--- title: "A Year in Singaporean Search: Google’s Top Searches of 2012" date: 2012-12-13 10:31:52 permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2012/12/13/a-year-in-singaporean-search-googles-top-searches-of-2012/ author: Lester Chan categories: - Web tags: - "2012" - Google - search - Singapore - Zeitgeist --- Today, Google announced its annual Zeitgeist, a look at 2012 through the collective eyes of the world on the web, offering a unique perspective on the year’s major events and hottest trends based on searches conducted in Singapore. | **Singapore’s Trending Searches**1. Olympics 2012 2. Gangnam Style 3. SOPA 4. Legoland Malaysia 5. Zerg Rush 6. City Harvest Church 7. JCube 8. Hurricane Sandy 9. KONY 2012 10. US Elections | **Singapore’s Trending People**1. Jeremy Lin 2. Lee Kuan Yew 3. Whitney Houston 4. Kate Middleton 5. Amy Cheong 6. Amanda Todd 7. Makiyo 8. Kony 9. Adele 10. Usain Bolt | **Trending Songs**1. Gangnam Style 2. Payphone 3. Titanium 4. Super Bass 5. Drive By 6. Starships 7. Lego House 8. Some Nights 9. Stereo Hearts 10. Wide Awake | |---|---|---| | **Most Searched Travel Destinations**1. Legoland Malaysia 2. Hong Kong 3. Bangkok 4. Bintan 5. Bali 6. Maldives 7. Korea 8. Phuket 9. Langkawi 10. Genting Highlands | **Most Searched Kpop Acts**1. Psy 2. SNSD 3. Big Bang 4. Hyuna 5. Shinee 6. 2NE1 7. Kim Jong Kook 8. Lee Hyori 9. Jay Park 10. SS501 | **Most Searched TV Shows**1. Running Man 2. Game of Thrones 3. Rooftop Prince 4. Vampire Diaries 5. Fairy Tail 6. Secret Garden 7. Jumong 8. Pretty Little Liars 9. Dream High 2 10. Love Rain | | **Most Searched Foods & Drinks**1. Rainbow Cake 2. Chilled Beancurd 3. Cupcakes 4. Chocolate Cake 5. Sushi 6. Korean Bbq 7. Pizza 8. Fried Chicken 9. Xiao Long Bao 10. Fish And Chips | **Most Searched Athletes**1. Jeremy Lin 2. Shinji Kagawa 3. Michael Phelps 4. Robin van Persie 5. Lebron James 6. Eden Hazard 7. Mckayla Maroney 8. Andy Murray 9. Son Yeon Jae 10. Feng Tianwei | **Most Searched News**1. Diaoyu Islands 2. Loan Shark 3. Syria 4. Eurozone 5. Hurricane Sandy 6. Costa Concordia 7. US Elections 8. Myanmar 9. Fukushima 10. MRT Breakdown | | **Most Searched ‘What is…?’**1. What is SOPA? 2. What is scientology? 3. What is LTE? 4. What is YOLO? 5. What is Gangnam? 6. What is KONY? 7. What is hypertension? 8. What is sustainability? 9. What is antimatter? 10. What is Bersih? | **Most Searches Newsmakers**1. Mitt Romney 2. Bo Xilai 3. Ng Boon Gay 4. Zhuo Yongkang 5. Ron Paul 6. Kong Hee 7. Yaw Shin Leong 8. Cecilia Sue 9. Lance Armstrong 10. Howard Shaw | **Most Searched Celebrities**1. Kristen Stewart 2. Lana Del Rey 3. Kate Upton 4. Tom Hardy 5. Liam Hemsworth 6. Morgan Freeman 7. Josh Hutcherson 8. Jeremy Renner 9. Taylor Schilling 10. Lee Hyun Woo | | **Most Searched Online Stores**1. ASOS 2. Zalora 3. Reebonz 4. Love Bonito 5. Etsy 6. Urban Outfitters 7. Agneselle 8. Rakuten 9. Hollyhoque 10. Dressabelle | **Most Searched Fashion Labels**1. Louis Vuitton 2. Kate Spade 3. Longchamp 4. Gucci 5. Chanel 6. Burberry 7. Hermes 8. Miu Miu 9. Balenciaga 10. Ralph Lauren | **Most Searched on Mobile**1. Restaurants 2. Bars 3. Liverpool 4. Arsenal 5. Manchester United 6. MRT Map 7. Coffee 8. Stomp 9. Euro 2012 10. Gangnam Style | Google’s Year-End Zeitgeist: [The World](http://www.google.com/zeitgeist/2012/#the-world) Google’s Year-End Zeitgeist: [Singapore](http://www.google.com/zeitgeist/2012/#singapore)