Revealed: What Brits searched for most on Google in 2025

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By SHANNON MCGUIGAN, NEWS REPORTER

Published: 10:47 GMT, 28 December 2025 | Updated: 10:48 GMT, 28 December 2025

Charlie Kirk was the top trending search term Google in the UK in 2025, according to an annual list compiled by the search engine.

The Turning Point USA founder, 31, who was gunned down at a speaking event at a Utah college campus, was also the most read article globally on Wikipedia. 

Following Kirk, the second most searched subject was Ozzy Osbourne. The Black Sabbath frontman, 76, passed away from Parkinson's disease in July. 

Meanwhile, infamous American serial killer Ed Gein came in third after his horrific slayings were portrayed in hit Netflix drama series, Monster. 

In fourth place was Adolescence, another widely popular show from the streaming giant which told of the dangers of misogyny and violence against women and girls.  

And in fifth place was the term 'snow warning, highlighting the public's weather concerns in the wintry months. 

But it was not only most searched for term that Google laid bare, with the search engine also revealing the most googled people, artists, films and more.

Has anything from your Google history made the list? Find out below. 

Charlie Kirkwas the top trending search term Googlein the UK in 2025, according to an annual list compiled by the search engine

Top trending UK Terms
 1. Charlie Kirk 

2. Ozzy Osbourne

3. Ed Gein

4. Adolescence

5. Snow warning

6. India Vs England

7. Ricky Hatton

8. Diogo Jota

9. Club World Cup10. Iran

Kirk, 31, speaks at a campaign rally at Airzona Christian University on July 31, 2024

Actor Mickey Rourke attends the TEATRO event on June 17, 2022

Top trending people
  1. Mickey Rourke

2. Alexander Isak

3. Stephen Graham

4. Belle Gibson

5. Bonnie Blue

6. Pope Leo XIV

7. Ruth Codd

8. Prince Andrew

9. Eberechi Eze
10. Sharon Osbourne

Top trending TV show searches 
1. Adolescence

2. 'MobLand

3. Missing You

4.The Celebrity Traitors

5. The City Is Ours

6.Squid Game

7.The Summer I Turned Pretty

8. 'Severance

9.Dept. Q

Owen Cooper portrays young troubled teen, Jamie Miller, in Adolescence

A poster for Danny Boyle's film, 28 Years Later

Top trending movie searches 
1. 28 Years Later

2. Nosferatu

3. Superman

4. A Minecraft Movie

5. Happy Gilmore 2

6. Sinners

7. Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

8. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

9. Thunderbolts

10. Snow White

Top trending male music artists
1. Oasis

2. Danny Jones

3. Rod Stewart

4. Kendrick Lamar 

5. Lewis Capaldi 

6. Chris Brown 

7. Bob Vylan

8. Neil Young 
9. Bob Dylan
10.Black Sabbath

Liam and Noel Gallagher pose for promotional photos ahead of their sold out UK tour

Cat Burns attends Capital's Jingle Bell Ball 2025

Top trending female music artists
1. Cat Burns

2. Lily Allen

3. Charlotte Church

4. Paloma Faith

5. Alanis Morissette

6. Rachel Zegler

7. Brandy Carlile

8. Nelly Furtado

9. Olivia Dean
10. Gracie Abrams

Top trending athletes
1. Alexander Isak

2. Eberechi Eze

3. Viktor Gyokeres

4. Chloe Kelly

5. Aryna Sabalenka

6. Florian Wirtz

7. Paddy Pimblett

8. Tom Aspinall

9. Chris Eubank Jr.
10. Gianluigi Donnarumma

Alexander Isak playing in the Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool Premier League match

Pictured: A basket of colourful Easter eggs (stock image)

Top trending 'when is' searches 
 1. When is Easter

2. When is Pancake Day

3. When is Celebrity Traitors on 

4. When is VE Day

5. When is Traitors on

6. When is TikTok getting banned

7. When is the Traitors final

8. When is the Europa League final

9.  When is Trump's inauguration
10. When is Wicked 2 Coming Out

Top trending 'how to' searches 
 1. How to verify age on X

2. How to apply for a Visa debit card

3. How to watch Eubank Vs Benn 2

4. How to turn off emergency alerts on iPhone

5. How to watch the Club World Cup

6. How to qualify for Club World Cup

7. How to remove Meta AI from WhatsApp

8. How to make ice cream in Grow a Garden

9.  How to pronounce Eowyn
10. How to watch Usyk vs Dubois

A phone displaying the X logo (stock image)

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