{"id":1383,"date":"2023-12-11T18:28:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T18:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/google-barbie-and-shakira-among-most-searched-in-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-12-11T18:28:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T18:28:03","slug":"google-barbie-and-shakira-among-most-searched-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/google-barbie-and-shakira-among-most-searched-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Google: Barbie and Shakira among most searched in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google: Barbie and Shakira among most searched in 2023<\/p>\n

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By Tom Gerken<\/div>\n
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2023 was the year of big films and celebrity deaths – if Google’s yearly review is to be believed.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Barbie and Oppenheimer were the most searched films in 2023, at least when people weren’t looking for news about those who passed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Footballers Kylian Mbappe and Harry Kane were heavily searched for while Shakira was most Googled in music.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The results are based on the terms that had the highest spike in search in 2023 when compared to previous years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Cinema-goers broke records by seeing Barbie, about the doll’s feminist awakening, and Oppenheimer, about the development of the atomic bomb, back-to-back.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The films took \u00a330m in their opening weekend, which was the best for the industry since 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Meanwhile, Shakira was in the news twice in 2023, first making headlines in January for her song about ex-partner Gerard Pique, which broke YouTube records in Latin America.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She then found herself in the spotlight throughout the second half of the year after she was accused of tax fraud in Spain – which she settled for \u20ac7.5m (\u00a36.5m) out of court, while denying any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The considerable interest in Barbie and Oppenheimer resulted in the creation of a new word – Barbenheimer – to capture how many people were talking about them at the same time. The two films are now leading the way in Golden Globe nominations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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And while Barbenheimer was the big cultural moment in film, people in the UK also searched for Guardians of the Galaxy 3 – which came out in May – while the 9th most-searched movie was Netflix special Bank of Dave, an optimistic story based on Burnley businessman Dave Fishwick.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Fans remember Matthew Perry<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Unsurprisingly, many of the searches made in 2023 were looking for information on those who passed away.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Friends star Matthew Perry, who died in October, aged 54, garnered most searches globally in this category.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Perry was also much loved by gamers for his appearance as Benny in Fallout: New Vegas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Tina Turner, Sinead O’Connor and Paul O’Grady were also the subject of many searches in the UK, as was S Club 7 star Paul Cattermole, who died weeks after the band announced a comeback tour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Meanwhile, Smash Mouth was the fourth-most-searched music act globally in 2023, after frontman Steve Harwell died aged 56 in September.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The band is most-known for their hit All Star which, amongst other things, appeared in 1999 films Mystery Men and Inspector Gadget, and served as the title music of 2001 cult classic Shrek.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Footballers lead athlete searches<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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French footballer Kylian Mbappe – considered to be one of the best in the world – was one of the most-searched for athletes in 2023, while Englishman Harry Kane also made the list after his high-profile \u00a386.4m move to Bayern Munich in August.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Kane has had a fantastic season so far in Germany, having scored 18 times in just 13 league games for Bayern.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But the most-searched for athlete is a name that might not be familiar to many in the UK – American football star Damar Hamlin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Buffalo Bills player collapsed during a National Football League game in January and was resuscitated on the field.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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After a long period of rehabilitation, he made his first regular season appearance for the Bills in October, drawing international interest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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