Gossip and Scandal Lead Google’s Top Searches in 2015 - The New York Times

Shocking

"Google released the top search terms of the year Wednesday morning, accompanied by a video stitched together from inspiring clips: France’s response to the Paris attacks, refugees navigating their way to safe haven and an adult lion bathing its cub, all of it narrated by Caitlyn Jenner’s speech at the ESPY Awards calling for harmony and acceptance of one another’s differences.

But the search giant’s lists emphasized that Americans who went online were less interested in being uplifted than being distracted, preferably by something scandalous."

Gossip and Scandal Lead Google’s Top Searches in 2015 - The New York Times