Pokemon Go was the Biggest Google Search of the Year; Watch the Most Searched Topics Summed Up

Pokemon Go, Niantic's wildly popular mobile game, is this year's most searched Google topic.

According to Google Trends, the augmented reality app topped the overall global 2016 list, beating iPhone 7 and Donald Trump, which placed second and third, respectively.

On the other hand, 20th Century Fox's R-rated superhero film Deadpool was the top-searched film of 2016, with Suicide Squad and The Revenant in the top three. As for television, Stranger Things beat Westworld and Luke Cage to be the number one searched TV series of 2016.

Google released a video summing up the most searched topics of 2016, highlighting all the popular things that defined this crazy year. Viral videos, celebrity deaths, mobile games, and political movements are all summed up in this amusing video. Check it out:

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