What Columbus Google searched in 2025

The top 10 trending U.S. searches:

1. Charlie Kirk
2. KPop Demon Hunters
3. Labubu
4. iPhone 17
5. One Big Beautiful Bill Act
6. Zohran Mamdani
7. DeepSeek
8. Government shutdown
9. FIFA Club World Cup
10. Tariffs

Zoom in: Columbus-specific data on our area's top five sports jersey searches revealed that none were for local athletes. Ouch.

Yes, but: The Buckeyes will soon play in their second Cotton Bowl of the year, so it's not surprising that was our No. 2 ticket search.

• The top spot went to rapper NBA Youngboy's tour that stopped in Columbus on Sept. 25.

By the numbers: The slang term that everyone in Columbus (and beyond) tried to decipher 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.

😅 Local searchers also tried to decode the NSFW meaning behind the lyrics of Taylor Swift's new song "Wood."