Google last week droppedits annual "Year in Search" lists, revealing the top trending news, culture and tech moments that captured our attention in 2025.
The top 10 trending U.S. searches:
Charlie Kirk
KPop Demon Hunters
Labubu
iPhone 17
One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Zohran Mamdani
DeepSeek
Government shutdown
FIFA Club World Cup
Tariffs
🫣 Zoom in: Clevelanders may be distressed to learn that among the top five jersey searches in our metro area, only one was for a Cleveland player: Browns' rookie linebacker Carson Schwesinger.
The other four were for Baker Mayfield, "Pittsburgh Steelers," Drake Maye, and Spanish soccer star Lamine Yamal.
By the numbers: The slang term that Clevelanders (and everyone else) were most keen to decode was "67."
The "meaningless, ubiquitous, and nonsensical" slang term used by kids to confuse adults originated from the Skrilla song "Doot Doot (6 7)" and was named Dictionary.com's word of 2025.
