Here's What Everyone Was Googling in 2019

There's an old saying in anthropological communities: "If you want to know a society, look at its highest-trending Googled phrases." Okay, I made that up, but Google search data does tell us everything from what Halloween costumes are the most popular in our city to who our local representatives are, and every year, the search engine releases a list of its most frequently trending searched phrases.

We’ve taken a peek at the top things Americans were looking up in 2019, and it’s a real mix of high and low. People had political questions, obviously: What is quid pro quo? What is Brexit? Culturally speaking, Game of Thrones and Avengers: Endgame dominated, and “Old Town Road” had a monopoly on earworms. We lived, we laughed, we wondered about VSCO girls and “OK, boomer.” In short, we had a year.

Check out the top Google searches of 2019, and see whether you fall in line with the rest of the internet. You can also view all the top trending searches here.

Top Trending Searches

1. Disney Plus

2. Cameron Boyce

3. Nipsey Hussle

4. Hurricane Dorian

5. Antonio Brown

6. Luke Perry

7. Avengers Endgame

8. Game of Thrones

9. iPhone 11

10. Jussie Smollett

Top News

1. Hurricane Dorian

2. Notre Dame Cathedral

3. Women's World Cup

4. Area 51 raid

5. Copa America

6. El Paso shooting

7. Sri Lanka

8. Government shutdown

9. Equifax data breach settlement

10. California earthquake

Top People

1. Antonio Brown

2. Jussie Smollett

3. James Charles

4. Kevin Hart

5. R. Kelly

6. 21 Savage

7. Lori Loughlin

8. Jordyn Woods

9. Bryce Harper

10. Robert Kraft

Top Songs

1. "Old Town Road"

2. "7 Rings"

3. "Shallow"

4. "Sunflower"

5. "Truth Hurts"

6. "Lose You to Love Me"

7. "Sicko Mode"

8. "thank u, next"

9. "Act Up"

10. "Bury a Friend"

Top Movies

1. Avengers Endgame

2. Captain Marvel

3. Joker

4. Toy Story 4

5. Lion King

6. It Chapter Two

7. Frozen 2

8. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

9. Midsommar

10. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Top TV Shows

1. Game of Thrones

2. Stranger Things

3. When They See Us

4. Chernobyl

5. The Mandalorian

6. The Umbrella Academy

7. Euphoria

8. Dead to Me

9. Surviving R. Kelly

10. The Boys

What is. . .?

1. What is Area 51?

2. What is a VSCO girl?

3. What is Momo?

4. What is a boomer?

5. What is quid pro quo?

6. What is camp fashion?

7. What is Disney Plus?

8. What is Bird Box about?

9. What is a Mandalorian?

10. What is Brexit?

Originally Appeared on Vogue