As 2024 comes to a close, Google released its annual Year in Search to celebrate the people, events, contributions, and trending topics that defined the year in the Philippines.
The overall top trending results showed six of 10 were news, proving that Filipinos continue to rely on Google Search about latest events.
From current events to breaking developments, people trust Google Search to show them deeper information and insights about anything that grips the population’s attention at any given time.
Three of the top 10 searches relating to AI also showed that the Philippines is a tech-savvy country willing to learn more about the latest innovations, as found in this year’s e-Conomy SEA Report.
“Heat wave” is the No. 1 overall and news search term with “climate change” at No. 6 overall and No. 5 in news.
Filipino Olympic gold medalist Carlos Yulo made it to four lists—overall top trending, news, sports, and male personalities.
Among trending shows or series, the hit Korean drama “Queen of Tears” is No. 1 followed by “Marry My Husband,” “Lovely Runner,” “Hierarchy” and “Young Sheldon.”
Girl group BINI is the No. 1 top search among female personalities and Dionela’s “Sining” is No. 1 in songs or lyrics.
Here is the full list of the top search trends in the Philippines:
Overall Top Trending
1. heat wave
2. Jaclyn Jose
3. Olympics
4. Carlos Yulo
5. Inside Out 2
6. climate change
7. Character AI
8. Liam Payne
9. AI detector
10. Gemini
Liam Payne (Instagram)
News
1. heat wave
2. Jaclyn Jose
3. Olympics
4. Carlos Yulo
5. climate change
6. National ID
7. Labubu
8. pertussis
9. Mpox
10. demure
Sports
1. Carlos Yulo
2. Celtics vs Mavericks
3. Nuggets vs Timberwolves
4. Lakers vs Nuggets
5. Timberwolves vs Mavericks
6. Premier Volleyball League
7. Dallas Mavericks
8. EJ Obiena
9. Knicks vs Pacers
10. Celtics vs Pacers
Carlos Yulo (Instagram)
Shows or Series
1. Queen of Tears
2. Marry My Husband
3. Lovely Runner
4. Hierarchy
5. Young Sheldon
6. Love Next Door
7. Gyeongseong Creature
8. My Demon
9. Avatar: The Last Airbender
10. A Shop for Killers
Kim Soo-hyun (right) and Kim Ji-won in "Queen of Tears" (tvN)
Songs or Lyrics
1. Sining
2. APT.
3. Maybe This Time
4. Die With A Smile
5. Palagi
6. Mamma Mia
7. Salamin, Salamin
8. Sa Susunod na Habang Buhay
9. Pantropiko
10. Dilaw
Games
1. Sprunki Horror Music Game
2. Delta Executor
3. Anime Defenders codes
4. Hamster Kombat
5. Wuthering Waves
6. Snake Aim tool
7. Granny Horror Multiplayer
8. Block Blast solver
9. Anime Last Stand codes
10. NIGHT CROWS
Male Personalities
1. Carlos Yulo
2. Nash Aguas
3. EJ Obiena
4. Donald Trump
5. Rico Blanco
6. Ben Wang
7. One Direction
8. Byeon Woo-seok
9. Kim Soo-hyun
10. Kobe Paras
Female Personalities
1. BINI
2. Charlie Dizon
3. Alice Guo
4. Ennui
5. Mika Dela Cruz
6. Claudine Barretto
7. Beyoncé
8. Kamala Harris
9. Imane Khelif
10. Mikha Lim
BINI (Instagram)
Movies
1. Inside Out 2
2. How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
3. Rewind
4. Deadpool
5. Damsel
6. GomBurZa
7. Un/Happy for You
8. Saltburn
9. Hello, Love, Again
10. Lolo and the Kid
"Inside Out 2" (Pixar)
"How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies" (Netflix)
Farewells
1. Jaclyn Jose
2. Liam Payne
3. Keith Martin
4. Rico Yan
5. Akira Toriyama
6. Park Bo-ram
7. Song Jae-rim
8. Chino Trinidad
9. Shannen Doherty
10. Maggie Smith
Jaclyn Jose (Instagram)
Korean Series
1. Queen of Tears
2. Marry My Husband
3. Lovely Runner
4. Hierarchy
5. Love Next Door
6. Gyeongseong Creature
7. My Demon
8. A Shop for Killers
9. Queen Woo
10. Pyramid Game
"Marry My Husband" (tvN)
"Lovely Runner" (tvN)
AI-related Searches
1. AI detector
2. Gemini
3. ChatGPT
4. Humanize AI
5. AI Chat
6. Gizmo
7. Viggle AI
8. Runway AI
9. PixVerse
10. Perplexity
