What was Columbus, Ga, searching for in 2024? Google reveals the top trending searches

As 2024 comes to an end, there are countless articles about the “best of” this and the “worst of” that, but nothing reveals who we are as a culture like what we search on the internet.

Every year, Google’s Year in Search provides an overview of the most captivating topics of the year. The annual summary reflects the most frequently searched terms, significant political events, cultural phenomena and vital trends that shaped public interest.

Internet and Google users can search by country, region and even by zip code.

Columbus, Georgia, has been busy Googling this year, and here’s the most searched terms and ideas for 2024.

General searches

1. Spudzilla

2. Early voting

3. Cinnaholic

4. Flying Biscuit

5. Stacey Jackson

Arts and Entertainment

Most entertainment-related searches

1. Deadpool and Wolverine

2. Chappel Roan

3. Quiet on Set

4. Bad Boys

5. Brian Peck

Songs

1. “Not Like Us,” by Kendrick Lamar

2. “Espresso,” by Sabrina Carpenter

3. “I Can Do It With A Broken Heart,” by Taylor Swift

4. “Carnival,” by ¥$

5. “HISS,” by Megan Thee Stallion

Games

1. Black Ops 6 release date

2. Dragon Ball Sparking Zero

3. Strands

4. Pokemon

5. Call of Duty

People and society

1. Palworld

2. National Native American Heritage Month

3. Alien Romulus

4. Climate change progress

5. Divorce in the black

Sports

Matches

• Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul

• Alabama Crimson Tide vs Vanderbilt Commodores

• Baltimore Ravens vs Kansas City Chiefs

• Georgia Bulldogs vs Texas Longhorns

• Auburn Tigers vs Missouri Tigers

Most sports related searched terms

1. Football bros

2. Soccer bros

3. Ohio State vs. Tennessee

4. Auburn 2025 football schedule

5. Football bros.io

Internet and telecom

1. iPhone 16 pro max

2. iPhone 16 release date

3. Crown Royal Blackberry

4. iPhone 16 pro

5. Talkie AI

“Near Me”

1. Prepaid phones near me

2. Phone deals near me

3. Wax near me

4. Solar eclipse glasses near me

5. Mobile homes for sale near me

Food and Drink

1. Ninja slushie machine

2. Bytes and Brews

3. Crumbl Cookies menu

4. Wasabi Japanese Steakhouse

5. Zaxby’s menu

Organized by category, these are the topics Americans googled the most in 2024:

General trends

Searches

1. Election

2. Donald Trump

3. Connections

4. New York Yankees

5. Kamala Harris

Celebrity Deaths

1. Toby Keith

2. Liam Payne

3. O. J. Simpson

4. James Earl Jones

5. Rich Homie Quan

People

1. Donald Trump

2. Kamala Harris

3. JD Vance

4. Joe Biden

5. Catherine, Princess of Wales

News

1. Election

2. Copa America

3. Olympics

4. Hurricane Milton

5. Paralympics

Entertainment

Actors

1. Katt Williams

2. Jacob Elordi

3. Glen Powell

4. Jeremy Allen White

5. Shane Gillis

Movies

1. “Inside Out 2”

2. “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”

3. “It Ends With Us”

4. “Saltburn”

5. “Dune: Part Two”

TV Shows

1. “Griselda”

2. “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV”

3. “Baby Reindeer”

4. “Fallout”

5. “The Perfect Couple”

Performances

1. Raygun full performance

2. Ryan Gosling Oscars

3. Toby Keith last performance

4. Miley Cyrus Grammys

5. Celine Dion olympics

Sports

Athletes

1. Mike Tyson

2. Imane Khelif

3. Simone Biles

4. Scottie Scheffler

5. Jake Paul

Sports teams

1. New York Yankees

2. Los Angeles Dodgers

3. New York Mets

4. Boston Celtics

5. Minnesota Timberwolves

Workouts

1. Somatic workout

2. Indoor walking workout

3. LE SSERAFIM workout

4. 28 day calisthenics workout

5. Boat workout

Music

Musicians

1. Usher

2. Diddy

3. Kendrick Lamar

4. Drake

5. Justin Timberlake

Music Tours

1. Sweat Tour

2. Short n’ Sweet Tour

3. We Trust You Tour

4. Queens of R&B Tour

5. Outlaw Music Festival Tour

Songs

1. “Not Like Us,” by Kendrick Lamar

2. “Meet the Grahams,” by Kendrick Lamar

3. “Thick of It,” by KSI

4. “Euphoria,” by Kendrick Lamar

5. “Fast Car,” by Tracy Chapman & Luke Combs

Food and lifestyle

Aesthetics

1. Mob wife aesthetic

2. Nancy Meyers aesthetic

3. Pillow face aesthetic

4. Brat aesthetic

5. Decora aesthetic

Interior Design Styles

1. Bioliphic

2. Modern colonial

3. Mid-century

4. Art deco

5. Japanese Scandinavian (Japandi)

Recipes

1. Olympics chocolate muffins

2. Tanghulu

3. Tini’s mac and cheese

4. Mama Kelce’s cookie

5. Dense bean salad

Pickle Recipes

1. Dill pickle bread recipe

2. Daikon radish pickle recipe

3. Pickled cucumber salad recipe

4. Pickle Dr. Pepper recipe

5. Refrigerator pickle brine recipe

Internet and gaming

Games

1. Connections

2. Strands

3. Infinite Craft

4. Palworld

5. Sprunki

Internet Theory

1. Burnt toast theory

2. Orange peel theory

3. October theory

4. Invisible string theory

5. Taxi cab theory

Trend meaning

1. Demure

2. Give me my money

3. English or Spanish

4. This and yap

5. 17 diapers

Did any of the Columbus or U.S. searches surprise you? Did Google leave off anything that you think should have been included? Comment below or email us at srose@ledger-enquirer.com.

Sundi Rose

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

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