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"What Is Edamame": Top Things New Yorkers Googled In 2014
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Jen Chung
Published Dec 16, 2014
Modified Dec 16, 2014
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For a peek at what New Yorkers were curious about in 2014, Google has compiled its top searches for New York.
Naturally, the World Cup, the weeks-long international event, was #1 for "Top trending searches" and "Top trending news/events" but Avonte Oquendo, the autistic boy who went missing from his public school in 2013 and was later found dead, was New York's "Top trending person."
New Yorkers were also very interested in Flappy Bird, Unemployment Extension, Ferguson Missouri and Captain American 2. They can't let go of Frozen either.
Here are the top searches and trends from Google—for the U.S. at large, look here. We hope you're all enjoying your edamame.
Top trending searches
1. World Cup Schedule
2. Avonte Oquendo
3. Donald Sterling
4. Flappy Bird
5. 2048
6. Missing Plane
7. Oscars 2014
8. True Detective
9. Ebola Symptoms
10. Frozen
Top trending news/events
1. World Cup Schedule
2. Missing Plane
3. Oscars 2014
4. Ebola Symptoms
5. Ferguson Missouri
6. Brazil vs. Germany
7. Golden Globes 2014
8. Mayweather vs. Maidana
9. Wimbledon 2014
10. Unemployment Extension
Top trending people
1. Avonte Oquendo
2. Donald Sterling
3. Michael Brown
4. Jeremy Meeks
5. Amal Alamuddin
6. Bobby Shmurda
7. Elliot Rodger
8. Robin Williams
9. Nicki Minaj
10. Michael Sam
Top trending technology
1. iPhone 6
2. iOS 8
3. Galaxy s5
4. Nexus 6
5. Galaxy Note 4
6. Surface Pro 6
7. iPad Air 2
8. Nexus 5
9. Moto 360
10. LG G3
Top trending films
1. Interstellar
2. Gone Girl
3. Frozen
4. Godzilla
5. Divergent
6. Captain America 2
7. Lego Movie
8. Dallas Buyers Club
9. Beyond the Lights
10 Nightcrawler
Top trending "What is" searches
1. What is ebola?
2. What is tryptophan?
3. What is Isis?
4. What is Alibaba?
5. What is bitcoin?
6. What is POC?
7. What is edamame?
8. What is gamification?
9. What is quantum?
10. What is connotation?
Top trending "How to" searches
1. How to harmonize
2. How to focus
3. How to network
4. How to photoshop
5. How to reupholster
6. How to listen
7. How to samba
8. How to cosplay
9. How to declutter
10. How to wow
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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