Google Publishes “Local Year in Search 2025” for Charleston

Google has released its annual Year in Search data, reflecting the trillions of queries that shaped the past year. The full results are available on the Google Trends interactive U.S. and global landing pages, but below is a look at the top trending searches for Charleston. These “trending” queries represent searches that saw a significant spike in traffic over a sustained period in 2025 compared with 2024.

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Songs

1. Wood - Taylor Swift

2. Ordinary - Alex Warren

3. Golden - HUNTR/X

4. Soda Pop - Saja Boys

5. Opalite - Taylor Swift

Tickets

1. Make America Slime Again Tour, NBA YoungBoy

2. Breezy Bowl XX, Chris Brown

3. Cowboy Carter Tour, Beyoncé

4. Full Throttle Tour, Jason Aldean

5. The Late Nights & Young Romance Tour, sombr

Jerseys

1. Drake Maye

2. LaMelo Ball

3. Yoshinobu Yamamoto

4. Pittsburgh Steelers

5. Jordan Love

What does [slang] mean?

1. 67

2. Chopped

3. Bop

4. Bubba

5. Based

U.S. Trends: 

Searches

  1. Charlie Kirk
  2. KPop Demon Hunters
  3. Labubu
  4. iPhone 17
  5. One Big Beautiful Bill Act
  6. Zohran Mamdani
  7. DeepSeek
  8. Government shutdown
  9. FIFA Club World Cup
  10. Tariffs

News

  1. One Big Beautiful Bill Act
  2. Government shutdown
  3. Charlie Kirk assassination
  4. Tariffs
  5. No Kings protest
  6. Los Angeles fires
  7. New Pope chosen
  8. Epstein files
  9. U.S. Presidential Inauguration
  10. Hurricane Melissa

People

  1. Zohran Mamdani
  2. Tyler Robinson
  3. d4vd
  4. Erika Kirk
  5. Pope Leo XIV
  6. Shedeur Sanders
  7. Bonnie Blue
  8. Karoline Leavitt
  9. Andy Byron
  10. Jimmy Kimmel

Passings

  1. Charlie Kirk
  2. Gene Hackman
  3. Ozzy Osbourne
  4. Anne Burrell
  5. Diane Keaton
  6. Michelle Trachtenberg
  7. Pope Francis
  8. Hulk Hogan
  9. Malcolm-Jamal Warner
  10. Val Kilmer

Actors

  1. Pedro Pascal
  2. Malachi Barton
  3. Walton Goggins
  4. Pamela Anderson
  5. Charlie Sheen
  6. Eric Dane
  7. Mikey Madison
  8. Aubrey Plaza
  9. Adam Sandler
  10. Justin Baldoni

Athletes

  1. Shedeur Sanders
  2. Terence Crawford
  3. Cooper Flagg
  4. Cam Skattebo
  5. Micah Parsons
  6. Jaxson Dart
  7. Sophie Cunningham
  8. Shilo Sanders
  9. Jalen Carter
  10. Justin Rose

Games

  1. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  2. Battlefield 6
  3. Hollow Knight: Silksong
  4. ARC Raiders
  5. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
  6. Borderlands 4
  7. Pokémon Legends: Z-A
  8. Monster Hunter Wilds
  9. Madden NFL 26
  10. Clash Royale

Movies

  1. KPop Demon Hunters
  2. Sinners
  3. The Minecraft Movie
  4. Happy Gilmore 2
  5. Thunderbolts*
  6. F1
  7. Jurassic World Rebirth
  8. Final Destination Bloodlines
  9. Weapons
  10. The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Musicians

  1. d4vd
  2. KATSEYE
  3. Bad Bunny
  4. Sombr
  5. Doechii
  6. Jonas Brothers
  7. Alex Warren
  8. Coldplay
  9. NBA YoungBoy
  10. Benson Boone

Songs

  1. Wood - Taylor Swift
  2. DtMF - Bad Bunny
  3. Golden - HUNTR/X
  4. Fate of Ophelia - Taylor Swift
  5. Father Figure - Taylor Swift
  6. Predador de perereca - MC Jhey and BLOW RECORDS
  7. Soda Pop - Saja Boys
  8. Opalite - Taylor Swift
  9. Ordinary - Alex Warren
  10. Takedown - HUNTR/X

TV Shows

  1. The Hunting Wives
  2. The White Lotus
  3. The Pitt
  4. The Summer I Turned Pretty
  5. Squid Game
  6. Severance
  7. MobLand
  8. Adolescence
  9. Andor
  10. IT: Welcome To Derry

Sports Teams

  1. Seattle Mariners
  2. Oklahoma City Thunder
  3. Indiana Pacers
  4. Toronto Blue Jays
  5. Paris Saint-Germain F.C.
  6. Los Angeles F.C.
  7. S.L. Benfica
  8. Club León
  9. San Diego F.C.
  10. Fluminense F.C.

Trends

  1. AI action figure
  2. AI Barbie
  3. Holy airball
  4. AI Ghostface
  5. AI Polaroid
  6. Chicken jockey
  7. Bacon avocado
  8. Anxiety dance
  9. Unfortunately, I do love
  10. Ghibli

Viral Dishes

  1. Hot honey cottage cheese sweet potato beef bowl
  2. Dumpling bake
  3. Cabbage boil
  4. Iceberg lettuce salad
  5. Carrot salad
  6. Protein muffins
  7. Turkish pasta
  8. Onion ring chips
  9. Crockpot turkey breast
  10. Ditalani pasta

Explained

  1. The Woman in the Yard
  2. Sinners
  3. Weapons
  4. Adolescence
  5. Sirens
  6. House of Dynamite
  7. Straw
  8. The Hunting Wives
  9. We Were Liars
  10. Wayward

Travel Itinerary

  1. Boston
  2. Seattle
  3. Tokyo
  4. New York
  5. Prague
  6. London
  7. San Diego
  8. Acadia National Park
  9. Edinburgh
  10. Miami

Casts

  1. KPop Demon Hunters
  2. The Hunting Wives
  3. Nonnas
  4. Ransom Canyon
  5. MobLand
  6. Running Point
  7. American Primeval
  8. We Were Liars
  9. 9-1-1: Nashville
  10. Zero Day

Reunions

  1. Love Island
  2. Baddies Midwest
  3. The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives
  4. Baddies Africa
  5. Love Is Blind Season 8
  6. Everybody Loves Raymond
  7. Love Is Blind Season 9
  8. Hamilton
  9. Bachelor in Paradise
  10. Love is Blind: UK Season 2

Podcasts

  1. New Heights
  2. The Charlie Kirk Show
  3. IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
  4. This Is Gavin Newsom
  5. Good Hang with Amy Poehler
  6. Khloé in Wonder Land
  7. The Severance Podcast
  8. The Rosary in a Year
  9. Unbothered
  10. The Bryce Crawford Podcast

Mocktails

  1. Monocane
  2. Sunrise
  3. Lavender lemon drop
  4. Blackberry Bramble
  5. Dirty soda
  6. Caramel apple
  7. Elderflower tonic
  8. Hugo Spritz
  9. Raspberry leaf tea
  10. Postpartum

Concert Outfits

  1. Cowboy Carter
  2. KATSEYE
  3. Katy Perry
  4. Lady Gaga
  5. Benson Boone
  6. Chris Brown
  7. Kelsea Ballerini
  8. Megan Moroney
  9. Tate McRae
  10. Kesha

Why do kids say

  1. 67
  2. Sigma
  3. 41
  4. Skibidi
  5. Ohio
  6. Rizz
  7. Good boy
  8. Skibidi toilet
  9. Aura
  10. Chat

Hum to Search

  1. Golden - HUNTR/X
  2. Ordinary - Alex Warren
  3. Anxiety - Doechii
  4. Love Me Not - Ravyn Lenae
  5. NOKIA - Drake
  6. 30 For 30 - SZA ft. Kendrick Lamar
  7. All The Way - BigXthaPlug
  8. YOUR WAY'S BETTER - Forrest Frank
  9. Mystical Magical - Benson Boone
  10. Burning Blue - Mariah the Scientist

Google Maps - Bookstores

  1. Powell's City of Books
  2. Strand Book Store
  3. The Last Bookstore
  4. Kinokuniya New York
  5. Stanford University Bookstore
  6. McKay's Nashville
  7. Beacon Hill Books & Cafe
  8. Half Price Books
  9. Elliott Bay Book Company
  10. BOOKOFF New York

Google Maps - Transit station

  1. Grand Central Terminal
  2. Penn Station
  3. Port Authority Bus Terminal
  4. Newark-Penn Station
  5. Chicago Union Station
  6. Union Station
  7. William H. Gray III 30th Street
  8. San Francisco 4th and King Street station
  9. Ogilvie Transportation Center
  10. New Haven-Union Station

Google Maps - State Parks

  1. Watkins Glen State Park
  2. Valley of Fire State Park
  3. Liberty State Park
  4. Starved Rock State Park
  5. Silver Falls State Park
  6. Letchworth State Park
  7. Blue Spring State Park
  8. Palo Duro Canyon State Park
  9. Point Lobos State Natural Reserve
  10. Crater of Diamonds State Park

Google Maps - Campground

  1. Ginnie Springs Outdoors, LLC
  2. Ocean Lakes Family Campground
  3. Mather Campground
  4. The Campsites at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort
  5. Chalk Bluff River Resort and Park
  6. Nashville KOA Resort
  7. Nelson Ledges Quarry Park
  8. Krause Springs
  9. Big Meadows Campground
  10. Lakewood Camping Resort