We don’t acknowledge enough how vital is online search for everyday life, we are constantly looking up information and it has been this way since the late 90s when the internet became part of our day to day.

During the 2000s, searching was essential, not just background behavior. If you looked something up, it was because you wanted to learn more, keep up and understand what was going on before getting to hear about it on the news.

Every decade has its most searched topics, which really paint a picture on what was the public interest, and how these events, or people, shaped everyone’s minds.