Google named the most popular queries of 2009

The company Google on December 1 called the most popular search queries in 2009. The fastest-growing inquiries in the United States were “Michael Jackson”, “Facebook” and “Tuenti”. The most rapidly losing popularity - "beijing 2008", "euro 2008" and "heath ledger".

In Russia, the fastest growing popularity of the query "windows 7". The most popular requests were “download”, “photo” and “classmates”. It is worth noting that the name of another large social network, “V kontakte”, fell only to tenth place in the ranking.

The events of the year in Russia, according to Google, include Eurovision 2009, earthquakes in Italy and the collision of satellites. The newsmakers of the year were Yury Luzhkov, Vladimir Putin and Alexey Kudrin.
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In addition, the Russian division of Google called "I want" and "why" of the year. Most often, users wrote in the search box "I want a girl," "I want to sleep" and "I want to live." The “why” rating included the questions “why Putin is a crab,” “why I'm lonely” and “why the sky is blue”

UPD: View statistics for each request


In Russia

Fastest growing requests of the year

1. windows 7
2. classmates.ru my page
3. mail
4. VKontakte
5. movies online
6. torrent
7. online translator
8. work in Russia
9. Eurovision 2009
10. opera 10

Newsmakers of the year

1. Yuri Luzhkov
2. Vladimir Putin
3. Alexey Kudrin
4. Rashid Nurgaliyev
5. Mikhail Khodorkovsky
6. Nikita Mikhalkov
7. Alla Pugacheva
8. Gennady Onishchenko
9. Anatoly Chubais
10. Arsene Wenger

"I want" of the year

1. girl
2. sleep
3. live
4. dog
5. get pregnant
6. a lot of money
7. believe
8. fall in love
9. work
10. what I want

Top queries of the year

1. download
2. photo
3. classmates
4. games
5. work
6. program
7. weather
8. pictures
9. map
10. in contact

Events of the year

1. Eurovision 2009
2. earthquake in Italy
3. satellite collision
4. swine flu
5. ege
6. financial crisis
7. hockey chm 2009
8. Night of Museums 2009
9. gas pipeline explosion
10. election of the patriarch

"Why" of the year

1. Putin crab
2. I'm alone
3. the sky is blue
4. dollar grows
5. men change
6. I'm a loser
7. round hatches
8. grass is green
9. cats purr
10. I'm a fool