Data & Studies

The 100 Most Searched People on Google (May 2026)

Si Quan Ong
Content marketer @ Ahrefs. I've been in digital marketing for the past 6 years and have spoken at some of the industry’s largest conferences in Asia (TIECon and Digital Marketing Skill Share.) I also write about my curiosities on my Substack.
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We analyzed our database of 28.7 billion keywords to identify the people most often searched for on Google.

These are the 100 most searched people, along with their monthly search volumes.

#PersonSearch Volume
1sydney sweeney4,400,000
2donald trump3,680,000
3taylor swift3,470,000
4rob reiner2,900,000
5sabrina carpenter2,520,000
6ozzy osbourne2,480,000
7ed gein2,380,000
8elon musk2,230,000
9millie bobby brown2,030,000
10shedeur sanders1,950,000
11billie eilish1,700,000
12pedro pascal1,680,000
13jenna ortega1,540,000
14candace owens1,540,000
15ana de armas1,530,000
16lebron james1,490,000
17hulk hogan1,490,000
18travis kelce1,440,000
19caitlin clark1,390,000
20aaron rodgers1,350,000
21morgan wallen1,340,000
22bad bunny1,330,000
23tate mcrae1,290,000
24charlie kirk1,250,000
25jacob elordi1,240,000
26ariana grande1,230,000
27adam sandler1,210,000
28jeffrey epstein1,200,000
29jd vance1,150,000
30d4vd1,140,000
31lamar jackson1,110,000
32shohei ohtani1,090,000
33malcolm jamal warner1,050,000
34kristi noem1,050,000
35sophie cunningham1,050,000
36josh allen1,040,000
37joe burrow1,030,000
38zohran mamdani1,000,000
39timothee chalamet1,000,000
40tyreek hill1,000,000
41patrick mahomes980,000
42bryan kohberger970,000
43bruce willis970,000
44angel reese950,000
45michael jackson940,000
46madison beer940,000
47drake maye940,000
48benson boone940,000
49hailee steinfeld930,000
50glen powell930,000
51cynthia erivo920,000
52mckenna grace910,000
53karoline leavitt910,000
54chappell roan900,000
55kobe bryant880,000
56jelly roll870,000
57ghislaine maxwell870,000
58erika kirk860,000
59scarlett johansson860,000
60dolly parton860,000
61cardi b850,000
62david corenswet840,000
63nick fuentes840,000
64luka doncic830,000
65micah parsons820,000
66anthony edwards820,000
67tyler robinson820,000
68stefon diggs820,000
69margaret qualley820,000
70tom cruise820,000
71megan fox820,000
72finn wolfhard810,000
73pam bondi810,000
74jennifer aniston810,000
75anne burrell800,000
76scottie scheffler800,000
77ja morant790,000
78savannah guthrie790,000
79jake paul790,000
80tom brady780,000
81joe keery780,000
82brad pitt770,000
83sadie sink770,000
84dua lipa770,000
85malachi barton770,000
86keanu reeves760,000
87leonardo dicaprio760,000
88justin bieber760,000
89johnny depp750,000
90nick reiner750,000
91zendaya740,000
92blake lively740,000
93isabela merced740,000
94tom holland740,000
95walton goggins730,000
96robert redford730,000
97gavin newsom730,000
98john cena730,000
99nicole kidman720,000
100florence pugh720,000

In almost every industry, there are celebrities, professionals, or influencers that other people want to emulate. For example, an amateur tennis player might want to know which tennis racket Novak Djokovic uses. Or a football player might want to know the boots Trent Alexander-Arnold wears.

In fact, Equipboard has taken this idea seriously and created a site around the gear used by professional musicians.

Equipboard

You can do the same for your industry too.

Here’s how:

  1. Go to Keywords Explorer
  2. Enter the names of famous people in your niche
  3. Go to the Matching terms report
  4. Filter for keywords related to gears using the Include filter

Keywords related to gear used by tennis pros

For example, if I entered the names of professional tennis players (Roger Federer, Emma Radacanu, Rafael Nadal) and filtered for tennis gear keywords (e.g., shoes, racket, wristband, shorts), I see 960 potential keywords I could target. If I were a tennis site, I could create a category page for each celebrity and list out all their preferred equipment.

Another way is to enter a relevant keyword into Keywords Explorer, go to the Matching terms report, and observe keyword patterns. For example, if I were a fitness site, I could enter “weight loss” into Keywords Explorer.

celebrity names weight loss

The first thing I’ll notice is that many people are actually interested in how certain celebrities lost their weight. The second thing I notice is that the keywords all form a pattern: [first name][last name] weight loss.

As such, I can use the Word count filter to look for keywords that have 4 words, which gives me a list of celebrity-related weight loss keywords:

celebrity weight loss keywords

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Article Performance
Data from Ahrefs
  • Organic traffic
  • Linking websites

The number of websites linking to this post.

This post's estimated monthly organic search traffic.