Top Google searches in the US

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Want to know what people in the US are searching for the most? We compiled a list of most Googled keywords and questions from our database. Marketing Miner’s database currently contains over 165 million keywords searched in the US, and it keeps growing every day!

The data is current as of 07/28/2022 (we will update the article every year).

The table below shows the most popular keywords and the following data:

Rank
Keyword
Search volume – average monthly search volume (over the last 12 months)
CPC – average cost per click in Google Ads
YoY Search Volume Change – a percentage figure that compares the average monthly search volume of the past year to the previous period

Top 100 Google most searched words in the US

#	Keyword	Search volume	CPC ($)	YoY Search volume change (%)
1	facebook	184,988,732	0.82	-16.90
2	youtube	163,679,605	0.60	-12.21
3	amazon	120,871,004	0.04	-10.06
4	weather	98,534,525	0.09	7.62
5	google	94,218,486	0.66	-12.40
6	walmart	77,005,563	0.09	6.00
7	gmail	75,395,756	0.68	-8.30
8	yahoo mail	47,533,740	0.98	7.20
9	yahoo	43,505,927	0.29	-3.30
10	google translate	43,230,261	0.70	-16.37
11	target	38,441,667	0.01	28.00
12	fox news	35,308,333	0.79	-10.50
13	ebay	32,100,000	0.02	-13.00
14	home depot	30,812,005	0.04	17.10
15	translate	30,725,000	0.25	5.90
16	cnn	30,254,402	0.44	-16.70
17	nba	29,734,875	1.00	38.95
18	food near me	29,591,667	2.23	47.50
19	instagram	28,566,667	0.15	11.90
20	google maps	27,650,000	0.22	20.10
21	weather tomorrow	25,997,824	0.50	13.32
22	restaurants near me	25,661,551	1.25	46.40
23	usps tracking	24,341,667	0.07	5.90
24	best buy	24,280,524	0.06	-20.85
25	lowes	24,064,459	0.13	-7.40
26	costco	23,991,667	0.05	43.20
27	amazon prime	21,866,516	0.15	-11.43
28	calculator	20,667,890	0.30	-12.45
29	craigslist	20,342,982	2.50	-23.17
30	election results	20,157,010	1.00	-98.32
31	twitter	19,682,981	0.66	2.90
32	google docs	19,118,149	0.51	-17.90
33	zillow	18,816,667	0.03	6.80
34	traductor	18,808,176	0.16	9.40
35	wells fargo	16,416,667	1.59	-0.40
36	news	15,904,992	1.90	-16.58
37	google classroom	15,463,333	0.02	-49.80
38	bank of america	15,296,391	0.15	-15.03
39	msn	15,236,991	0.97	-14.40
40	netflix	15,100,000	1.13	-17.50
41	nfl	14,885,614	1.70	19.42
42	macys	14,691,491	1.31	9.90
43	indeed	14,600,000	0.60	16.30
44	kohls	14,320,000	5.86	9.40
45	etsy	14,250,000	0.07	22.60
46	maps	13,674,931	0.30	4.39
47	roblox	13,641,667	0.55	-9.70
48	walmart near me	12,834,281	0.07	0.20
49	election	12,807,880	4.50	-97.43
50	walgreens	12,713,561	0.60	49.20
51	nba scores	12,655,449	2.09	89.70
52	trump	12,631,715	2.50	-82.20
53	hotmail	12,558,333	0.24	-16.80
54	ups tracking	12,336,667	0.06	2.70
55	aol mail	12,165,072	0.59	-3.60
56	facebook login	11,845,793	0.10	-21.14
57	stimulus check	11,728,647	0.15	-62.15
58	fedex tracking	11,543,244	0.06	16.30
59	dow jones	11,370,451	0.50	-42.37
60	english to spanish	11,140,255	0.60	10.50
61	shein	10,845,000	0.86	62.10
62	pizza hut	10,818,333	0.52	-1.10
63	nfl scores	10,724,221	1.14	31.30
64	espn	10,670,150	0.79	29.50
65	autozone	10,371,667	0.16	30.10
66	amc stock	10,360,340	0.91	28.70
67	nbam	10,333,546	0.67	45.50
68	usps	10,251,667	1.33	14.30
69	old navy	10,241,440	0.12	16.90
70	taco bell	9,911,667	1.58	44.10
71	cvs	9,907,446	0.07	36.56
72	zoom	9,850,542	0.59	-40.10
73	irs	9,690,833	0.60	67.30
74	hobby lobby	9,675,655	0.18	3.80
75	on drive google	9,340,000	0.42	-7.50
76	paypal	9,303,333	0.69	-22.30
77	ikea	9,215,000	0.15	1.00
78	solitaire	9,177,306	1.80	11.45
79	dominos	9,147,582	0.22	-1.60
80	gamestop	9,146,078	0.12	0.70
81	capital one	9,140,000	0.72	1.50
82	speed test	9,100,592	1.30	-22.10
83	google drive	9,090,500	0.59	-19.30
84	tesla stock	8,960,769	0.87	-39.90
85	lakers	8,756,917	2.00	1.50
86	spanish to english	8,690,479	0.85	6.80
87	tiktok	8,643,346	0.26	40.40
88	bitcoin price	8,612,455	1.10	83.58
89	fedex	8,611,667	0.10	28.60
90	discord	8,565,972	0.02	28.40
91	pinterest	8,528,685	0.35	-22.79
92	chipotle	8,462,824	0.30	7.39
93	chase	8,284,545	0.73	10.40
94	dogecoin	8,165,696	0.90	124.00
95	ps5	8,098,881	0.29	-15.00
96	michaels	7,960,077	0.17	5.30
97	outlook	7,894,407	0.27	3.30
98	linkedin	7,707,927	2.00	-1.35
99	nordstrom	7,685,672	0.03	-6.80
100	facebook marketplace	7,668,333	1.06	49.90

Note: We removed all NSFW queries from this table.

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The most searched word on Google

The most searched term on Google in the US in the past 12 months was “facebook” with 185M average monthly searches.

However, there are many popular brands that did not make the Top 100 Google most searched terms list. For example:

Reddit (112th position)
Airbnb (125th position)
Burger King (130th position)
Twitch (134th position)

Top 100 searched questions on Google in the US

#	Keyword	Search Volume	CPC ($)	YoY Search volume change (%)
1	what to watch	2,373,953	1.23	-34.40
2	what time is it	1,275,833	0.42	3.70
3	where am i	846,181	0.28	19.50
4	where does vanilla flavoring come from	783,639	0.70	-1.30
5	when is fathers day	764,050	1.46	3.60
6	how many weeks in a year	731,435	0.76	17.90
7	why were chainsaws invented	711,118	0.89	-4.60
8	wheres my refund	512,534	0.50	32.70
9	how many days until christmas	496,813	0.00	17.80
10	how many ounces in a gallon	472,293	0.00	-12.60
11	when is easter	399,767	0.87	-11.80
12	when is thanksgiving	384,143	0.99	-6.80
13	how to lose weight fast	373,833	1.73	5.50
14	what time is sunset	346,778	1.81	23.00
15	what is juneteenth	288,093	0.93	8.10
16	when is labor day	277,823	0.12	-23.80
17	what time is it in hawaii	248,806	0.52	52.80
18	what is qanon	241,956	0.00	-85.07
19	how old is donald trump	234,363	5.00	-87.38
20	where am i right now	228,899	0.27	48.40
21	how to buy dogecoin	228,348	0.50	36.18
22	how to pronounce	226,411	0.42	17.20
23	when is mothers day	225,308	0.40	64.93
24	when are taxes due	224,082	1.11	-22.40
25	what time is it in california	218,297	0.00	2.80
26	when is the next full moon	208,507	0.54	21.60
27	how to take a screenshot	207,052	0.20	-2.20
28	what is the weather	204,737	0.70	-5.90
29	when is memorial day	197,042	1.94	-2.20
30	how many grams in an ounce	196,205	0.00	-8.20
31	how to draw	187,750	1.36	-13.10
32	how old is joe biden	187,239	1.40	-74.65
33	what is antifa	185,303	0.10	-97.23
34	who is the richest person in the world	183,044	0.03	-3.70
35	when will i get my stimulus check	182,140	0.28	-96.40
36	who is pain naruto	178,274	0.00	-22.69
37	where does the vice president live	175,513	0.00	34.40
38	what is the 25th amendment	173,557	0.35	-96.13
39	how to screenshot on windows	172,409	0.15	22.40
40	what is bitcoin	166,475	1.00	30.80
41	how many calories should i eat a day	166,463	0.46	-2.30
42	how old is queen elizabeth	165,564	0.00	-33.30
43	how to lose belly fat	160,784	0.78	-3.60
44	what is a verb	158,885	0.26	-8.80
45	how to weight loss	157,027	3.88	8.40
46	what time is it in australia	155,409	0.00	-14.20
47	how to screenshot	153,058	0.20	-12.50
48	how to make money	153,000	0.74	-15.00
49	why are flags at half mast	151,534	0.04	80.60
50	how to get rid of fruit flies	151,472	0.09	34.70
51	where to buy ps5	151,392	0.36	2.40
52	how to get rid of gnats	150,627	0.07	25.90
53	what is the temperature	149,789	0.60	9.40
54	what is a filibuster	143,546	0.46	227.90
55	what is a simp	142,534	0.00	-68.20
56	how to lower blood pressure	141,651	0.22	28.40
57	how many seconds in a year	140,638	0.00	125.40
58	what day is it today	138,947	0.46	3.30
59	how many days in a year	138,022	0.00	8.70
60	how many cups in a gallon	137,816	0.00	-13.10
61	where my refund	136,809	0.50	32.70
62	what does gop stand for	135,718	0.00	-71.56
63	what is the weather today	132,849	0.61	25.50
64	what does simp mean	131,281	0.00	-73.00
65	when does time change	131,122	0.74	30.40
66	how many pints in a quart	130,194	0.75	-11.50
67	how to screen record on iphone	129,052	0.20	63.10
68	how many genders are there	128,925	2.50	-18.40
69	how many tablespoons in 1/4 cup	128,561	0.00	-24.83
70	what county am i in	127,516	0.02	0.40
71	why is the sky blue	127,028	0.30	-22.10
72	how do you spell	125,125	0.63	1.00
73	how to draw a rose	124,221	1.29	-31.70
74	when is valentines day	123,894	0.98	67.80
75	how to delete instagram	123,445	0.10	2.70
76	when is daylight savings time	121,314	0.19	-28.40
77	who is the president of the united states	119,973	0.80	-78.28
78	what time is it in china	119,213	0.00	0.30
79	how many tsp in tbsp	119,201	0.00	-4.20
80	how to refund a game on steam	117,632	0.00	23.20
81	when is halloween	116,064	0.90	14.18
82	how many weeks in a month	116,062	0.58	29.60
83	what time is the super bowl	115,573	5.09	20.80
84	when does spring start	115,413	2.08	16.60
85	what year is it	115,031	0.00	197.10
86	how to make buttermilk	114,319	0.04	-30.20
87	where to buy dogecoin	112,971	0.60	-3.98
88	how much water should i drink a day	112,096	0.25	0.90
89	when is christmas	112,008	0.00	0.10
90	when does the time change	111,774	0.32	39.30
91	how to make money online	111,269	1.05	-9.10
92	how to screenshot on chromebook	111,128	0.65	-54.30
93	how to screenshot on pc	110,645	0.09	-18.50
94	how to measure bra size	110,333	0.25	-14.30
95	what time is it in england	109,810	0.00	-19.80
96	how many continents are there	109,646	0.00	57.60
97	how to backup iphone	109,550	10.00	-22.58
98	how to cook a turkey	109,033	0.07	-28.70
99	how to get rid of bed bugs	107,446	0.41	-21.20
100	where is my stimulus check	106,884	0.28	-22.80

Note: We removed all NSFW queries from this table.

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