Data & Studies

Top Google Searches (January 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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As of 2026, the most searched thing on Google is “youtube.” The next most popular searched words are “chatgpt,” “amazon,” “google,” “gmail,“and “facebook.”

Below are lists of the top 100 most popular searches and questions in the US and worldwide, pulled from our database of 28.7 billion keywords:

#KeywordSearch Volume
1youtube88300000
2chatgpt81340000
3amazon81170000
4google73230000
5gmail58120000
6facebook49090000
7wordle40370000
8google translate31600000
9translate30260000
10chat gpt29040000
11weather26450000
12walmart24410000
13canva21650000
14nfl21610000
15calculator20690000
16fox news20680000
17google docs19300000
18news18260000
19yahoo17780000
20blooket17730000
21target17460000
22ebay17060000
23home depot16680000
24instagram16300000
25google maps15490000
26weather tomorrow15340000
27amazon prime15220000
28google classroom15090000
29roblox14990000
30traductor14260000
31yahoo mail14170000
32google flights12420000
33nba12060000
34netflix11970000
35nfl scores11950000
36kahoot11080000
37spotify11050000
38usps tracking10980000
39zillow10940000
40streameast10750000
41dow jones10570000
42cool math games10520000
43food near me10410000
44tiktok10320000
45shein10220000
46linkedin10050000
47snake9830000
48connections9820000
49clever9700000
50costco9690000
51indeed9550000
52reddit9340000
53english to spanish9320000
54etsy8880000
55solitaire8860000
56discord8610000
57speed test8560000
58spanish to english8220000
59nfl games8160000
60lowes8060000
61maps7960000
62twitter7910000
63prodigy7770000
64espn7550000
65trump7490000
66labubu7310000
67capital one7180000
68tesla stock7170000
69cnn7010000
70google drive7010000
71best buy6990000
72outlook6880000
73airbnb6840000
74dow jones today6830000
75pinterest6720000
76lululemon6560000
77restaurants near me6440000
78sniffies6190000
79lakers6140000
80fedex tracking5990000
81paypal5890000
82dodgers5870000
83gimkit5800000
84nba scores5760000
85cvs5730000
86gmail login5650000
87connections hint5620000
88snake game5610000
89facebook marketplace5560000
90google slides5410000
91nba games5330000
92nvda stock5260000
93mlb5250000
94walgreens5150000
95mlb scores5140000
96internet speed test5120000
97nvidia stock5050000
98epic4960000
99apple4950000
100macys4860000

We removed all NSFW queries from this list. What you see above are the top 100 “clean” search queries. You can see the full list with NSFW keywords in Ahrefs’ Keywords Explorer

#KeywordSearch Volume
1chatgpt768,300,000
2whatsapp web533,400,000
3youtube390,800,000
4chat gpt277,600,000
5translate254,300,000
6facebook207,200,000
7amazon204,100,000
8google192,300,000
9gmail189,800,000
10canva185,000,000
11instagram159,100,000
12weather156,300,000
13clima136,500,000
14traductor118,700,000
15google translate107,400,000
16whatsapp103,500,000
17roblox98,400,000
18weather tomorrow96,600,000
19tiktok81,200,000
20satta king75,300,000
21ind vs eng74,300,000
22wordle74,100,000
23pinterest68,800,000
24मौसम68,400,000
25india national cricket team vs england cricket team match scorecard67,400,000
26netflix62,300,000
27google maps59,200,000
28maps53,600,000
29xổ số miền nam53,200,000
30hotmail52,800,000
31speed test52,700,000
32سكس52,200,000
33england cricket team vs india national cricket team match scorecard52,000,000
34yahoo51,300,000
35погода51,300,000
36real madrid50,300,000
37outlook49,200,000
38proxy48,900,000
39xsmn47,800,000
40casibom46,300,000
41poki45,700,000
42wa web45,700,000
43linkedin45,600,000
44yahoo mail44,500,000
45sarkari result43,900,000
46tradutor43,200,000
47twitter42,600,000
48xsmb41,700,000
49spotify41,300,000
50discord39,300,000
51shein38,700,000
52news38,100,000
53india vs england37,400,000
54nba37,200,000
55jojobet36,900,000
56lottery sambad36,600,000
57переводчик36,200,000
58hava durumu36,000,000
59fb36,000,000
60clima para amanhã35,500,000
61calculator34,800,000
62betano34,500,000
63gemini34,200,000
64ebay33,100,000
65onlyfans33,000,000
66nfl33,000,000
67bbc news32,500,000
68gpt31,900,000
69gg dịch31,400,000
70india national cricket team vs australian men’s cricket team match scorecard31,000,000
71xổ số miền bắc30,400,000
72cuaca30,300,000
73flamengo30,100,000
74premier league29,400,000
75कल का मौसम28,900,000
76ikea28,800,000
77walmart28,500,000
78kahoot28,400,000
79tiempo28,200,000
80google docs27,500,000
81temu27,400,000
82serie a27,300,000
83çeviri27,200,000
84betway27,000,000
85satta26,500,000
86google classroom26,300,000
87amazon prime26,100,000
88ig25,900,000
89e devlet25,900,000
90dpboss25,700,000
91grandpashabet25,500,000
92flipkart25,400,000
93yt25,300,000
94google scholar25,300,000
95deepseek25,000,000
96south africa national cricket team vs india national cricket team match scorecard25,000,000
97bet36524,800,000
98yandex24,700,000
99ind vs aus24,500,000
100casibom giriş24,500,000

Looking to see more than the top 100 Google searches?

Go to Ahrefs’ Keywords Explorer, leave the search field blank, then hit search. You’ll see every keyword in our database for your chosen country sorted by monthly search volume in descending order.

Blank search in Keywords Explorer

Need to see the most searched keywords in another country?

Hit the dropdown and choose one of the 200+ countries in our database.

Countries dropdown in Keywords Explorer

We also show SEO metrics like:

  • The keyword’s search intent (informational, navigational, commercial, or branded)
  • Keyword Difficulty (KD)
  • Its search volume growth over the past 3 months
  • Its mobile/desktop search distribution 
  • Global search volume
  • Traffic Potential (TP)
  • Global TP
  • Cost-per-click (CPC)
  • Parent Topic

To see the current top-ranking pages for any query, hit the SERP button.

SERP Overview in Keywords Explorer

Did you know that you can use the keyword ideas reports in Keywords Explorer to find the most popular searches on any topic?

For example, if you search for “Netflix” and go to the Matching terms report, you will find >2 million keyword ideas sorted by monthly search volume.

Matching terms report

How is this useful?

Imagine that you run a website about movie reviews. You can filter this report for queries containing the word “review” to find the most popular Netflix shows people want reviews for.

Include filter in Keywords Explorer

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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.