From storms to the biggest sporting moment, the Google Year in Search results is here!
As the year draws to a close, the annual stats reveal the questions we asked Google, the people who caught our interest, and the everyday curiosities we wanted to solve.
For a country obsessed with weather it’s no surprise that the record breaking Storm Eowyn, was the most searched term of the year.
Dubai chocolate. Image: Jean-Bernard Nadeau / Alamy.The storm which hit Ireland in January was one of the most powerful and widespread wind events to hit Ireland since the 1800s.
People also turned to Google to find out how to pronounce the storm's name with ‘How to pronounce Eowyn’ as the third most popular ‘How to’ search term.
Meanwhile, in a year where Ireland welcomed a new President for the first time in 14 years, the election had a big impact on the most searched lists.
People used Google to not only find out more about Ireland’s new President, Catherine Connolly, who was the third most searched overall term and most searched person this year but also the presidential election in general.
Ireland's presidential election featured on the most searched list and in the ‘How To’ list, ‘How to spoil your vote Ireland’ was the second most searched term while ‘How to register to vote in Ireland’ was the fifth most searched term.
2025 was another huge year for sport, with The Ryder Cup, in which Europe was victorious, the second most searched term overall and football and rugby also featured on the most searched list.
Champions League is the fifth most searched term, the Club World Cup is the sixth and Ireland v France rounded out the list.
Elsewhere, the Top 10 Most Googled recipe list gives us a glimpse into what Ireland has been up to in the kitchen.
This year Ireland leaned into comfort and creativity with coffee topping the list followed by the social-media hit, Dubai Chocolate.
