In overall global searches, Prince and David Bowie are in fourth and sixth place. Google lists a category called "Losses" this year, and there the two rock giants are joined by other beloved stars, including Christina Grimmie, Alan Rickman, Muhammad Ali and Leonard Cohen.
Yes, it's been a rough year.

Unsurprisingly, Pokémon Go was the most searched-for topic this year, and even though the interest for the augmented reality game has waned since the launch in June, it was enough to catch first place.

The iPhone 7 is in second place, followed by President-elect Donald Trump, which also tops the "people" category, ahead of Hillary Clinton and Michael Phelps.
In global news, the U.S. election was the biggest topic, followed by the Olympics, Brexit, the Orlando shooting and the Zika virus outbreak.
Out of all the great TV shows we've seen this year, Stranger Things is the one we Googled the most. In the movies category, it was Deadpool, while Céline Dion was the most searched-for musician.
If you prefer to see an overview of all the hot topics of 2016 in a (rather depressing) 2-minute video, Google has got you covered. See it below.
Google has also put up a special page highlighting some of the year's breakout searches — surprising topics which at one point grabbed the world's attention. It's divided into months and topics and features odd topics including "three-toed sloth," "fanny pack" and "trampoline." Check it out here.

2016 Breakout searches

January Raccoons Three-toed sloth Flint Baptism Book of Genesis Tulum El Niño Flat Earth Snow Cotton candy Herbal tea Kimchi Pot roast Superfood Coin flipping Olly olly oxen free Powerball Minimum wage O. J. Simpson Steven Avery Tsai Ing-wen Charles Perrault Megyn Kelly War and Peace microRNA Alan Rickman Channing Tatum Grease Professor Severus Snape Sean Penn Céline Dion David Bowie Earth, Wind & Fire Hotel California Tran Thanh Becky Alchemy Epiphany Duct tape Million Angelique Kerber James Corden Lip Sync Battle Matthew Perry Netflix The X-Files Monarch butterfly
February Puppy Carnival Parade Gravitational wave Girl Scout Cookies Guacamole Nachos Black Desert Online Teddy bear Burpee Bernie Sanders Super Tuesday Green Eggs and Ham Harper Lee Umberto Eco Alicia Vikander Deadpool Leonardo DiCaprio Zoolander Leap year Cam Newton Academy Awards Big Ang Full House John Oliver Priyanka Chopra General relativity
March Selfie Zaha Hadid Brussels Havana Easter egg Holi International Women’s Day Sweet sixteen Climate Brunch Fish and chips Mimosa Corruption Merrick Garland GloboNews Daredevil Supergirl Le Chat Noir Empowerment Hourglass Shadow Miesha Tate Nate Diaz Deep learning Patty Duke Adidas Superstar
April Dreadlocks Panama Hanuman Ghee Kebaya Lemonade Protein bar Street food Impeachment Grammatical gender Melissa McCarthy Axl Rose Beyoncé Prince Purple Rain Wednesday Chyna Kobe Bryant Stanley Cup Playoffs Doris Roberts HBO
May Gorilla Vulture Halley’s Comet Nankai Trough Severe weather Warby Parker Water bottle DOOM Sunscreen Transgender Bouldering Lego minifigure The Kentucky Derby Civil War Data science Beauty and the Beast Chewbacca Chris Evans Chance The Rapper Ozzy Osbourne Running Man Sharpie Golden State Warriors Leicester City F.C. Mr. T Muhammad Ali Premier League Hodor RuPaul’s Drag Race EgyptAir Succulent plant
June Mosquito Oaxaca Orlando Reykjavik Istanbul Northern Ireland Poland Romania Adhan Ramadan Great Barrier Reef Monsoon Kurta One-piece swimsuit Curry Jalebi Meatloaf Strawberry Blood donation Road trip Boris Johnson European Union Petition Referendum Bud Spencer Tom Hiddleston Qawwali LGBT Hamilton Hammock Pound sterling Cleveland Cavaliers Copa América Game seven Jamie Vardy Kyrie Irving The NBA Finals Bab Al-Hara Penny Dreadful Voltron
July Cruelty-free Swan Henna Eyelash extensions French braid Hi-top fade 7-Eleven Baghdad Baton Rouge Munich Nice Dallas France Portugal Bastille Day Mother Teresa Jupiter Fanny pack Cold brew coffee Ice cream Okra Go Pokémon Gym Glamping Paddleboarding Coup d’état Demagogue Police Trans-Pacific Partnership Yuriko Koike Plagiarism Roger Ailes Sözcü Balayage Evolution Ghostbusters Godzilla Jason Bourne Tarzan The BFG Winona Ryder Calvin Harris Dan Middleton Tony Robbins Black Lives Matter Minute Antoine Griezmann Cristiano Ronaldo Kevin Durant Ultimate Fighting Championship Wimbledon Airbnb Robot Wars Carpool Promise
August Grasshopper Nike Cortez Rio de Janeiro Shibuya Jainism Ketchup Roblox Cupping therapy Playground slide Water slide Cinderella Gene Wilder Harley Quinn Joker Leslie Jones Pete’s Dragon DJ Snake Frank Ocean Juan Gabriel Nas The Chainsmokers Caste Break a leg Altruism 10K run Miles per hour Badminton Beach volleyball Colin Kaepernick Freestyle wrestling Gymnastics Judo Medal Michael Phelps Simone Biles Lyft Top hat
September Elon Musk Charlotte Ganesha Full moon Scholarship Business casual Claire’s Granola Pineapple Debate Loki Proper noun Algebra Bias Iron Spacetime Akira Banjo Shawn Mendes Trap music Alexis Arquette Pablo Escobar Supercouple Inequality Subjectivity Ballpoint pen Nightmare Arnold Palmer Paralympic Games Headphones Machine learning Video blog American Horror Story MacGyver Cable car Long division Cloud
October Palm Springs Promised Land Katha Orionids Beret Choker Ripped jeans Windbreaker Juice Taco Hippocampus Inferno Nobel Prize in Literature Troll Urdu poetry Doctor Strange Luke Cage Robert De Niro Shailene Woodley Tom Hanks Bob Dylan Twenty One Pilots Clown Maat Burgundy Unicorn Chicago Cubs Los Angeles Dodgers Virtual reality Dinesh Lal Yadav Max Steel The Walking Dead Uber
November Flight jacket Trampoline Hillary Clinton Fidel Castro Donald Trump Melania Trump Millennials Opposite Penny Internet meme

Argentina
  • Axl Rose
  • Pablo Escobar
  • Police
Armenia
  • Full House
Australia
  • Channing Tatum
  • Road trip
  • Superfood
  • Tony Robbins
  • Zoolander
Belgium
  • Brussels
Bermuda
  • Big Ang
Bolivia
  • International Women’s Day
Brazil
  • Daredevil
  • GloboNews
  • Impeachment
  • Netflix
  • Paralympic Games
  • Promised Land
  • Rio de Janeiro
  • Supercouple
  • The Walking Dead
Brunei
  • Running Man
Canada
  • Elon Musk
  • John Oliver
  • Long division
  • Luke Cage
  • Meatloaf
  • Melissa McCarthy
  • Olly olly oxen free
  • Ozzy Osbourne
  • Stanley Cup Playoffs
  • The X-Files
  • Water slide
Chile
  • Balayage
  • Scholarship
  • Winona Ryder
China
  • Deep learning
  • Machine learning
Colombia
  • Petition
  • Referendum
  • Subjectivity
Cuba
  • Fidel Castro
  • Havana
Czech Republic
  • DOOM
Côte d’Ivoire
  • France
Denmark
  • HBO
Ecuador
  • Altruism
  • Opposite
Egypt
  • Cotton candy
  • EgyptAir
  • Ramadan
El Salvador
  • Nike Cortez
Finland
  • MacGyver
France
  • Airbnb
  • Antoine Griezmann
  • Bastille Day
  • Carpool
  • Claire’s
  • Coup d’état
  • Judo
  • Mother Teresa
  • Roger Ailes
  • Yuriko Koike
Germany
  • Angelique Kerber
  • Blood donation
  • Munich
  • Severe weather
  • Uber
Greece
  • Full moon
Guinea
  • Cristiano Ronaldo
Guyana
  • Juice
Honduras
  • Halley’s Comet
Hong Kong
  • Mosquito
  • Virtual reality
Hungary
  • Bud Spencer
  • Penny
Iceland
  • Reykjavik
India
  • Akira
  • Banjo
  • Caste
  • Dinesh Lal Yadav
  • Ganesha
  • Hanuman
  • Holi
  • Jainism
  • Monsoon
  • Teddy bear
Indonesia
  • Calvin Harris
  • Flat Earth
  • Gymnastics
  • Jupiter
  • Kebaya
  • LGBT
  • Million
  • Shawn Mendes
  • Spacetime
  • Wednesday
  • microRNA
Iran
  • Alchemy
  • Ballpoint pen
  • Burgundy
  • Cupping therapy
  • Okra
  • Sunscreen
  • Troll
Iraq
  • Baghdad
  • Charles Perrault
  • Cinderella
Ireland
  • Academy Awards
  • Dan Middleton
  • Glamping
  • Hi-top fade
  • Miesha Tate
  • Nate Diaz
  • Northern Ireland
  • O. J. Simpson
  • Penny Dreadful
  • Protein bar
  • Steven Avery
  • Ultimate Fighting Championship
Israel
  • Book of Genesis
  • Granola
  • Shadow
Italy
  • Gravitational wave
  • Inferno
  • Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Mimosa
  • Three-toed sloth
  • Umberto Eco
Jamaica
  • Ripped jeans
Japan
  • Becky
  • Bouldering
  • Curry
  • Evolution
  • Godzilla
  • Nankai Trough
  • Shibuya
  • Strawberry
  • Water bottle
  • Windbreaker
Jordan
  • Bab Al-Hara
Kazakhstan
  • Deadpool
  • Eyelash extensions
  • Inequality
  • Supergirl
Kenya
  • Leicester City F.C.
  • Plagiarism
Lebanon
  • Zaha Hadid
Libya
  • Grammatical gender
  • Proper noun
Macau
  • Hippocampus
Malaysia
  • Badminton
  • Ice cream
  • Pineapple
Mexico
  • Baptism
  • Climate
  • Clown
  • Harley Quinn
  • Joker
  • Juan Gabriel
  • Max Steel
  • Oaxaca
  • Sean Penn
  • Taco
  • Tulum
Moldova
  • Tarzan
  • Video blog
Monaco
  • Nice
Mozambique
  • Nas
Nepal
  • Katha
  • Priyanka Chopra
Netherlands
  • Maat
  • One-piece swimsuit
New Zealand
  • Cruelty-free
  • Fish and chips
  • Grease
  • Medal
  • Monarch butterfly
  • Orionids
  • Pete’s Dragon
  • Trans-Pacific Partnership
Nicaragua
  • DJ Snake
Nigeria
  • Corruption
  • Empowerment
Norway
  • Guacamole
  • Le Chat Noir
Oman
  • Ghee
Pakistan
  • Kurta
  • Muhammad Ali
  • Qawwali
  • Urdu poetry
Panama
  • Copa América
  • Panama
Philippines
  • Break a leg
  • Chris Evans
  • Civil War
  • Cleveland Cavaliers
  • Cloud
  • Game seven
  • Golden State Warriors
  • Great Barrier Reef
  • Hodor
  • Kevin Durant
  • Kobe Bryant
  • Kyrie Irving
  • Pokémon
  • Professor Severus Snape
  • Roblox
  • Selfie
  • Shailene Woodley
  • The Chainsmokers
  • The NBA Finals
Poland
  • French braid
  • Loki
  • Poland
Portugal
  • Adidas Superstar
  • Portugal
Puerto Rico
  • Epiphany
  • Orlando
  • Paddleboarding
Reunion
  • Herbal tea
Romania
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Romania
Russia
  • Algebra
  • American Horror Story
  • Beret
  • Go
San Marino
  • Succulent plant
Saudi Arabia
  • Adhan
Serbia
  • Robert De Niro
Singapore
  • Data science
  • Doctor Strange
  • Ghostbusters
  • Hourglass
  • Lego minifigure
Slovakia
  • Cable car
  • European Union
Slovenia
  • Melania Trump
South Africa
  • Beyoncé
  • Dreadlocks
  • Frank Ocean
  • Powerball
  • Trap music
South Korea
  • Jason Bourne
  • Leap year
Spain
  • Fanny pack
Sri Lanka
  • Hotel California
Sudan
  • Freestyle wrestling
  • War and Peace
Sweden
  • Alicia Vikander
  • Black Desert Online
  • Bob Dylan
  • Nobel Prize in Literature
Switzerland
  • Beach volleyball
  • Street food
Syria
  • Vulture
Taiwan
  • 7-Eleven
  • Brunch
  • Headphones
  • Nightmare
  • Playground slide
  • Tsai Ing-wen
Tanzania
  • Céline Dion
Thailand
  • Iron
  • Promise
  • Swan
Trinidad and Tobago
  • Carnival
Tunisia
  • Debate
Turkey
  • Grasshopper
  • Istanbul
  • Minute
  • Sözcü
Uganda
  • Premier League
Ukraine
  • General relativity
  • Ketchup
  • Raccoons
United Kingdom
  • 10K run
  • Alan Rickman
  • Boris Johnson
  • David Bowie
  • Easter egg
  • Flight jacket
  • Gym
  • James Corden
  • Jamie Vardy
  • Matthew Perry
  • Miles per hour
  • Pound sterling
  • Robot Wars
  • RuPaul’s Drag Race
  • The BFG
  • Tom Hiddleston
  • Trampoline
  • Unicorn
  • Wimbledon
United States
  • Alexis Arquette
  • Arnold Palmer
  • Baton Rouge
  • Bernie Sanders
  • Bias
  • Black Lives Matter
  • Burpee
  • Business casual
  • Cam Newton
  • Chance The Rapper
  • Charlotte
  • Chewbacca
  • Chicago Cubs
  • Chyna
  • Coin flipping
  • Cold brew coffee
  • Colin Kaepernick
  • Dallas
  • Demagogue
  • Donald Trump
  • Doris Roberts
  • Duct tape
  • Earth, Wind & Fire
  • Flint
  • Gene Wilder
  • Girl Scout Cookies
  • Gorilla
  • Green Eggs and Ham
  • Hamilton
  • Hammock
  • Harper Lee
  • Hillary Clinton
  • Internet meme
  • Lemonade
  • Leslie Jones
  • Lip Sync Battle
  • Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Lyft
  • Megyn Kelly
  • Merrick Garland
  • Michael Phelps
  • Millennials
  • Mr. T
  • Palm Springs
  • Patty Duke
  • Pot roast
  • Prince
  • Puppy
  • Purple Rain
  • Sharpie
  • Simone Biles
  • Super Tuesday
  • Sweet sixteen
  • The Kentucky Derby
  • Tom Hanks
  • Top hat
  • Transgender
  • Twenty One Pilots
  • Voltron
  • Warby Parker
Uruguay
  • Parade
Venezuela
  • Choker
  • El Niño
  • Minimum wage
  • Nachos
Vietnam
  • Kimchi
  • Snow
  • Tran Thanh
Yemen
  • Henna
  • Guyana
  • Jamaica
  • The Bahamas
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Mauritius