{"id":523072,"date":"2022-12-08T03:39:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T00:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/americas-most-googled-term-in-2022-is-puzzling\/"},"modified":"2022-12-08T03:39:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T00:39:18","slug":"americas-most-googled-term-in-2022-is-puzzling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/americas-most-googled-term-in-2022-is-puzzling\/","title":{"rendered":"#America&#8217;s most Googled term in 2022 is puzzling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26b720097ad\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26b720097ad\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/americas-most-googled-term-in-2022-is-puzzling\/#%E2%80%9CAmericas_most_Googled_term_in_2022_is_puzzling%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;America&#8217;s most Googled term in 2022 is puzzling&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAmericas_most_Googled_term_in_2022_is_puzzling%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;America&#8217;s most Googled term in 2022 is puzzling&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>What six letters perplexed the entire nation this year? <\/p>\n<p>Wordle.<\/p>\n<p>The daily brain <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> was the most-searched term in 2022, according to Google data, with \u201celection results\u201d following close behind as millions of Americans were at the edge of their seats just last month, waiting to see who would hold the future of the country in their hands after the midterms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmongst the extreme highs and lows, including national mourning and geo-political instability, it\u2019s humbling to see that a game like Wordle supplied comfort,\u201d Matt Cooke, head of Google <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> Lab, told the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11512679\/Wordle-Americas-Googled-term-2022.html?ito=push-notification&amp;ci=7VBU89orK_&amp;cri=i_fyos7ZFK&amp;si=AL2tuetGnO3i&amp;xi=69b0ad94-137c-4675-840e-112d92808715&amp;ai=11512679\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Among the many tragic, notable deaths this year, Betty White, Queen Elizabeth II and Bob Saget topped Google Trends data.<\/p>\n<p>White, who died mere days before her 100th birthday, was the nation\u2019s sweetheart \u2014 and her passing shocked avid fans who prayed for her longevity. Saget died the same month, in January, at just 65 years of age.<\/p>\n<p>Johnny Depp, Amber Heard and Will Smith reigned as the top trending people of the year \u2014 probably in part due to the explosive defamation trial between the two exes and the latter\u2019s infamous Oscars slapgate. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-024.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Wordle\" class=\"wp-image-24934370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-024.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-024.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-024.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Wordle was the most-searched term of the year.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-025.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Bob Saget\" class=\"wp-image-24934363\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-025.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-025.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-025.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-025.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-025.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Celebrity deaths rocked the nation as well, as many household favorites passed, including Bob Saget.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-027.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Betty White\" class=\"wp-image-24934362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-027.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-027.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-027.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Betty White died just days before she reached 100 years old.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even Anna Sorokin \u2014 also known as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/12\/01\/anna-delvey-throwing-art-basel-party-featuring-house-arrest-art\/?_gl=1*z0iozr*_ga*MTM5ODc3NzY5Ny4xNjcwNDM4MDA5*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*MTY3MDQ1MjgxNy40LjEuMTY3MDQ1NDUzOC4wLjAuMA..&amp;_ga=2.86096984.1333777189.1670438009-1398777697.1670438009\">Anna Delvey <\/a>\u2014 weaseled her way onto the trending charts, coming in at No. 6. She was the subject of a mini<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> about her life as a fake heiress in the Big <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le, eventually landing behind bars in 2019. Despite her extensive rap sheet of white-collar crime, Sorokin still kept her <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>ite air.<\/p>\n<p>But all the 2022 buzz seemed to also center around love. A-list relationships have always been a fascination, but Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson took the cake for the top trending celebrity break up.<\/p>\n<p>The pair\u2019s meet-cute was on \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d late last year \u2014 and weeks later, the unlikely couple\u2019s relationship blossomed. From <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/06\/17\/kim-kardashian-pete-davidson-stranded-on-trip-in-new-photos\/\">beach vacays<\/a> to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/05\/02\/pete-davidson-kisses-kim-kardashian-on-met-gala-2022-red-carpet\/\">red-carpet arrivals<\/a>, the two were the internet\u2019s hottest item until it all went up in smoke.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-032.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Thor movie\" class=\"wp-image-24934364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-032.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-032.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-032.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cThor: Love and Thunder\u201d placed high up on the list of trending searches.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Jasin Boland<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-034.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The Slap: Will Smith and Chris Rock\" class=\"wp-image-24934371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-034.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-034.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-034.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The infamous slap from this year\u2019s Oscars caused a Google frenzy in its wake.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEncanto\u201d stole America\u2019s heart with its enticing, animated chorus lines, topping the movie category as the top trending film in 2022. Action flicks \u201cThor: Love and Thunder\u201d and \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d came in at second and third place, as Chris Hemsworth\u2019s rippling muscles and Miles Teller\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/07\/20\/keleigh-sperry-made-miles-teller-shave-his-top-gun-mustache\/\">bushy \u2018stache <\/a>made the masses swoon.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-031.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Still from Encanto\" class=\"wp-image-24934377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-031.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-031.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-031.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cEncanto\u201d placed first in the trending movie category.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Disney \/ The Hollywood Archive \/<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-026.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Johnny Depp\" class=\"wp-image-24934361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-026.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-026.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/most-googled-search-terms-026.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Johnny Depp was among the top trending people Googled this year.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEuphoria\u201d trumped \u201cStranger Things\u201d as No. 1 in trending TV shows, bumping the Netflix thriller to second place. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/09\/13\/why-tom-holland-didnt-join-zendaya-at-emmys-2022\/?_gl=1*1ii90gh*_ga*MTM5ODc3NzY5Ny4xNjcwNDM4MDA5*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*MTY3MDQ1MjgxNy40LjEuMTY3MDQ1NDE2OC4wLjAuMA..&amp;_ga=2.178369636.1333777189.1670438009-1398777697.1670438009\">Zendaya<\/a>, who plays Rue in the HBO hit \u201cEuphoria,\u201d took home the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series this year.\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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