Zeitgeist 2010: How the world searched

United States – Sports

From the Olympics to the World Cup, 2010 was a huge year for sport fans. Americans searched for new sports channels, their favorite athletes and winning teams.

• Spirit of the World Cup

  1. paul the octopus
  2. vuvuzela
  3. world cup concert
  4. espn 3
  5. shakira
  6. ghana
  7. netherlands
  8. espn radio
  9. univision
  10. abc

• Fastest Rising Sports Queries

  1. world cup schedule
  2. olympics
  3. lebron james
  4. espn 3
  5. ufc
  6. world cup scores
  7. ryder cup
  8. curling
  9. randy moss
  10. shaun white

• Winter Olympics Queries

  1. ctv olympics
  2. olympics medal counts
  3. olympics luge crash
  4. vancouver olympics schedule
  5. curling olympics
  6. hockey olympics
  7. lindsey vonn
  8. ski cross
  9. men's halfpipe
  10. kim yuna

• Coaches

  1. mike krzyzewski (duke basketball)
  2. wade phillips (dallas cowboys)
  3. bruce pearl (tennessee basketball)
  4. wendell hudson (alabama football)
  5. josh mcdaniels (denver broncos)
  6. brad stevens (butler basketball)
  7. jim caldwell (indianapolis colts)
  8. rex ryan (new york jets)
  9. phil jackson (la lakers)
  10. erik spoelstra (miami heat)

• Most Popular Athletes

  1. chael sonnen
  2. lorenzen wright
  3. scotty lago
  4. diego forlan
  5. brett favre
  6. vincent jackson
  7. darrelle revis
  8. apolo ohno
  9. buster posey
  10. sidney rice

• Fastest Rising Baseball Players

  1. tim lincecum
  2. armando galarraga
  3. colby lewis
  4. ubaldo jimenez
  5. cody ross
  6. edinson volquez
  7. tyler colvin
  8. cliff lee
  9. roy oswalt
  10. lance berkman

• Fastest Rising Basketball Players

  1. amare stoudemire
  2. carmelo anthony
  3. donte west
  4. lebron james
  5. nate robinson
  6. chris bosh
  7. lorenzen wright
  8. mel turpin
  9. tracy mcgrady
  10. steve blake

• Fastest Rising Football Players

  1. vincent jackson
  2. randy moss
  3. miles austin
  4. drew brees
  5. reggie bush
  6. wade phillips
  7. colt mccoy
  8. brett favre
  9. tim tebow
  10. andre johnson

• Fastest Rising Soccer Players

  1. david villa
  2. mesut ozil
  3. kevin prince
  4. sami khedira
  5. cristiano ronaldo
  6. miroslav klose
  7. manuel neuer
  8. jesus navas
  9. diego forlan
  10. gonzalo higuan

• Fastest Rising Tennis Players

  1. venus williams
  2. francesca schiavone
  3. mikhail youzhny
  4. john isner
  5. tsvetana pironkova
  6. nicolas mahut
  7. ryan harrison
  8. samantha stosur
  9. teymuraz gabashvili
  10. paul annacone