Robin Williams' death, World Cup and Ebola top Google search 2014

The sad death of actor Robin Williams this August topped 2014’s global Google search terms. The top 10 list is blighted with misfortune, as the world grappled to understand Ebola, the missing Malaysia Airlines flight and ISIS.

Twenty Fourteen will be known as a year marred with tragedy, terrorism, Frozen lyrics and viral challenges, with Google’s annual data reflecting what the globe searched for this year.

The sad death of actor Robin Williams this August topped 2014’s global Google search terms. The top 10 list is blighted with misfortune, as the world grappled to understand Ebola, the missing Malaysia Airlines flight and ISIS.

  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

The list, compiled since 2011, was weighted by year-on-year growth of terms rather than the sheer volume of searches.

This year marks the first time that an Apple product missed out on a top spot.

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