'Meghan Markle' and 'fidget spinners' top UK Google search
- 6 years ago
It puts the royal bride-to-be ahead of "iPhone 8" and "Hurricane Irma" in the list of top search terms. The Manchester bombing and Grenfell Tower also featured in the top 10. The UK election featured heavily in the list of top "What is...?" queries, with people asking about a hung Parliament and the Democratic Unionist Party. "Bitcoin" became one of the year's buzzwords and "What is Bitcoin?", "How to buy Bitcoin" and "How to mine bitcoins" all appeared on trending lists, as the crypto-currency rose in value through the year.