Charlie Kirk, his assassination and his wife top Google’s 2025 most trending searches oan

OAN Staff Katherine Mosack
8:12 AM – Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Google has released a list of top search trends for 2025, with Charlie Kirk, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Zohran Mamdani, and KPop Demon Hunters at the forefront of people’s minds this year.

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was this year’s No. 1 trending search in the U.S. in 2025 after he was assassinated at a campus event at Utah Valley University on September 10^th.

Additionally, Tyler Robinson, the suspected assassin accused of fatally shooting Kirk in the neck, was the second most searched for term in Google’s “People” category, falling just behind Democratic socialist New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who will assume office at midnight on New Year’s Eve. Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk’s widow and the new Turning Point USA CEO, was the fourth person on the list, above Pope Lei XIV, who became the first pope from the United States this year, making history.

Charlie Kirk’s assassination was the third most searched news story, according to Google, behind the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed by President Donald Trump on the 4^th of July, and the Government shutdown, which set a record for the longest lapse in government funding, lasting 43 days, as Democrats in Congress pushed for an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies.

Here is a roundup of the top five from Google’s lists:

Top Searches:

1. Charlie Kirk
2. KPop Demon Hunters
3. Labubu
4. iPhone 17
5. One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Top News

1. One Big Beautiful Bill Act
2. Government shutdown
3. Charlie Kirk assassination
4. Tariffs
5. No Kings protest

People

1. Zohran Mamdani
2. Tyler Robinson
3. D4vd
4. Erika Kirk
5. Pope Leo XIV

Passings

1. Charlie Kirk
2. Gene Hackman
3. Ozzy Osbourne
4. Anne Burrell
5. Diane Keaton

Movies

1. “KPop Demon Hunters”
2. “Sinners”
3. “The Minecraft Movie”
4. “Happy Gilmore 2”
5. “Thunderbolts”