Top 10 Lists-O-Rama
What can online searches — especially a billion or so — tell us? In a way, the nonstop stream on Yahoo! can be an instant poll of our online curiosities and interests. Stepping back and taking a year's view can give insight into our collective behavior — what distracted us, what obsessed us, what involved us. In addition to the annual Top 10 Searches, News Stories, and other major trends, we've also pulled together a few more (let's say 30) wide-ranging rankings that span everything from questions we type into the search box to our favorite sports teams.
A note about our methodology: To develop the Yahoo! Year in Review, we editors analyze Yahoo! Search queries based on a number of factors, including absolute volume and the growth from previous periods, to see which themes and trends bubble to the surface. Individuals and their Search queries always remain anonymous. Top searched refers to searches with the highest volume. Spiking refers to searches with the greatest change from one year to the next.
Memes & Questions
2012 top meme searches on Yahoo!
KONY 2012
Binders full of women
Hurricane Sandy fake storm photos
Ridiculously photogenic guy
Big Bird
Dogshaming
Stingray photobomb
Eastwooding
Etch A Sketch
McKayla Maroney is not impressed
2012 top questions asked on Yahoo!
How to cook pumpkin seeds
Where do I vote
What is the electoral college
Who is winning the presidential race
What is a blue moon
When is Father’s Day
How to boil eggs
When is Sweetest Day
What time is it in London
How to cook pork tenderloin
2012 top ‘where is’ searches on Yahoo!
Where is the Super Bowl 2012
Where is Monica Lewinsky
Where is Bora Bora
Where is Ecuador
Where is Amy Robach going
Where is Chuck Norris
Where is Croatia
Where is Tunisia
Where is Annie Dookhan from
Where is Notre Dame
2012 top 'definition of' searches on Yahoo!
Define reductive
Define secede
Define truancy
Define optimal
Define vetted
Define bloviate
Define austerity
Define concede
Define narcissism
Define renege
2012 top ‘who is’ searches on Yahoo!
Who is the girl with the dragon tattoo
Who is Elizabeth Smart
Who is Joseph Kony
Who is Aviva Drescher
Who is leaving Grey’s Anatomy
Who is Uncle Drew
Who is James Holmes
Who is Paul Ryan
Who is Honey Boo Boo
Who is Ann Coulter
2012 top ‘what is’ searches on Yahoo!
What is SOPA
What is love
What is the "Hunger Games" about
What is KONY
What is a zip line
What is Obamacare
What is Scientology
What is a blue moon
What is tapenade
What is the electoral college
2012 top ‘how to’ searches on Yahoo!
How to make a diaper cake
How to buy Facebook stock
How to build a deck
How to boil an egg
How to cook corn on the cob
How to cook swiss chard
How to make salsa
How to get rid of bags under the eyes
How to make cake pops
How to cook pumpkin seeds
Farewells
2012 top farewell searches on Yahoo! (alphabetical)
Kyle Bennett
Sarah Burke
Robin Gibb
Sam Gibbons
Andy Griffith
Whitney Houston
Alex Karras
Junior Seau
Sage Stallone
Adam Yauch
2012 top searches for TV & radio personalities on Yahoo!
Rush Limbaugh
Ellen DeGeneres
Kelly Ripa
Chris Matthews
Robin Roberts
Maria Menounos
Paula Deen
Katie Couric
Oprah Winfrey
Howard Stern
Finance
2012 top financial terms on Yahoo!
Facebook IPO
Coupons
Jobs
Gas prices
FAFSA
Resumes and cover letters
Gold prices
Mortgage rates
Student loans
Oil prices
2012 top spiking financial terms on Yahoo!
Stamp prices
Stocks to buy
Mortgage deal
30-year mortgage rate
1040 instructions
Stimulus payment schedule
10 best mutual funds
New home sales
Top 10 stocks
Free tax filing
2012 top 'job' searches on Yahoo!
Work from home jobs
Kaiser Permanente jobs
Government/federal jobs
Part-time jobs
Walmart jobs
Truck driving jobs
Target jobs
FedEx jobs
Costco jobs
home depot jobs
Politicians
2012 top politician searches on Yahoo!
Barack Obama
Mitt Romney
Sarah Palin
Ron Paul
Hillary Clinton
Rick Santorum
John Edwards
Paul Ryan
Elizabeth Warren
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Shopping
2012 top gadget searches on Yahoo!
iPhone 5
iPad 3
iPad mini
Samsung Galaxy S3
Kindle Fire
iPhone 4
Nook
iPod Touch
Samsung Galaxy Tab
Samsung Galaxy Note
2012 top jean searches on Yahoo!
Levi’s
True Religion
Miss Me
Wrangler
Lucky Brand
Lee jeans
YMI
Not Your Daughter’s Jeans
Silver jeans
Apple Bottom
2012 top coupon/deal searches on Yahoo!
Dick’s Sporting goods coupons
Kohl’s coupons
Grocery coupons
JCPenney coupons
Hobby Lobby coupons
Lowe’s coupons
Michael’s coupons
Pizza Hut coupons
Zappos coupons
Chuck E. Cheese coupons
Entertainment
2012 top female celebrity searches on Yahoo!
Kim Kardashian
Kate Upton
Lindsay Lohan
Jennifer Lopez
Katy Perry
Kristen Stewart
Miley Cyrus
Britney Spears
Scarlett Johansson
Jennifer Aniston
2012 top male celebrity searches on Yahoo!
Justin Bieber
Robert Pattinson
Clint Eastwood
Johnny Depp
Chris Brown
Channing Tatum
John Travolta
Lamar Odom
Brad Pitt
Tom Cruise
2012 top 10 celebrity baby searches on Yahoo!
Beyoncé & Jay‐Z’s baby
Kourtney Kardashian’s baby
Jessica Simpson’s baby
Snooki’s baby
Giuliana Rancic’s baby
Jennifer Garner’s baby
Tori Spelling’s baby
Vanessa Minnillo & Nick Lachey’s baby
Kristin Cavallari’s baby
Kelsey Grammer baby
2012 top song and lyric searches on Yahoo!
"Call Me Maybe" (Carly Rae Jepsen)
"Gangnam Style" (Psy)
"Someone Like You" (Adele)
"Somebody That I Used to Know" (Gotye)
"Sexy and I Know It (LMFAO)
"We Are Young (Fun.)
"Rolling in the Deep" (Adele)
"You Belong with Me" (Taylor Swift)
"What Makes You Beautiful" (One Direction)
"Gummy Bear Song" (Gummibär)
2012 top music artist searches on Yahoo!
Whitney Houston
Jennifer Lopez
Katy Perry
Justin Bieber
Britney Spears
Miley Cyrus
Beyoncé
Selena Gomez
Chris Brown
Taylor Swift
2012 top spiking tours/concerts on Yahoo!
Van Halen tour
Aerosmith tour
Rolling Stones tour
Iron Maiden tour
New Edition tour
Maroon 5 tour
Barbra Streisand tour
Adele tour
"American Idol" tour
Dave Matthews tour
Recipes
2012 top recipe searches on Yahoo!
Chicken recipes
Crockpot recipes
Halloween recipes
Vegetarian recipes
Salmon recipes
Beef stew recipes
Zucchini recipes
Eggplant recipes
Cake recipes
Shrimp recipes
2012 top spiking recipe searches on Yahoo!
Barbecue recipes
Easter recipes
Banana smoothie recipes
Irish recipes
Ham recipes
6 easy Halloween recipes
Paleo diet recipes
Leg of lamb recipes
Avocado recipes
Pumpkin recipes
2012 most appetizing yet stomach‐turning searches on Yahoo!
Candy corn Oreos
Pork doughnuts
Bacon ice cream
Flamin' Hot Cheetos
Deep fried strawberries
Beer milkshake
Fried Kool‐Aid
Guinness cupcakes
Maple bacon beer
Grape jelly meatballs
Health
2012 top health 'symptom' searches on Yahoo!
Diabetes symptoms
Lung cancer symptoms
Depression symptoms
Colon cancer symptoms
Prostate cancer symptoms
Heart attack symptoms
Pregnancy symptoms
Shingles symptoms
Gall bladder symptoms
Lupus symptoms
Sports
2012 standout sports searches on Yahoo!
Olympics opening ceremony
Kim Mulkey makes NCAA history
Australian Open
Ekaterina Makarova’s win over Serena Williams
NCAA brackets 2012
Wimbledon
Preakness
US Open golf
Sarah Phillip
Giro d’Italia 95th edition
2012 athlete searches on Yahoo!
Tiger Woods
Maria Sharapova
Peyton Manning
Danica Patrick
Amanda Beard
Tim Tebow
Jeremy Lin
Anna Kournikova
Lolo Jones
Serena Williams
2012 top sports team searches on Yahoo!
Dallas Cowboys
New York Yankees
Los Angeles Lakers
San Francisco Giants
Detroit Tigers
Pittsburgh Steelers
Green Bay Packers
St. Louis Cardinals
San Francisco 49ers
Oakland A’s
2012 top Olympian searches on Yahoo!!
Maria Sharapova
Lolo Jones
Serena Williams
Hope Solo
McKayla Maroney
Caroline Wozniacki
Leryn Franco
Michael Phelps
Misty May‐Treanor
Aly Raisman