Weather alerts, Kate Middleton and the Olympic Games: the most searched by Spaniards on Google in 2024

Jane Anderson

December 12, 2024

Weather alerts, Kate Middleton and the Olympic Games: the most searched by Spaniards on Google in 2024

The Dana, the Euro Cup, the television program “La Revuelta” or the “disappearance” of Kate Midlleton are some of the issues that have aroused the interest of Spaniards throughout 2024 and that, therefore, have crept in among the most searched in Google this year.

This has been shared by the company, which at the end of each year announces search trends at a national and international level, and reviews the topics, terms, events or people that have aroused the most curiosity among users.
On this occasion, in our country, environmental phenomena are those that have aroused the most interest, in a particularly catastrophic year in this sense, with dana as the greatest exponent.

Weather phenomena lead Google queries this year

In this regard, in the News section, “precipitation alert” and “excessive heat alert” have been the most searched terms. However, information has also been sought about “Dana”, “Hurricane Milton Florida” or “progress on climate change goals.” The company also notes that searches on science have increased, with questions such as “how is monkeypox spread” or queries about “solar eclipse.”

Focusing on the word “Dana”, Google points out that everything surrounding the event has also generated interest. Users have wanted to find out about “what a Dana is”, “why Valencia has flooded” or “how to help Dana Valencia”.

Sport has played a fundamental role in the search engine’s activity, with notable events having been held this year such as the Paris Olympic Games or the men’s European football championship. Both are terms that have stood out among Spaniards’ queries and that have, in turn, generated other questions.

Thus, users have been interested in “Olympic medal table”, “Olympics artistic gymnastics”, “Olympics artistic swimming”, “Olympics combined sports climbing” and “Olympics sailing”. For its part, in the field of soccer He highlighted the curiosity about the footballers Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams, or “why they whistle at Cucurella” or “why Mbappé speaks Spanish”.

Interest has also been observed in other sporting territories. The queries regarding the fighter stand out Ilia Topuria and his documentary “Topuria: Matador”; about the tennis player Rafa Nadal or the badminton player Carolina Marin.

He entertainment It has also generated searches on Google, where people have consulted about the reality show “The Island of Temptations 7” or the television program “La Revuelta”. Also the series “Fallout” and “Berlín”, or films like “Inside Out 2” or “The Snow Society”, which in turn have raised questions such as “why did the plane in the Andes crash” and “why “What do you pee black?”

On the other hand, the policy has also been of interest, with 2024 being a particularly active year in electoral processes. Pedro Sánchez, Carles Puigdemont or Iñigo Errejón, the elections of the European Union and those of the United States, are some of the issues that have stood out the most.
And as regards social aspectsthe health and “disappearance” of Kate Midlleton, has crept into the popular terms of the year.

A TikTok filter for the most searched

As usual, Google has shared the most searched for the year in a special way. This time it has had three content creators –Marina Rivers, Víctor Abarca and Óscar Font– who have made use of a TikTok filter created especially for the initiative.

The three have used creativity to share with their communities both the most searched for on Google by Spaniards this year, as well as their own queries, thus establishing a parallel, and taking an entertaining tour of the trends.

@_riverss_ Publi. What do you think is the most searched for in 2024? Let’s see it and I’ll make my ranking!! 🚀 #incolaboraciónconGoogle #ElAñoEnBúsquedas2024 ♬ original sound – Riverss🦋

Search rankings in Google Spain

To synthesize all the data collected in Spain, Google has made twelve different lists as rankings: current affairs, politics, science, television programs, series, cinema, non-football athletes, soccer players, sporting events, “why…?” ; “how…?”, and “what is…?” Below, we collect the nine classifications with the terms ordered from highest to lowest search volume.

Top 10 searches News