Here are the top Google searches in Ireland in 2025

"How to spoil your vote Ireland", 'Adolesence' and Storm Éowyn all featured in the 2025 Google Year in Search

“Storm Éowyn” was the most-searched term of the year, according to Google’s Year in Search results.

The extratropical cyclone that hit Ireland in January caused significant damage, with record-breaking gusts reaching up to 184km/h.

“How to pronounce Éowyn” was the third-most popular “how to” search.

And in the year of a presidential election, Catherine Connolly, who became Ireland’s new President, was the most-searched-for person on Google in Ireland this year.

Catherine Connolly was also the third-most searched overall term. Other presidential hopefuls Maria Steen and Jim Gavin were, respectively, the second- and third-most searched for people. The presidential election featured on the most-searched list and in the “how to” list.

“How to spoil your vote Ireland” was the second-most searched term, while “how to register to vote in Ireland” was the fifth-most searched term.

“How to bottle feed a breastfed baby” was the most searched for “how to” of 2025.

The Ryder Cup, in which Europe was victorious, was the most searched-for sports term and the second-most-searched term overall.

Football and rugby also featured on the most-searched list. 

“Champions League” was the fifth-most-searched term overall and the second-most-searched for sports term. “Ireland v France” was the third-most-searched-for sports term and 10th-most-searched-for term overall.

In the top 10 most-searched-for recipes, “coffee” topped the list. The social-media hit “Dubai chocolate” came in second. Pornstar martini, pancakes, gooseberry jam, and cupcakes followed on the list.

Monster: The Ed Gein Story and Adolescence were the most-searched TV shows and also featured on the overall list. Irish TV shows, House of Guinness and Traitors Ireland were the third-and fourth-most searched for TV shows.

Nosferatu, 28 Years Later, and Superman all featured at the top of the most-searched movie list.

“What is listeria?” topped the “what is” list, and other trending questions asked by the Irish public were “what is 6 7?” and “what is a tariff?”. 

Top trending searches refer to queries with the highest amount of traffic over a sustained period in 2025 as compared to 2024.

Top overall searches	Most searched people
Storm Éowyn	Catherine Connolly
Ryder Cup	Maria Steen
Catherine Connolly	Jim Gavin
Monster: The Ed Gein Story	Belle Gibson
Champions League	DJ Carey
Club World Cup	Alexander Isak
Iran	Garron Noone
Adolescence	Andy Byron
Ireland Presidential Election	Conor Loftus
Ireland v France	Stephen Graham

People who died in 2025	Most searched sports
Charlie Kirk	Ryder Cup
Ozzy Ozbourne	Champions League
Diogo Jota	Ireland v France
Gene Hackman	Liverpool F.C
Diane Keaton	Liverpool vs Man United
Hulk Hogan	Ireland v Scotland
Ricky Hatton	India vs England
Michelle Trachtenberg	FIFA Club World Cup
Val Kilmer	Liverpool vs PSG
Robert Redford	Lions

Most searched TV Shows	Most searched movies
Monster: The Ed Gein Story	Nosferatu
Adolescence	28 Years Later
House of Guinness	Superman
Traitors Ireland	Happy Gilmore 2
Say Nothing	Minecraft
Mobland	Sinners
Dept. Q	Anora
Severance	Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
The Last of Us	One Battle After Another
Squid Game	Weapons

Most searched tech	Most searched recipes
iphone 17	Coffee
Amazon.ie	Dubai Chocolate
Deepseek	Pornstar Martini
Wplace	Pancake
Chat GPT free	Gooseberry jam
Strands	Hugo Spritz
Maths solver	Pork fillet
TikTok banned	Pimms
Grok	Cupcakes
Switch 2	Plum Chutney

'What is' searches	'How to' searches
What is listeria	How to bottle feed a breastfed baby
What is 6 7	How to spoil your vote Ireland
What is the warehouse	How to pronounce Eowyn
What is adolescence about	How to watch Europa League final in Ireland
What is polytrauma	How to register to vote in Ireland
What is americano coffee	How to watch Club World Cup
What is halal meat	How to clear cache on Chrome
What is Tylenol	How to opt out of organ donation Ireland
What is Tai Chi walking	How to watch Ballon d'Or 2025
What is a tariff	How to make Dubai chocolate