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Google is out with its year-end zeitgeist, providing a look at what the world searched for when they thought no one was looking.
Washington’s top searches (the ones with the “highest amount of traffic over a sustained period in 2013 as compared to 2012”) include terms you may suspect, like the government shutdown and North Korea. (Remember when they were going to nuke us? Good times.) But, like the rest of America, D.C. is also pretty celebrity (and tragedy!) obsessed with Paul Walker and Cory Monteith making the both for top ten trending searches and people.
The really interesting (see: sad) stuff comes in with the “How to” and “What is?” searches. “What is twerking?” Washington wondered, while also questioning “What is hummus?” and “What is Easter?” “How to pray?” we needed to know. “How to relax?” D.C. asked the Internet while also seeking the answer to “How to screenshot?”
See a full list of top trending searches below.
Top trending searches
Boston Marathon
Aaron Hernandez
iPhone 5s
Lil Wayne
Cory Monteith
Jodi Arias
Government shutdown
Paul Walker
North Korea
Royal baby
Top trending events
Boston Marathon
Government shutdown
Memorial Day 2013
Super Bowl 2013
Inauguration
Thanksgiving 2013
Labor Day 2013
Oklahoma Tornado
Oscars 2013
Cherry Blossom 2013
Top trending politics/news
Boston Marathon
Government shutdown
North Korea
Navy Yard shooting
Zimmerman trial
Inauguration
DOMA
Sequestration
Pope
Miley Cyrus VMAs
Top trending people
Aaron Henandez
Lil Wayne
Cory Monteith
Jodi Arias
Paul Walker
Royal baby
Paula Deen
Kate Middleton
Trayon Martin
Amanda Bynes
Top trend technology
iPhone 56
iOS 7
iPhone 5c
Galaxy S4
Xbox One
iPhone 6
Playstation 4
HTC One
Nexus 5
Vine
Top trending films
Iron Man 3
Man of Steel
Sharknado
World War Z
The Conjuring
The Purge
Zero Dark Thirty
Fruitvale Station
Pacific Rim
Spring Breakers
Top trending sport
Mayweather vs. Canelo
Red Sox
NFL Draft 2013
Masters 2013
Wimbledon 2013
NBC Draft 2013
Bruins
Pittsburgh Penguins
World Baseball Classic
March Madness 2013
Top Zagat searches
Jaleo
Clyde’s
Hank’s Oyster Bar
Chef Geoff
Black Salt
J. Gilbert’s
Lincoln
Taylor Gourmet
Inn at Little Washington
Bistro Bistro
Top trending “What is” searches
What is twerking?
What is ricin?
What is path?
What is sequestration?
What is DOMA?
What is Obamacare?
What is CISPA?
What is Easter?
What is Bitcoin?
What is hummus?
Top trending “How to” searches
How to screenshot?
How to Wop?
How to flirt?
How to footnote?
How to pray?
How to paint?
How to twerk?
How to rap?
How to run?
How to relax?
