Google has released a list of the Top 10 Global Trending Searches throughout 2014. Each year, Google releases a list of the topics that individuals have searched for the most over the past 12 months. And here are the people Nigerians searched this year. 

According to Google, these are the top 10 Global Trending Searches for 2014 and it’s heartbreaking that the death of comic genius Robin Williams may have gotten the highest score, as more people searched the late comedian’s name on Google than anything else this year but I’ll be focusing more on the top searches in Africa which include: Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana and Kenya.

Global Trending Searches:
1. Robin Williams
2. World Cup
3. Ebola
4. Malaysia Airlines
5. ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
6. Flappy Bird
7. Conchita Wurst
8. ISIS
9. Frozen
10. Sochi Olympics

Most searched for in Nigeria
1. Linda Ikeji
2. Whatsapp
3. Nigerian Newspapers
4. Arsenal News
5. News
6. Livesscores
7. Chelsea News
8. goal
9. Sahara Reporters
10. Google Translate


Most Searched for in South Africa
1. Senzo Meyiwa
2. Ebola
3. Robin Williams
4. Oscar Pistorius
5. World Cup 2014
6. Kelly Khumalo
7. IEC
8. Big Brother Mzansi
9. Joan Rivers
10. Michael Shumacher

Most Searched for in Ghana
1. Castro
2. Anonymox
3. Ebola
4. Komla Dumor
5. World Cup 2014
6. iPhone 6
7. Myles Monroe
8. Tonga
9. Weather
10. Corazon Indomable

Most Searched for in Kenya
1. World Cup
2. Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS)
3. Vera Sidika
4. Otieno Kajwang’
5. Ebola
6. Angel Di Maria
7. Corazon Indomable
8. Myles Munroe
9. Robin Williams
10. Juan Mata

Click here for Google’s list of the top search trends for 2014.