Yandex analysts have summed up the results and published a rating of the most popular queries of the year. Some lines from the rating do not lose popularity for years, for example, the query "What is love", while others aroused the interest of users for only a few months.
The most popular queries of 2012 on Yandex divided into categories dedicated to people, events and phenomena, as well as the eternal questions "Who?", "What?" and why?".
So, today we will find out what people were most often looking for this year.
12. Memes and lulz
Memes Are sometimes meaningless, but mega-popular phrases that are spread on the Internet in all possible ways. Lulza - a concept adopted on the web to denote quality humor.
11. Athletes
The outgoing 2012 turned out to be rich in sporting events: the London Olympics, the European Football Championship, the UEFA Champions League, the 2012 Dakar Race. The list of the most popular athletes from Yandex was headed by Fedor Emelianenko, who in 2012 announced his retirement in mixed martial arts.
10. "What?"
We have long been accustomed to searching the Internet for answers to any question. One of the most intriguing queries in this category is "What is 228". The number 228, which is extremely popular among young people on the Russian Internet, is nothing more than the number of the article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which provides for punishment for the storage, manufacture, transportation and processing of narcotic substances.
9. Matches (score)
We do not always have time to see the long-awaited game, so it has long been a good tradition to find out the account on the Internet. The most popular queries of 2012 on Yandex in this category are dedicated to Euro 2012 matches, the Champions League final and the performance of Russian hockey players in the match with the Czechs.
8. Films
Among the popular requests were many paintings that were noted in rating of the best films of 2012... It is quite possible that for the time remaining before the end of the year, New Year's films will be included in the top ten requests.
7. Premieres
Surprisingly, the iPhone5 lost the palm in the top ten most popular premieres to the webvybory2012 project. In March, the site was used for broadcasting from polling stations in the presidential elections, and in October 2012 it resumed its work to demonstrate local elections in 7 regions of the Federation.
6. Women
Actresses, singers, wives and just public figures. As the popularity rating of queries shows, external data has absolutely nothing to do with it. Four lines in the top ten are occupied by women who tragically passed away.
5. Men
Someone attracted attention by participating in interesting projects, someone by scandals, and someone, alas, by an untimely death. So, Ilya Oleinikov, who passed away in November, heads the top ten.
4. "Who?"
The winner in this category was Sasha Gray, a star of adult films. It is noteworthy that the top ten most popular queries on the topic "Who" is rounded out by the President of the African Republic of Chad Francois Tombalbai, who was killed in a military coup in 1975.
3. "Why?"
One of the most popular queries on Yandex with the word "Why" has not left the top ten for 4 years. In February 2008, at a press conference, Vladimir Putin uttered the phrase: "... I plowed like a slave ...". The president's words were immediately changed, and the request "Why is Putin a crab?"
2. Music
The most popular search queries of 2012 on Yandex reflect the musical tastes of the Internet community. The leader is the insane dialogue to the music of brothers Intigam and Ekhtiram Rustamov, who speak poorly in Russian, filmed during a wedding in a small Azerbaijani village.
1. Events
The presidential elections were only slightly ahead of Eurovision 2012 in popularity.
Probably, by the end of December, the popularity of another, so far only unlikely event, the end of the world, will noticeably grow.