Top Google Searches By State *2015 Edition*

MASSACHUSETTS
Charlie Hebdo (French satirical magazine attacked by terrorists in 2015)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (TV show)
Aziz Ansari (actor/comedian)
Jon Snow (character in Game of Thrones)
Opioid addiction and dependence
Republican primary
Eddie Redmayne (Academy Award-winning actor)
Justin Trudeau (newly elected Prime Minister of Canada)
John Oliver (comedian)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (TV show)
Inside Amy Schumer (TV show)
Vladimir Putin (President of Russia)
Dad ?

MICHIGAN
What is transgender?
Marriage equality

MINNESOTA
Black Lives Matter (activist movement campaigning against violence toward black people)
Scott Weiland (musician who passed away in 2015)
Cecil the Lion (famous lion killed by a Minnesota hunter in Zimbabwe)

MISSISSIPPI
Straight Outta Compton (2015 film)
B.B. King (blues musician who passed away in 2015)
U.S. Supreme Court
Bobbi Kristina Brown (daughter of singer Whitney Houston; passed away in 2015)
? (there was a lot of talk about “? ” in 2015)
Megyn Kelly (FOX TV personality)
Ashley Madison (online dating website marketed to people in committed relationships)
Common Core State Standards Initiative

MISSOURI
Amy Schumer photo
Right to keep and bear arms

MONTANA
Wolves

NEBRASKA
Kaley Cuoco (actress)

NEVADA
Floyd Mayweather (pro boxer)
Khloé Kardashian (reality TV personality)
Lamar Odom (pro basketball player who overdosed in a Nevada brothel in 2015)
Wes Craven (film director)
Selena Gomez (actress)
Kylie Jenner (reality TV personality)
San Andreas (2015 film)
Amber Rose (musician/model/actress/fashion designer)
Pitbull (rapper)
The Weeknd (musician)
Britney Spears (musician),

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Deflategate
Heroin
Paris terrorist attack
Hillary Clinton (presidential candidate)
Donald Trump (presidential candidate)
Carly Fiorina (presidential candidate)
Jeb Bush (presidential candidate)
Ted Cruz (presidential candidate)
Terrorism

NEW JERSEY
FIFA (governing body of international soccer tournaments that’s being investigated for bribery/corruption crimes in 2015)
Hilary Clinton email
Yogi Berra (baseball player/manager who passed away in 2015)
Chris Christie (presidential candidate)
Pierre Paul hand (pro football player who blew off part of his hand in a fireworks accident)

NEW MEXICO
Pluto (the dwarf planet)
Ronda Rousey (MMA fighter)
Holly Holm (MMA fighter)
Animas River (site of a massive 2015 spill of water containing toxic heavy metals)
Wiz Khalifa (rapper)

NEW YORK
Greece
Democratic Socialism
Omar Sharif (actor who passed away in 2015)
Netanyahu Congress (Israeli Prime Minister who made a speech to Congress in 2015)
Julianne Moore (actress)
Mr. Robot (TV show)
Angela Merkel (German Chancellor and Time “Person of the Year”)
Drake (rapper)
Martin Shkreli (CEO who dramatically raised prescription drug prices)
Gigi Hadid (model)
Bashar al-Assad (President of Syria)
Islamophobia
Charlie Sheen ? (actor announced he’s had ? for four years in 2015)
Jihadism
Jennifer Aniston wedding (actress married in 2015)
American Apparel (clothing company that filed for bankruptcy in 2015)
Kanye West (rapper)
Rihanna (musician)
Hoverboard scooter

NORTH CAROLINA
Concealed carry permit
Blake Miranda divorce (country stars Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert announced they were divorcing in 2015)
Confederate flag meaning

NORTH DAKOTA
NFL Draft

OHIO
Marijuana legalization (a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize marijuana was not approved by voters in 2015)
Anna Duggar (wife of reality TV personality Josh Duggar)
Randy Quaid (actor)

OKLAHOMA
Je suis Charlie (solidarity message for French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo)
Stuart Scott (ESPN sportscaster who passed away in 2015)
Caitlyn Jenner (reality TV personality formerly known as Bruce Jenner)
Patricia Arquette (actress),
Jordan Spieth (pro golfer who won the U.S. Open and The Masters in 2015)

OREGON
Syria
Iran
Hassan Rouhani (President of Iran)
Tamasha (2015 film)
Islam
Ukraine
Nicky Jam (musician)
Shakira (Musician)
Dilma Rousseff (President of Brazil)

PENNSYLVANIA
Jon Snow dead (character from Game of Thrones who died in the Season 5 finale… or did he?)
Pope Francis visit
War on terror
? Van Patten (Eight is Enough actor who passed away in 2015),
Creed (2015 film)
Carrie Underwood baby
Royal baby
Blake Lively baby

RHODE ISLAND
Brian Williams (NBC journalist suspended for telling an exaggerated story)
Adele (musician)
Taylor Swift (musician)
Justin Bieber (musician)
Charlie Sheen (actor)
Wet Seal (clothing company that filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in 2015)
Ariana Grande (musician)
Tom Brady (pro football player)

SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston shooting
Trump for President
Nae nae dance
Confederate flag

SOUTH DAKOTA
Back to the Future (popular 1985 movie that got a lot of attention because the characters in it travel to the future—the year 2015).
Ed Sheeran (musician)
Fitbit (a device that measures how many steps you take between your sofa and the fridge)

TENNESSEE
Fred Thompson (former actor and Tennessee Senator who passed away in 2015)
National Rifle Association

TEXAS
James Harden (basketball player)
Bandidos Motorcycle Club (a motorcycle gang that engaged in a massive shootout with the Cossacks motorcycle gang in Waco, Texas in 2015)
Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán (Mexican drug lord)
Hurricane Patricia
Clock boy (14-year-old Texas student Ahmed Mohamed who was arrested after bringing a homemade clock to school)
Planned Parenthood video
Lion hunting
Miranda Lambert divorce
Jade Helm (a popular conspiracy theory that claims the annual U.S. military training exercise was really a cover for a full-scale invasion of Texas)
Filibuster
Greg Hardy (pro football player)

UTAH
Transgender
Man bun (male hair style)
Spotify (digital music service)
Apple TV
Star Wars: The Force Awakes (2015 film)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015 film)
Jurassic World (2015 film)
Ant-Man (2015 film)
Planned Parenthood (non-profit organization)
Sister Wives (TV show)

VERMONT
Bernie Sanders (presidential candidate)
The Daily Show (TV show)
Climate change
87th Academy Awards

VIRGINIA
Abdel Fattah el-Sis (President of Egypt)
Islamic State (terrorist organization)
Boko Haram (terrorist organization)
Recep Taytip Erdogan (President of Turkey),
Muhammadu Buhari (President of Nigeria),
Narendra Modi (Prime Minister of India)

WASHINGTON
Leonard Nimoy (actor who played Spock on Star Trek passed away in 2015)
Super Bowl
Amanda Knox (American woman acquitted of murder in Italy)
Left Shark
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015 film)
Microsoft Surface (tablet)

WEST VIRGINIA
Magic Mike XXL (2015 film)

WISCONSIN
Rep. Paul Ryan (newly elected Speaker of the House)
What does bae mean?
Koch brothers
Political activities of the Koch brothers

WYOMING
Mars (4th planet from the sun)
U.S. Constitution
Blake Shelton + Gwen Stefani
Firearm
Playboy (magazine that announced it would cease showing photos of naked women)
AR-15 (type of firearm)