Zeitgeist 2010: How the world searched

United States – Quirky

We see lots of searches on Google each year, billions in fact. Some are serious, some are common, and some are just plain wacky. Here are some of our favorite strange queries from the year.

• Fastest Rising Costumes

  1. snooki costume
  2. katy perry costume
  3. avatar costume
  4. iron man costume
  5. buzz lightyear costume
  6. lady gaga costume
  7. antoine dodson costume
  8. hit girl costume
  9. sock monkey costume
  10. kenny powers costume

• Fastest Rising Dance Moves

  1. dougie dance
  2. zumba dance
  3. glee safety dance
  4. john wall dance
  5. wobble line dance
  6. diski dance
  7. potty dance
  8. shuffle dance
  9. time warp dance
  10. cabbage patch dance

• How to…

  1. how to draw
  2. how to kiss
  3. how to knit
  4. how to meditate
  5. how to dougie
  6. how to flirt
  7. how to hack
  8. how to fight
  9. how to sing
  10. how to dance

• What is…

  1. what is love
  2. what is skype
  3. what is lupus
  4. what is gluten
  5. what is gout
  6. what is twitter
  7. what is autism
  8. what is 3g
  9. what is k2
  10. what is hpv

• Strangest Searches from the Year

  1. can a horse have ocd?
  2. am i bipolar or overachiever?
  3. why are americans afraid of dragons?
  4. ninjas are better than pirates
  5. why is a raven like a writing desk?
  6. why does brian wilson dye his beard?
  7. should i marry him?
  8. i wish i could speak whale
  9. why couldn't you stand on the sun's surface?
  10. why does my baby grunt?

• Fastest Rising Slang

  1. g6
  2. gtl
  3. smh
  4. mlib
  5. jorts
  6. tfln
  7. grenade
  8. iced
  9. rickrolled
  10. dts