What did people search for on the internet throughout 2025? According to a report recently released by search engine giant Google and various AI chatbots, political events, war, climate change, pop culture, and lifestyle topics were the most searched topics this year, as in the past.

However, the difference this time is that the search style has changed rather than the subject matter. Compared to 2024, this year, ‘Want more information about this’ style questions have increased by nearly 70 percent and ‘How can I do this?’ behavioral questions have increased by 25 percent, according to a Google report.

About 8 billion internet users around the world have started asking long and detailed questions in search engines and chatbots instead of short questions like before. Simon Rogers, data editor at Google Trends, has mentioned that the way people ask questions has changed with the increase in the use of artificial intelligence (AI).

Along with various topics related to technology and work, there has been a lot of search on the internet about very personal psychosocial topics, medical information, health and other topics of daily life. Interestingly, the report shows that even the thoughts posted on social media are being searched for in AI-based search engines.

Some are joking that 2025 should be remembered as the year of ‘Tell Me About’ because internet users searched for every topic in chat by saying ‘Tell Me About’.

 ‘People are not looking for short answers, they are looking to understand the world around them,’ wrote Rogers, data editor at Google Trends, in a blog post. ‘AI features are allowing people to ask Google questions in a conversational style, as if they were talking to a friend.’

It is being analyzed that the year 2025 played a significant role in making people proficient in this new style of internet use. Along with the changes seen in internet search, search engines including Google, Edge, Firefox also invested heavily in AI assistant tools this year.

Dominance of Indian content on Google

The most searched thing on Google was about Google’s AI assistant tool, Gemini. In the second place, India vs England, Charlie Kirk, Club World Cup, India vs Australia, Dipsik, Asia Cup, Iran, iPhone 17 and Pakistan and India were the most searched topics.

The ‘Search’, ‘News’, ‘People’, ‘Deceased’ categories of Google Trends contain some Indian content. This means that in the year 2025, Indian content was searched a lot on Google.

In the ‘News’ category of Google Trends, the most searched topics were Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Iran, US government shutdown, election of new Pope, Los Angeles arson, Hurricane Melissa, TikTok ban, Zohar Mamdani elected, USAID and Kamchatka earthquake and tsunami.

Similarly, in the ‘People’ category of Google Trends, the most searched topics were American singer David. Rapper Kendrick Lamar, comedian Jimmy Kimmel, Charlie Kirk's murder suspect Tyler Robinson, Pope Leo XIII, young Indian cricketer Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Australian fashion designer Bianca Sensuri and climate activist Greta Thunberg were among the most searched for.

Among the deceased, American political activist Charlie Kirk was found to be the most searched for. Kirk was shot and killed while speaking on stage at Utah Valley University on September 10. Tyler Robinson, 22, has been arrested as the suspect.

Charlie Kirk was a staunch supporter of US President Donald Trump, a Republican Party ally and a prominent right-wing activist. A podcast about Kirk was also among the most searched for.

Similarly, people searched a lot on Google for famous British singer Ozzy Osbourne, wrestler Hulk Hogan, American actresses Michelle Trachtenberg and Diana Keaton, Pope Francis and Bollywood actor Dharmendra. In the ‘Food and Drink’ category, many people wanted to know how to make Hot Honey, Marry Me Chicken, Chimichurri, Shea Pudding, and White Chicken Chili.

In ‘Games’, Ark Raiders, Battlefield Six, Stranded, Spilt Fix, and Claire Obscure: Expedition 33 were searched a lot on Google. In Google Maps, Tokyo’s Ikebukuro Station, Osaka’s Sin-Osaka Station, Osaka Station, Miyagi’s Sendai Station, and Hiroshima Station were searched a lot.

The year 'Tell Me About...'

The study has shown that the number of 'Tell Me About...' and 'How Do I...' queries has increased significantly in the year 2025. This time, users did not depend on browsers like Chrome, Edge, Safari for internet search, but also used apps and devices.

After the change in internet search, Microsoft started calling the Edge browser 'AI browser'. The 'Copilot Mode' in Edge has brought the facility of reading all the tabs opened by the user and understanding what the user is looking for and searching the internet based on that. Along with this, internet search has now become automated, meaning answers and information are available even before the user asks.

'Voice assistant tools' like Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant have also been established as the basic style of internet search this year, according to the news of Tech Crunch. Analysts have pointed out that more than 70 percent of people worldwide use voice search, and this has changed the question format to include full-sentence questions with words like ‘who’, ‘when’, ‘where’, and ‘how’.

Users are asking questions like ‘What happened?’ and ‘What does this mean for me?’ on issues such as elections, leadership changes, political conflicts, voting rights, economic policy, and security, according to a report by Sally Cheng, Humera Lodhi, Maya Swidler, and Noah Bresner published in AP and Axios.

Along with current topics, users are also searching for information on the Internet about personal life needs. The report points out that the number of ‘How do I...’ behavioral questions about household expenses, assisted employment, food prices, and mental health has increased significantly on average.

Amazon Alexa's list of 'Most Asked Questions in 2025' includes questions like 'How long does it take to poach an egg?', 'How wide is the Earth?', 'How early do you fall asleep?', 'What is the price of Bitcoin?', 'What is AI?', 'How old is Donald Trump?'.

This year, Alexa was asked a lot about Hollywood star Tom Cruise. Then, there were also a lot of questions about British player Peter Crouch. British users asked Alex about Cristiano Ronaldo, Taylor Swift and Elon Musk.

“People were curious about the net worth of Musk, YouTuber Mr. Beast and Taylor Swift,” writes CNN Business journalist Liane Colerin. “There were also a lot of questions about who Ed Siren is married to and who Rob Stewart’s wife is.”

Alex was asked by users to play Taylor’s songs the most. Bruno Mars and Rose’s “Aapache” was the most played song. Netflix’s “K-Pop Demon Hunters” was also among the most played songs.