The historic Supreme Court ruling recognizing gay marriage at both the state and federal level was among the most searched news events on Google this year, with over 180 million searches. (REUTERS/Gary Cameron)
Searches on the Paris attacks spread quickly around the world as news spread of the incidents with over 897 million searches. The day ended with the highest search interest in Paris in the history of Google. (REUTERS/Philippe Wojaze)
Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce Jenner, re-introduced herself to the world on the cover of Vanity Fair, leading to 366 million searches. “Who is Caitlyn Jenner?” the world asked. Jenner’s announcement sparked more interest than ever before about the transgender community, with search terms such as “What is transgender?” and “Am I transgender?” (REUTERS/Carlo Allegri)
Black Lives Matter was a social justice movement everyone was talking about in 2015, as evidenced by 189 million queries. A year after Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson, other names became popular search topics: Walter Scott, Freddie Gray, Laquan McDonald. Two slogans central to the protest movement became part of the national conversation, and popular search terms as well: “Hands up don’t shoot” and “I can’t breathe”. (REUTERS/Craig Lassig)
The plight of the migrants and Europe’s refugee crisis resulted in over 23 million searches on Google. The top searched question on the crisis in the U.S. was ‘What is a refugee?’, while in Britain it was ‘Why do immigrants come to Europe?’. In Hungary the top question was ‘How should Christians respond to the migrant crisis?’ (REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis)
The “fight of the century” between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao resulted in 216 million Google searches. Among the top questions on the fight ‘What time does the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight start?’ and What channel is Mayweather vs. Pacquiao on?'( Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports)
