It’s that time of year when Google drops its iconic Year in Search list, and honestly, it’s like peeking into Australia’s collective brain. According to the 2025 Google search trends across Australia, we spent the year bouncing between wild weather, politics, celebrities behaving badly, viral food trends, and a few chaotic moments we still don’t fully understand. If we felt it, feared it, craved it or got confused by it … we absolutely Googled it.
And yes, it’s every bit as unhinged and hilarious as you’d expect.
Keeping Up With the Headlines That Dominated the Google Search Trends List
Right at the top of the Google search trends list was Cyclone Alfred, making it the nation’s most-Googled moment. We weren’t just refreshing for updates, we were desperately searching things like “how to prepare for a cyclone” and “where is Cyclone Alfred now?” because apparently panic-Googling is a national sport.
Politics also made its mark. The Australian federal election 2025 sent us diving into searches for Peter Dutton, Sussan Ley, and Who won the election in Australia? We also spiralled into global topics – Charlie Kirk, Pope Francis, Pope Leo, Greta Thunberg, and Iran all surged across the year.
And like clockwork, Aussies returned to some classic favourites: DIY car maintenance, St Patrick’s Day, and the ever-present cry for guidance — “how to talk to women.”
Timeless.
Sport, Celebrities and the Pop Culture Aussies Couldn’t Stop Googling
If it involved a ball, a match, a trophy or a scandal, it probably hit the top trending searches Australia list. Cricket absolutely owned us this year, with searches skyrocketing for:
- Women’s Cricket World Cup
- India vs England
- Ind vs Aus
- Champions Trophy
- Australia vs South Africa
Meanwhile, tennis fans pushed Madison Keys to the top of global search charts after her Australian Open win.
On the celebrity front, we were very busy. Aussies Googled Bianca Censori Grammys, Belle Gibson, Jimmy Kimmel, Kendrick Lamar, Danielle Collins, Charlie Sheen, and Richard Marx. If anyone even slightly misbehaved online, we were already typing their name into the search bar.
Film lovers helped spike searches for Minecraft: The Movie, Adolescence, How to Train Your Dragon, KPop Demon Hunters, and the new horror favourite 28 Years Later.
Viral Food Searches That Took Over Our Kitchens
Food always has a starring role in Australia’s search habits, but this year’s mix was peak chaos.
Top trending foodie searches included:
- Hot cross bun recipe (perfection never dies)
- Dubai chocolate recipe (the pistachio-tahini one… yes, THAT one)
- Cloud cake recipe
- Bacon dessert recipes
- Ninja slushie recipes
- Pink salt trick recipe
- Japanese mounjaro recipe
From Easter treats to diet hacks, Aussies Googled, baked, blended and taste-tested it all.
DIY, Hacks and How-To Chaos We Absolutely Claim
One thing the Google Search Trends list proved? We are a nation of DIY warriors.
This year we looked up:
- DIY car maintenance
- How to inspect a used car
- DIY home improvement ideas
- How to make Ddakji
- How to make a lava lamp
- How to make AI action figures
- Ghibli photo tutorials
- DIY hair extensions
If it involved tools, YouTube, Bunnings, glitter, or a glue gun — we were Googling it.
The Wild, Weird and Totally Aussie Searches
It wouldn’t be a true Year in Search without some beautifully odd entries.
2025 blessed us with:
- Labubu mania
- Searches for “discog meaning,” “claves,” “droven,” “lede,” and other niche words no one had heard of the week before
- And of course, the nationwide mystery: “What does 6 7 mean?”
We may never know. And maybe that’s OK.
What the Trending Searches in Australia Say About Us
Put it all together and you get an extremely Aussie picture: curious, sports-obsessed, weather-alert, celebrity-nosy, kitchen-confident, DIY-determined and always ready to deep-dive into the weirdest corners of the internet.
If it happened in 2025, Aussies searched it — twice.
