Google Zeitgeist 2011: Justin Bieber, iPhone 5, RebeccaBlack top search list

Rebecca Black, Hurricane Irene and Google+ topped fastest rising searches

Justin Bieber was the top celebrity searched

Steve Jobs, iPhone 5 and iPad 2 were also in the top ten fastest rising

By Beth Stebner

Updated: 23:02 GMT, 15 December 2011

It's the digital litmus test of what Americans talked about, thought about, and searched in the pasttwelve months.

Google revealed Thursday its 11th annual Zeitgeist - the people, places, culture, and most-searchedterms that shaped 2011.

In the U.S., Rebecca Black- the teenager whose catchy hit Friday garnered millions of hits, late nighttalk show appearances, and even a record deal - was the most popular search of 2011.

Scroll down for video commemorating this year's top searches

Partying, partying: Rebecca Black, who rose to fame with her YouTube music video Friday, was thefastest-rising search in 2011

Surprisingly, Kim Kardashian didn't rank in the top ten searches in the U.S., though the reality TVstar whose marriage to Kris Humphries lasted a brief 72 days.

However, she placed second in the top celebrity search ranking.

The remainder of the top ten searches reflected a mix of current events, technology, andentertainment - Google's answer to social networking behemoth Facebook Google+ came in second.

Apple was big in the top ten fastest rising searches, with not one but three searches, includingiPhone 5, Steve Jobs, and iPad2.

Joyous occasion: The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton was one of the biggest searcheson Google this year

Hurricane Irene - one of the most destructive and deadliest hurricanes to hit the U.S. since 1980 -ranked third. The storm killed at least 23 people on its destructive route along the eastern seaboard.

Year of Apple: Steve Jobs, iPhone 5 and iPad 2 topped

the list of Google searches

More than 5.8million people lost electricity, while flooding destroyed roadways and homes ofthousands.

Casey Anthony, the 25-year-old Florida woman charged - and later acquitted - of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee, was the seventh most popular.

Searches for 'Casey Anthony' and related searches like 'Casey Anthony Case' grew 2,680 per centfrom 2010 to 2011, according to Google.

On a lighter note, the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton was one of the mostpopular wedding searches of the year, as was the Kardashian wedding.

According to Zeitgeist, Japan was a trending topic in nearly every country - no doubt because of thecrippling earthquake and tsunami that struck in March.

The Google zeitgeist list - meaning spirit of the times - is compiled from the searches through Googleeach year. Individual searchers are not identified.

It's become an annual event for the company - and has quickly been mirrored by social sites such asFacebook and Twitter, both of which share their own 'Top Ten' most shared around Christmas everyyear.

Google hosts a year-round Zeitgeist page that lets users monitor search terms' popularity over time.

PEOPLE

1. Justin Bieber, right

2. Kim Kardashian

3. Lady Gaga

4. Nicki Minaj

5. Casey Anthony

6. Selena Gomez

7. Charlie Sheen

8. Steve Jobs

9. Amy Winehouse

10. Ryan Dunn

FASTEST-RISING SEARCHES

1. Rebecca Black, right

2. Google+

3. Hurricane Irene

4. Pinterest

5. Ryan Dunn

6. iPhone 5

7. Casey Anthony

8. Adele

9. Osama bin Laden

10. Steve Jobs

NEWS TOP TEN

1. Hurricane Irene

2. Occupy

3. Japan Earthquake

4. iPhone 5

5. iPad2

6. Libya

7. Osama bin Laden

8. Egypt

9. Casey Anthony, above

10. Ron Paul

TOP SEARCHES (FASTEST FALLING)

1. 2010 Calendar

2. Myspace.com, right

3. Meebo

4. Mapquest Directions

5. Fifa

6. Limewire

7. Inception

8. Sears.com

9. ATT Wireless

10. Lost

PEOPLE (FASTEST-RISING)

1. Ryan Dunn, right

2. Adele

3. Rebecca Black

4. Ed Sheeran

5. Amy Winehouse

6. Charlie Sheen

7. Steve Jobs

8. Kate Middleton

9. Nicki Minaj

10. Darren Criss

TV SHOWS (FASTEST-RISING)

1. Big Brother 13

2. American Idol, right

3. Dexter Season 6

4. X Factor USA

5. Beavis and Butthead

6. Torchwood

7. Pretty Little Liars

8. Celebrity Apprentice

9. All My Children

10. Real Housewives

CELEBRITY DEATHS

1. Amy Winehouse

2. Ryan Dunn

3. Nate Dogg

4. Steve Jobs

5. Heavy D

6. Randy Savage

7. Mike Starr

8. Jani Lane

9. Joe Frazier

10. Jeff Conway

SPORTS

1. Mayweather vs Oritz

2. NCAA Bracket 2011

3. Dan Wheldon

4. Madden 12

5. Kris Humphries

6. Kentucky Derby 2011

7. NFL Lockout

8. Randy Savage

9. NFL Draft 2011

10. Dirk Nowitzki

'WHAT IS...' (TOP SEARCHES)

1. Love

2. Planking, above

3. Twitter

4. Gluten

5. Skype

6. Dubstep

7. Autism

8. Lupus

9. Gout

10. Google+

TRAVEL (TOP DESTINATIONS)

1. Las Vegas, above

2. New York

3. Disneyland Paris

4. Jamaica

5. Orlando

6. Barbados

7. Hawaii

8. Caribbean

9. Florida

10. Cuba

BOOKS (FASTEST RISING)

1. Harry Potter, right

2. Pretty Little Liars

3. Breaking Dawn

4. Romeo and Juliet

5. Vampire Diaries

6. Gossip Girl

7. Alice in Wonderland

8. Water For Elephants

9. Jane Eyre

10. Atlas Shrugged

PETS

1. Dogs

2. Puppies

3. Cats

4. Pitbull

5. German Shepherd

6. Pomeranian

7. Shih Tzu

8. French Bulldog

9. Shiba Inu

10. Sugar Glider

WHERE DO SEARCHERS GO NEXT? THE ANSWER ISN'T FAR AWAY...

Google revealed today WHAT web users are searching for - but where do they go next? The seventhfastest rising news source in the U.S. is the Daily Mail - and it's third in the U.K.

In fact, Mail Online is ranked in the top seven 'destination' sites for news, TV and celebrities - alljudged by where people go after Google searches, according to data from search experts Hitwise.

Other British national newspapers failed to make the top ten - except for TV, where the Daily Mirrorwas placed tenth, data from Hitwise shows. No other online news outlets or TV channel sites madethe top three in any of these categories.

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