Rio Olympics 2016 top searched topic on Google
Kudos to women power: Seven of the top ten personalities who trended were women including P.V.Sindhu, Dipa Karmakar, and Sakshi Malik
Salman’s blockbuster Sultan and Rajnikant’s Kabali take top spots among trending movies
Mumbai, December 14th, 2016: Google India today released the 2016 recap of trending stories- biggest moments, major events and users interests based on trillions of searches made by Indians on Google this year.
Extending unprecedented support to the Indian contingent this year, the sprawling nation of 1.3 billion moved beyond Cricket, as Rio Olympics 2016 emerged as the top trending search query on Google in 2016. Following up close was a game that took the world by storm, Pokemon Go.
The US presidential elections have always been closely watched in India but this year the interest was further heightened, . US President Donald Trump emerged on top of the list of trending personalities. Following him were the world-class performances by Indian female athletes at the world’s biggest sporting event. Indian badminton star and olympic medalist, P.V.Sindhu took the second spot in the overall trending personality searches. The latest social media obsession Sonam Gupta, made a surprise entry at third position while Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar taking the fourth spot followed by Bollywood actressDisha Patani who recently made her Bollywood debut in a biopic on Indian cricketing star M S Dhoni.Indian female wrestler and Olympic champion Sakshi Malik also featured among the Top 10 trending personalities on Google.
A quick look at the year’s top news moments that captured India’s attention reveals that even though Olympics topped the charts, the historic win for Donald Trump in US elections and Britain's withdrawal from the European Union (Brexit) reflected on India’s rising involvement and interest around global issues. The 7th Pay commission, Demonetization, and the strategic surgical strike on terror groups caught everyone's attention and generated a great deal of search curiosity among Indian users.
Among the Bollywood leads, power packed performance by Sushant Singh Rajput and Disha Pataninot just won them accolades but the duo also emerged on the top trending charts of male and female bollywood stars. When it comes to movies and entertainment, Bollywood Superstar Salman Khan with his blockbuster film 'Sultan' captured the peak position among top trending movies followed closely by Thalaiva Rajinikanth's blockbuster film 'Kabali'. Shahid Kapoor starrer Udta Punjab, Akshay Kumar’sAirlift and Ranbir and Anushka Sharma starrer ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ also made it to the Top 5.
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Top Trending
Searches
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Top Trending
People
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Top Trending
Movies
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Olympic Games Rio 2016
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Donald Trump
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Sultan
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Pokemon Go
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P V Sindhu
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Kabali
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Euro 2016
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Sonam Gupta
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Udta Punjab
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Sultan
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Dipa Karmakar
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Airlift
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Kabali
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Disha Patani
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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
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iphone 7
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Urvashi Rautela
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Sanam Re
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IPL 2016
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Vijay Mallya
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Sairat
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Donald Trump
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Pooja Hegde
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Rustom
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Udta Punjab
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Sakshi Malik
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Housefull 3
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P V Sindhu
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Arnab Goswami
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Mohenjo Daro
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Bollywood Actor (Male)
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Bollywood Actor (Female)
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Top Trending
News Events
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Sushant Singh Rajput
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Disha Patani
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Rio Olympics 2016
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Kabir Bedi
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Urvashi Rautela
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US elections
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Harshvardhan Kapoor
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Pooja Hegde
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Brexit
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Pulkit Samrat
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Mandana Karimi
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7th Pay Commission
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Salman Khan
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Urmila Matondkar
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Auto Expo 2016
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Arshad Warsi
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Nimrat Kaur
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Oscars 2016
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Suraj Pancholi
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Vaani Kapoor
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Demonetization
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Anupam Kher
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Nora Fatehi
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Surgical Strike
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Ranveer Singh
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Kiara Advani
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Zika Virus
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Vicky Kaushal
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Saiyami Kher
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BRICS Summit
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To see more information about Year in Search across the globe, use interactive data visualizations and to watch our annual video, visit google.com/2016.
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