National Basketball Association (NBA) rising superstar Jeremy Lin emerged as the top name Singaporeans googled this year, beating out even its founding father Lee Kuan Yew (the infamous Amy Cheong of this saga also made the list), while the Olympics 2012 came out as the top trending search. In its newly released Zeitgeist, Google revealed the top search trends this year in Singapore after analyzing over one trillion search queries it received this year.
South Korea also pretty much dominated our online searches, following the nation’s seemingly abiding love for Korean pop and TV shows. Unsurprisingly, Korean pop sensation Psy’s Gangnam Style was revealed as the top trending song this year – he was also the most searched K-Pop act – as Singaporeans contributed to the over 900 million views that catchy song has received on YouTube. Similarly, South Korean variety show Running Man was the most searched TV show. Korean BBQ even came out 6th in the ‘Food & Drinks’ category.
When it comes to online shopping, UK-based ASOS was the most searched online store but Singapore-based Zalora and Reebonz came out 2nd and 3rd respectively.
“The year-end Zeitgeist is a cultural barometer showing us what quickened our national heartbeat and drove our curiosity,” says Google spokesperson Sana Rahman. “This year, Singaporean searches for the best of Korean music and TV shows that the K-pop wave is more than just a fleeting trend, but rather a phenomenon here to stay.”
Here’s the full list:
| Singapore’s Trending Searches1 Olympics 20122 Gangnam Style
3 SOPA 4 Legoland Malaysia 5 Zerg Rush 6 City Harvest Church 7 JCube 8 Hurricane Sandy 9 KONY 2012 10 US Elections |
Singapore’s Trending People1 Jeremy Lin2 Lee Kuan Yew
3 Whitney Houston 4 Kate Middleton 5 Amy Cheong 6 Amanda Todd 7 Makiyo 8 Kony 9 Adele 10 Usain Bolt |
Trending Songs1 Gangnam Style2 Payphone
3 Titanium 4 Super Bass 5 Drive By 6 Starships 7 Lego House 8 Some Nights 9 Stereo Hearts 10 Wide Awake |
| Most Searched Travel Destinations1 Legoland Malaysia2 Hong Kong
3 Bangkok 4 Bintan 5 Bali 6 Maldives 7 Korea 8 Phuket 9 Langkawi 10 Genting Highlands |
Most Searched Kpop Acts1 Psy2 SNSD
3 Big Bang 4 Hyuna 5 Shinee 6 2NE1 7 Kim Jong Kook 8 Lee Hyori 9 Jay Park 10 SS501 |
Most Searched TV Shows1 Running Man2 Game of Thrones
3 Rooftop Prince 4 Vampire Diaries 5 Fairy Tail 6 Secret Garden 7 Jumong 8 Pretty Little Liars 9 Dream High 2 10 Love Rain |
| Most Searched Foods & Drinks1 Rainbow Cake2 Chilled Beancurd
3 Cupcakes 4 Chocolate Cake 5 Sushi 6 Korean Bbq 7 Pizza 8 Fried Chicken 9 Xiao Long Bao 10 Fish And Chips |
Most Searched Athletes1 Jeremy Lin2 Shinji Kagawa
3 Michael Phelps 4 Robin van Persie 5 Lebron James 6 Eden Hazard 7 Mckayla Maroney 8 Andy Murray 9 Son Yeon Jae 10 Feng Tianwei |
Most Searched News1 Diaoyu Islands2 Loan Shark
3 Syria 4 Eurozone 5 Hurricane Sandy 6 Costa Concordia 7 US Elections 8 Myanmar 9 Fukushima 10 MRT Breakdown |
| Most Searched ‘What is…?’1 What is SOPA?2 What is scientology?
3 What is LTE? 4 What is YOLO? 5 What is Gangnam? 6 What is KONY? 7 What is hypertension? 8 What is sustainability? 9 What is antimatter? 10 What is Bersih? |
Most Searches Newsmakers1 Mitt Romney2 Bo Xilai
3 Ng Boon Gay 4 Zhuo Yongkang 5 Ron Paul 6 Kong Hee 7 Yaw Shin Leong 8 Cecilia Sue 9 Lance Armstrong 10 Howard Shaw |
Most Searched Celebrities1 Kristen Stewart2 Lana Del Rey
3 Kate Upton 4 Tom Hardy 5 Liam Hemsworth 6 Morgan Freeman 7 Josh Hutcherson 8 Jeremy Renner 9 Taylor Schilling 10 Lee Hyun Woo |
| Most Searched Online Stores1 ASOS2 Zalora
3 Reebonz 4 Love Bonito 5 Etsy 6 Urban Outfitters 7 Agneselle 8 Rakuten 9 Hollyhoque 10 Dressabelle |
Most Searched Fashion Labels1 Louis Vuitton2 Kate Spade
3 Longchamp 4 Gucci 5 Chanel 6 Burberry 7 Hermes 8 Miu Miu 9 Balenciaga 10 Ralph Lauren |
Most Searched on Mobile1 Restaurants2 Bars
3 Liverpool 4 Arsenal 5 Manchester United 6 MRT Map 7 Coffee 8 Stomp 9 Euro 2012 10 Gangnam Style |
[Image credit: GQ.com]
[…] National Basketball Association (NBA) rising superstar Jeremy Lin emerged as the top name Singaporeans googled this year, beating out even its founding father Lee Kuan Yew (the infamous Amy Cheong of this saga also made the list), while the Olympics 2012 came out as the top trending search. In its newly released Zeitgeist, Google revealed the top search trends this year in Singapore after analyzing over one trillion search queries it received this year.South Korea also pretty much dominated our online searches, following the nation’s seemingly abiding love for Korean pop and TV shows. Unsurprisingly, Korean pop sensation Psy’s Gangnam Style was revealed as the top trending song this year – he was also the most searched K-Pop act – as Singaporeans contributed to the over 900 million views that catchy song has received on YouTube. Similarly, South Korean variety show Running Man was the most searched TV show. Korean BBQ even came out 6th in the ‘Food & Drinks’ category.When it comes to online shopping, UK-based ASOS was the most searched online store but Singapore-based Zalora and Reebonz came out 2nd and 3rd respectively.“The year-end Zeitgeist is a cultural barometer showing us what quickened our national heartbeat and drove our curiosity,” says Google spokesperson Sana Rahman. “This year, Singaporean searches for the best of Korean music and TV shows that the K-pop wave is more than just a fleeting trend, but rather a phenomenon here to stay.” […]
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