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11th Dec 2012

Was Craig Doyle really the biggest trending celebrity in Ireland for 2012?

We were a little surprised ourselves at this one, but it appears Craig Doyle was the biggest trending celebrity of 2012.

JOE

We were a little surprised ourselves at this one, but it appears Craig Doyle was the biggest trending celebrity of 2012.

By Declan Whooley

Google Zeitgeist has revealed our search patterns over the last twelve months and while some results were expected, others have raised more than a few eyebrows.

Not surprisingly, Katie Taylor was the top trending person in 2012, while Euro 2012 was the biggest search. It may have brought pain with the performances of the Irish team in Poland, but we wanted to get up-to-speed on everything at the tournament.

The biggest surprise was the performance of TV chat-show host Craig Doyle. His programme has been cancelled by RTE, but he can console himself by the fact that he was the biggest trending Irish celebrity over the past 12 months, beating Michael Fassbender and Liam Neeson for the top honours.

Elsewhere the Craig Doyle Show was trending ahead of Love/Hate, Connacht have moved ahead of rivals Munster while on a global scale Ryan Lochte was well ahead of the great Michael Phelps.

Here are a look at some of the Google Zeitgeist findings:

Top Trending Searches

  1. Euro 2012
  2. Katie Taylor
  3. Kate Middleton
  4. Netflix
  5. April Jones
  6. Whitney Houston
  7. Olympics 2012
  8. Household charge
  9. AIB Internet
  10. Jill Meagher

Top Trending People

  1. Katie Taylor
  2. Kate Middleton
  3. April Jones
  4. Whitney Houston
  5. Jill Meagher
  6. Rosanna Davison
  7. Morgan Freeman
  8. Michael Clarke Duncan
  9. Demba ba
  10. Amanda Todd

Top Trending TV Shows

  1. Moone Boy
  2. Craig Doyle Show
  3. Homeland
  4. Love/Hate
  5. The Voice
  6. Downton Abbey
  7. Mrs Browns Boys
  8. Home and Away
  9. Fair City
  10. Ear to the Ground

Most Searched Politicians in 2012

  1. Enda Kenny
  2. Phil Hogan
  3. James Reilly
  4. Micheál Martin
  5. Leo Varadkar
  6. Joan Burton
  7. Alan Shatter
  8. Ruairi Quinn
  9. Sean Sherlock
  10. Eamonn Gilmore

Top Trending Celebrities

  1. Craig Doyle
  2. Michael Fassbender
  3. Liam Neeson
  4. Ciaran Hinds
  5. Daniel Day Lewis
  6. Pierce Brosnan
  7. Cillian Murphy
  8. Colm Meaney
  9. Anne Doyle
  10. Colin Farrell

 

 

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