Sorry Kim Kardashian, you didn't break the Internet this year. The honor of No. 1 trending search on Google actually went to Robin Williams. The Mountain View, Calif., search engine giant released its annual list of top trending items on Tuesday. Williams led the list of trending searches in the U.S. and globally, followed by the World Cup, Ebola and Malaysia Airlines. "The passing of beloved comedian and actor Robin Williams shook the world, bringing many people online to search for more information and to remember," Google said. "There was even an uptick in searches related to depression tests and mental health in the days following his death." Trending searches are the ones that had the highest spike in traffic over a sustained period in 2014 compared with 2013.
GLOBAL TRENDING SEARCHES
Robin Williams
World Cup
Ebola
Malaysia Airlines
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Flappy Bird
Conchita Wurst
ISIS
Frozen
Sochi Olympics
U.S. TRENDING SEARCHES
Robin Williams
World Cup
Ebola
Malaysia Airlines
Flappy Bird
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
ISIS
Ferguson
Frozen
Ukraine
U.S. TRENDING HOW TO …? (FYI, last year's was 'How to twerk …')
How to Airdrop
How to Contour
How to Vote
How to Kiss
How to Craft
How to Colorblock
How to Wakeboard
How to Refurbish
How to Delegate
How to DIY
U.S. TRENDING WHAT IS …?
What is Ebola?
What is ALS
What is ISIS?
What is Bitcoin?
What is Asphyxia?
What is Gamergate?
What is WhatsApp?
What is MERS?
What is Hamas?
What is Airdrop?
U.S. TRENDING CELEBRITY LOSSES
Robin Williams
Joan Rivers
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Maya Angelou
Jan Hooks
Harold Ramis
Shirley Temple
Lauren Bacall
Mickey Rooney
James Avery
U.S. TRENDING DONATIONS
Donate to ALS
Donate to Ebola
Donate to Breast Cancer
Donate to Goodwill
Donate for Veterans
Donate Blood
Donate Cars
Donate Bone Marrow
Donate Books
Donate Cellphones
GLOBAL TRENDING PEOPLE
Jennifer Lawrence
Kim Kardashian
Julie Gayet
Tracy Morgan
Renée Zellweger
Jared Leto
Lorde
Matthew McConaughey
Amal Alamuddin
Donald Sterling
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