Have you ever wondered what people were searching online in way back 2001?
Who are the famous people online then?
What are the movies most searched online in 2001?
Well, Google has a wonderful database of historical searches and they have nicely presented the top searches by year from 2001 to the latest year in their Google trends website.
Here is a quick summary of the searches happened in 2001:
Top Consumer Brands:
1) Nokia
2) Sony
3) BMW
4) Palm
5) Adobe
6) Dell
7) Oracle
8) Ferrari
9) Honda
10) Canon
The Most Searched Men of 2001
1) Nostradamus
2) Osama bin Laden
3) Eminem
4) Michael Jackson
5) Howard Stern
6) George Harrison
7) Josh Hartnett
8) Dale Earnhardt
9) Bob Marley
10) Michael Jordan
Top 10 Movie Searches of 2001
1) Harry Potter
2) Lord of the Rings
3) Final Fantasy
4) Tomb Raider
5) Shrek
6) Pearl Harbor
7) Moulin Rouge
8) Planet of the Apes
9) American Pie 2
10) The Fast and the Furious
New Products
1) Windows XP
2) Xbox
3) PlayStation 2
4) GameCube
5) Nokia 5510
6) Internet Explorer 6
7) Nokia 3310
8) Gameboy Advance
9) iPod
10) Nokia 8310
Famous Music Groups People Searched for in 2001
1) Beatles
2) U2
3) N Sync
4) Backstreet Boys
5) Linkin Park
6) Pink Floyd
7) Metallica
8) Limp Bizkit
9) Blink-182
10) Enya
Who are the top Retailers in 2001?
1) Amazon
2) IKEA
3) Toys “R” Us
4) Walmart
5) Circuit City
6) Barnes & Noble
7) Costco
8) Bed Bath & Beyond
9) Abercrombie & Fitch
10) GNC
Sports
1) Anna Kournikova
2) Tour de France
3) Dale Earnhardt
4) Wimbledon
5) US Open
6) British Open
7) Lisa Harrison
8) Melbourne Cup
9) World Series
10) New York Marathon
Famous Women of 2001
1) Britney Spears
2) Pamela Anderson
3) Jennifer Lopez
4) Madonna
5) Aaliyah
6) Kylie Minogue
7) Shakira
8) Anna Kournikova
9) Andrea Thompson
10) Mariah Carey
Check out the top 10 popular searches by year :
