Google favourites for 2011

Fastest rising searches:

1. WhatsApp
   
2. Rugby World Cup 2011
   
3. Royal wedding
   
4. Facebook
   
5. Amy Winehouse
   
6. Adele
   
7. Gadhafi
   
8. iPhone 5
   
9. Velvet sky
   
10. Steve Jobs
    

Fastest rising people:

1. Amy Winehouse
   
2. Adele
   
3. Gaddafi
   
4. Steve Jobs
   
5. Darren Scott
   
6. Sonny Bill Williams
   
7. Nicki Minaj
   
8. Selena Gomez
   
9. Chris Brown
   
10. Mandela
    

Top news:

1. Julius Malema
   
2. Kaizer Chiefs
   
3. Orlando Pirates
   
4. Facebook
   
5. News24
   
6. YouTube
   
7. ANC Youth League
   
8. Nelson Mandela
   
9. Manchester United
   
10. Arsenal
    

Top images:

1. Facebook
   
2. Nicki Minaj
   
3. Love
   
4. Selena Gomez
   
5. Cars
   
6. Rihanna
   
7. Flowers
   
8. YouTube
   
9. Justin Bieber
   
10. Beyoncé
    

Top celebrities:

1. Kim Kardashian
   
2. Idols
   
3. Beyoncé
   
4. Britney
   
5. Rihanna
   
6. Megan Fox
   
7. Angelina Jolie
   
8. Scarlett Johansson
   
9. Mariah Carey
   
10. Jennifer Aniston
    

Top "what is":

1. What is Facebook
   
2. What is love
   
3. What is life
   
4. What is HIV
   
5. What is research
   
6. What is technology
   
7. What is energy
   
8. What is aids
   
9. What is cancer
   
10. What is Ubuntu
    

Fastest rising song lyrics:

1. Judas
   
2. Super Bass
   
3. Adele
   
4. Man Down
   
5. Coming Home
   
6. Grenade
   
7. Selena Gomez
   
8. Rick Ross
   
9. Rihanna
   
10. Lil Wayne
    

Top sports searches:

1. Super Rugby Fixtures
   
2. Wimbledon Live Scores
   
3. Rugby World Cup 2011
   
4. Tri Nations 2011
   
5. Billabong Pro 2011
   
6. Super Rugby Results
   
7. Dakar Rally 2011
   
8. Foxsports Fantasty Rugby
   
9. Tabgold Racecard
   
10. Xscore
    

Top soccer searches:

1. Spbo Live Score
   
2. Afcon Qualifiers
   
3. Vodacom Challenge 2011
   
4. Soccer Livescore
   
5. Orlando Pirates News
   
6. Goal.Com
   
7. Kaizer Chiefs Fixtures
   
8. Copa Del Rey
   
9. Psl League Table
   
10. Copa America 2011
    

Top TV searches:

1. Survivor Tocantins Winner
   
2. Bigbrother Amplified
   
3. American Idols 2011
   
4. The Bachelor Jake
   
5. The Bachelorette Jillian
   
6. The Bachelorette Ali
   
7. American Idols 2011
   
8. Xfactor Usa
   
9. Mentalist Season 4
   
10. Topgear Festival
    

Global Fastest Rising Queries:

1. Rebecca Black
   
2. Google +
   
3. Ryan Dunn
   
4. Casey Anthony
   
5. Battlefield 3
   
6. Iphone 5
   
7. Adele
   
8. Tokyo Electric Power Company
   
9. Steve Jobs
   
10. IPad 2
    

Google reveals the internet "Zeitgeist" (German for "the spirit of the times") through an exploration of the billions of search queries it receives each year. In addition to the Year-end Zeitgeist, which highlights the top trends of 2011, it also has several tools that give insight into global, regional, past and present search trends. The tools can never be used to identify individual users because it relies on anonymous, aggregated counts of how often certain search queries occur over time. These tools are available year-round from www.googlezeitgeist.com/en.