More people searched online for Bollywood newcomer Sunny Leone than actors like Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif and cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar, making the adult star the most searched personality this year, according to Google India's annual Zeitgeist.
This was no different in 2012 as well, when the Canadian-born porn-star had topped the same list.
The Google India Zeitgiest tracks the year's major events and trends based on Google searches conducted in the country.
The full lists:
Top Trending People:
- Sunny Leone
- Salman Khan
- Katrina Kaif
- Deepika Padukone
- Shah Rukh Khan
- Honey Singh
- Kajal Aggarwal
- Kareena Kapoor
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Poonam Pandey
To see the above in perspective, compare the top 10 global people list:
- Nelson Mandela
- Paul Walker
- Malala Yousafzai
- James Gandolfini
- Miley Cyrus
- Oscar Pistorius
- Jennifer Lawrence
- Aaron Hernandez
- Charlie Hunnam
- Adrian Peterson
Top Trending Charts:
- Chennai Express
- IPL 2013
- Aashiqui 2
- UIDAI
- GATE 2014
- Krrish 3
- Bigg Boss 7
- Paul Walker
- Jiah Khan
- Ram Leela
Likewise, the global top trending search topics with the largest increase in search volume since the previous period were:
- Nelson Mandela
- Paul Walker
- iPhone 5s
- Cory Monteith
- Harlem Shake
- Boston Marathon
- Royal Baby
- Samsung Galaxy S4
- PlayStation 4
- North Korea
News Events:
- PM Candidature of Narendra Modi
- Blackberry Sale
- Rahul Dravid Retirement
- Saina Nehwal
- Vijay Mallya Kingfisher Airlines
- Karnataka Election Results
- Aarushi Talwar Case
- Air India News
- Indian Economy
- Laptop Distribution Scheme
Politicians
- Narendra Modi
- Rahul Gandhi
- Sonia Gandhi
- Manmohan Singh
- Jayalalitha
- Arvind Kejriwal
- Akhilesh Yadav
- Nitish Kumar
- Digvijaya Singh
- Sushma Swaraj
Sportspersons: This is where the impact of films (Milkha Singh) and TV (Messi, Federer, Nadal) was most visible, or perhaps it is a reflection of the sad state of sports in the country that is reflected in the list:
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Milkha Singh
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni
- Lionel Messi
- Roger Federer
- Rafael Nadal
- Sania Mirza
- Rahul Dravid
- Chris Gayle
- Ravindra Jadeja
Most Searched
- IRCTC
- Cricinfo
- Flipkart
- PNR Status
- HDFC Netbanking
- SBI Online
- SSC
- IBPS
- OLX
- Axis Bank
Bollywood Actor Female
- Katrina Kaif
- Deepika Padukone
- Kareena Kapoor
- Priyanka Chopra
- Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
- Anushka Sharma
- Shraddha Kapoor
- Madhuri Dixit
- Jiah Khan
- Sonakshi Sinha
Bollywood Actor Male
- Salman Khan
- Shah Rukh Khan
- Ranbir Kapoor
- Akshay Kumar
- Hrithik Roshan
- Shahid Kapoor
- Amitabh Bachchan
- Sanjay Dutt
- Ajay Devgan
- Varun Dhawan
Movies
- Aashiqui 2
- Chennai Express
- Krrish 3
- Dhoom 3
- Himmatwala
- Race 2
- ABCD
- Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
- Dabangg 2
- Madras Cafe
Phone3
- Samsung Galaxy S4
- Nokia Lumia 520
- Micromax Canvas 2
- Samsung Galaxy Grand3
- Micromax Canvas
- Sony Xperia Z
- Nokia Lumia
- Micromax Canvas 4
- Nexus 4
- Samsung Galaxy S3
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