The year 2024 brought a flood of new movies and TV shows to theaters, broadcast networks, and streaming platforms.
Here's a look at the most-searched items across the world of entertainment in 2024.
Movies and Television: When looking for information on television shows and movies, consumers often turn to Google, the search engine owned by Alphabet Inc GOOG GOOGL, the same place where they searched for information on trending topics like the Olympics and 2024 presidential election.
These were the top 10 most-searched movies on Google in 2024:
- Inside Out 2
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- Saltburn
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
- Dune: Part Two
- It Ends with Us
- Oppenheimer
- Kung Fu Panda 4
- Alien: Romulus
- Terrifier 3
The Walt Disney Company DIS led the way with "Inside Out 2," "Deadpool & Wolverine" and "Alien: Romulus" ranking in the top 10 searches. "Inside Out 2" and "Deadpool & Wolverine" are the highest grossing movies domestically and worldwide for 2024, making their appearance on the list no huge surprise.
"Saltburn" ranked third, which might be thanks to some viral scenes in the movie from Amazon.com Inc AMZN, released in theaters and streamed on Prime Video.
Warner Bros. Discovery WBD had several films on the list with "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" and "Dune: Part Two," which rank sixth and seventh for domestic box office revenue for the year.
Comcast Corporation CMCSA also has several films on the list with "Oppenheimer" and "Kung Fu Panda 4."
On the television front, Google’s top searches focused on streaming shows. Here are the 10 most-searched TV shows worldwide in 2024:
- Baby Reindeer
- Fallout
- House of the Dragon
- Heeramandi
- Shogun
- The Perfect Couple
- Queen of Tears
- Marry My Husband
- 3 Body Problem
- Nobody Wants This
The global list included several foreign series, with many of them streamed to the U.S. and other parts of the world.
Netflix Inc NFLX led the way for series on the top-searched list with the rights to "Baby Reindeer," "Heeramandi," "The Perfect Couple," "Queen of Tears," "3 Body Problem" and "Nobody Wants This." With six of the 10 most Googled series globally for the year, Netflix continues to show its dominance in the streaming sector.
Amazon's Prime Video had two series on the list: "Fallout" and "Marry My Husband." Disney, with its FX arm and Hulu streaming platform, had "Shogun." Warner Bros. Discovery had one series on the list: "House of the Dragon," which airs on HBO and streams on Max.
Actors, Musicians, and Games: Google also shared the top 10 lists for other entertainment categories for 2024.
These were the most-searched actors in 2024:
- Katt Williams
- Pawan Kalyan
- Adam Brody
- Ella Purnell
- Hina Khan
- Kieran Culkin
- Terrance Howard
- Nimrat Kaur
- Sutton Foster
- Briggitte Bozzo
These were the most-searched musicians in 2024:
- Diddy
- Usher
- Linkin Park
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Justin Timberlake
- Angela Aguilar
- Drake Bell
- Tracy Chapman
- Dave Grohl
- Angelina Mango
These were the 10 most-searched games on Google in 2024:
- Connections
- Palworld
- Infinite Craft
- Sprunki
- Helldivers 2
- Wuthering Waves
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Strands
- Brawl Stars
- PokeRogue
This year's entertainment lists don't feature Taylor Swift and while they have several names who proved to make headlines for negative reasons, the list doesn't include the likes of Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Will Smith and Chris Rock who dominated headlines in years past.
One notable entry on the list is Connections, which tops the games list. The popular word game puzzle from The New York Times NYT is the company's second most popular game, trailing Wordle, which formerly dominated Google searches.
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