Check it out below.

Stan is a Senior Editor at Mashable, where he has worked since 2007. He’s got more battery-powered gadgets and band t-shirts than you. He writes about the next groundbreaking thing. Typically, this is a phone, a coin, or a car. His ultimate goal is to know something about everything.

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