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The 100 Most Searched People on Google (May 2026)

By Si Quan Ong

SEO & Marketing Educator at Ahrefs

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100 most searched people on Google in the U.S.
How to find relevant people-oriented keywords in your niche

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.

100 most searched people on Google in the U.S.

#	Person	Search Volume
1	sydney sweeney	4,400,000
2	donald trump	3,680,000
3	taylor swift	3,470,000
4	rob reiner	2,900,000
5	sabrina carpenter	2,520,000
6	ozzy osbourne	2,480,000
7	ed gein	2,380,000
8	elon musk	2,230,000
9	millie bobby brown	2,030,000
10	shedeur sanders	1,950,000
11	billie eilish	1,700,000
12	pedro pascal	1,680,000
13	jenna ortega	1,540,000
14	candace owens	1,540,000
15	ana de armas	1,530,000
16	lebron james	1,490,000
17	hulk hogan	1,490,000
18	travis kelce	1,440,000
19	caitlin clark	1,390,000
20	aaron rodgers	1,350,000
21	morgan wallen	1,340,000
22	bad bunny	1,330,000
23	tate mcrae	1,290,000
24	charlie kirk	1,250,000
25	jacob elordi	1,240,000
26	ariana grande	1,230,000
27	adam sandler	1,210,000
28	jeffrey epstein	1,200,000
29	jd vance	1,150,000
30	d4vd	1,140,000
31	lamar jackson	1,110,000
32	shohei ohtani	1,090,000
33	malcolm jamal warner	1,050,000
34	kristi noem	1,050,000
35	sophie cunningham	1,050,000
36	josh allen	1,040,000
37	joe burrow	1,030,000
38	zohran mamdani	1,000,000
39	timothee chalamet	1,000,000
40	tyreek hill	1,000,000
41	patrick mahomes	980,000
42	bryan kohberger	970,000
43	bruce willis	970,000
44	angel reese	950,000
45	michael jackson	940,000
46	madison beer	940,000
47	drake maye	940,000
48	benson boone	940,000
49	hailee steinfeld	930,000
50	glen powell	930,000
51	cynthia erivo	920,000
52	mckenna grace	910,000
53	karoline leavitt	910,000
54	chappell roan	900,000
55	kobe bryant	880,000
56	jelly roll	870,000
57	ghislaine maxwell	870,000
58	erika kirk	860,000
59	scarlett johansson	860,000
60	dolly parton	860,000
61	cardi b	850,000
62	david corenswet	840,000
63	nick fuentes	840,000
64	luka doncic	830,000
65	micah parsons	820,000
66	anthony edwards	820,000
67	tyler robinson	820,000
68	stefon diggs	820,000
69	margaret qualley	820,000
70	tom cruise	820,000
71	megan fox	820,000
72	finn wolfhard	810,000
73	pam bondi	810,000
74	jennifer aniston	810,000
75	anne burrell	800,000
76	scottie scheffler	800,000
77	ja morant	790,000
78	savannah guthrie	790,000
79	jake paul	790,000
80	tom brady	780,000
81	joe keery	780,000
82	brad pitt	770,000
83	sadie sink	770,000
84	dua lipa	770,000
85	malachi barton	770,000
86	keanu reeves	760,000
87	leonardo dicaprio	760,000
88	justin bieber	760,000
89	johnny depp	750,000
90	nick reiner	750,000
91	zendaya	740,000
92	blake lively	740,000
93	isabela merced	740,000
94	tom holland	740,000
95	walton goggins	730,000
96	robert redford	730,000
97	gavin newsom	730,000
98	john cena	730,000
99	nicole kidman	720,000
100	florence pugh	720,000

How to find relevant people-oriented keywords in your niche

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.

You can do the same for your industry too.

Here's how:

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

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.

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:

Want to do keyword research for your site? Sign up for Keywords Explorer.

Post bySi Quan Ong

Si Quan is a content marketer at Ahrefs. He has been involved in digital and content marketing for the past 5 years. Before he joined Ahrefs, he was content marketer at ReferralCandy, a 7-figure ARR SaaS company. Si Quan has spoken at some of the industry’s largest conferences in the Asia region, which includes TIECon and Digital Marketing Skill Share. He has also written for some of the industry’s most popular blogs like Sumo and SmartBlogger. His earliest work was marketing a product on Kickstarter, which eventually raised $150,000, more than double the original funding goal. The product was also featured on prominent tech websites, including Engadget, CNET and Digital Trends.

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