Google Zeitgeist

That's Entertaining

There's always something on-screen to keep us entertained–whether it's a show, song, sexy vampire or the occasional Internet meme. Here are some of the most popular queries in the world of entertainment this year. Unless otherwise noted, these queries were most popular in the U.S. in 2009.

Late-Night Battles

It was a big year in late-night talk shows. After a major schedule shake-up, Leno's on during primetime, Conan's on early, and Letterman 'fessed up to personal foibles.

Lyrics

  1. poker face (lady gaga)
  2. halo (beyonce)
  3. love story (taylor swift)
  4. the climb (miley cyrus)
  5. down (jay sean)
  6. just dance (lady gaga)
  7. birthday sex (jeremih)
  8. use somebody (kings of leon)
  9. heartless (kanye west)
  10. fireflies (owl city)

TV Shows

  1. glee
  2. bones
  3. fringe
  4. ncis
  5. castle
  6. house
  7. wipeout
  8. medium
  9. leverage
  10. kings

Video Games

  1. ghostbuster
  2. ufc
  3. saw
  4. bakugan
  5. batman arkham asylum
  6. twilight
  7. fifa 2010
  8. modern warfare
  9. transformers 2
  10. resident evil 5

Internet Memes

  1. kanye west
  2. xzhibit
  3. courage dog
  4. three wolf moon
  5. gentlemen
  6. keyboard cat
  7. candlejack
  8. csi miami
  9. lolcats
  10. i accidentally

Movie Trailers

  1. new moon
  2. transformers 2
  3. bruno
  4. avatar
  5. star trek
  6. twilight
  7. gi joe
  8. 2012
  9. paranormal activity
  10. watchmen

Concert Tickets

  1. taylor swift
  2. jonas brothers
  3. u2
  4. coldplay
  5. blink 182
  6. bruce springsteen
  7. kenny chesney
  8. britney spears
  9. nickelback
  10. rascal flatts