From Trump to Raygun, here’s what Australians searched on Google in 2024

While the US election topped our Googling this year, the Olympics, Julian Assange and that ‘demure’ meme were also high on the listFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians may not get a vote in the US presidential election but it topped the Google searches in the country in 2024, with Raygun, Julian Assange and the CrowdStrike outage being some of the key people and moments Australians wanted to know more about in the year.The election that will return Donald Trump to the White House was the No 1 overall Google search by Australians in 2024, according to the annual search results list released by the tech giant on Tuesday. US election information also topped the questions asked of Google, with Australians wanting to know when the US election was held and who won.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

From Trump to Raygun, here’s what Australians searched on Google in 2024

While the US election topped our Googling this year, the Olympics, Julian Assange and that ‘demure’ meme were also high on the list

Australians may not get a vote in the US presidential election but it topped the Google searches in the country in 2024, with Raygun, Julian Assange and the CrowdStrike outage being some of the key people and moments Australians wanted to know more about in the year.

The election that will return Donald Trump to the White House was the No 1 overall Google search by Australians in 2024, according to the annual search results list released by the tech giant on Tuesday. US election information also topped the questions asked of Google, with Australians wanting to know when the US election was held and who won.

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