Charlie Kirk, his assassination and his wife top Google’s 2025 most trending searches

(Background) The Google logo is pictured at the company's headquarters in Mexico City on September 23, 2025. Google is celebrating 20 years of presence in Mexico. (Photo by Carl de Souza / AFP) (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images) / (R) This photo taken on December 22, 2024 shows US right-wing activist Charlie Kirk speaking on stage at America Fest 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. Right-wing youth activist and influencer Charlie Kirk, a major ally of President Donald Trump, was shot dead on September 10, 2025 in a murder that sparked fears of more political violence in an increasingly febrile United States. Trump confirmed on social media that Kirk, 31, had died from his injuries. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
(Background) The Google logo is pictured at the company’s headquarters in Mexico City on September 23, 2025. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images) / (R) Conservative activist Charlie Kirk speaks on stage at America Fest 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 22, 2024. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

OAN Staff Katherine Mosack
8:12 AM – Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Google has released a list of top search trends for 2025, with Charlie Kirk, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Zohran Mamdani, and KPop Demon Hunters at the forefront of people’s minds this year.

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was this year’s No. 1 trending search in the U.S. in 2025 after he was assassinated at a campus event at Utah Valley University on September 10th.

Additionally, Tyler Robinson, the suspected assassin accused of fatally shooting Kirk in the neck, was the second most searched for term in Google’s “People” category, falling just behind Democratic socialist New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who will assume office at midnight on New Year’s Eve. Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk’s widow and the new Turning Point USA CEO, was the fourth person on the list, above Pope Lei XIV, who became the first pope from the United States this year, making history.

Charlie Kirk’s assassination was the third most searched news story, according to Google, behind the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed by President Donald Trump on the 4th of July, and the Government shutdown, which set a record for the longest lapse in government funding, lasting 43 days, as Democrats in Congress pushed for an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies.

 

Here is a roundup of the top five from Google’s lists:

Top Searches:

  1. Charlie Kirk
  2. KPop Demon Hunters
  3. Labubu
  4. iPhone 17
  5. One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Top News

 
  1. One Big Beautiful Bill Act
  2. Government shutdown
  3. Charlie Kirk assassination
  4. Tariffs
  5. No Kings protest

People

  1. Zohran Mamdani
  2. Tyler Robinson
  3. D4vd
  4. Erika Kirk
  5. Pope Leo XIV

Passings

  1. Charlie Kirk
  2. Gene Hackman
  3. Ozzy Osbourne
  4. Anne Burrell
  5. Diane Keaton

Movies

 
  1. “KPop Demon Hunters”
  2. “Sinners”
  3. “The Minecraft Movie”
  4. “Happy Gilmore 2”
  5. “Thunderbolts”

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