The Top Searches of 2012: Yahoo

Yahoo, one of the most popular online portals in the entire world, has released its annual year-end compilation of the most searched-for topics from a wide variety of categories, anything from News to Entertainment to Sports. In this article, we're going to take a look at a few of the items we looked for in 2012; you can see the entire list here for the entire search report.

Previous Yahoo Top Searches of the Year

• Yahoo 2005 Top Searches
• Top Searches of 2006
• The Top Web Searches of 2007
• Yahoo's Top Searches of 2008
• The Worst Sites of 2008
• The Top Videos of 2009
• The Top Web Searches of the Decade
• 2011 Readers Choice Awards

Top Yahoo Searches Overall

1. Election
2. iPhone 5
3. Kim Kardashian
4. Kate Upton
5. Kate Middleton
6. Whitney Houston
7. Olympics
8. political polls
9. Lindsay Lohan
10. Jennifer Lopez

Top Yahoo Searches for Gadgets

1. iPhone 5
2. iPad 3
3. iPad Mini
4. Samsung Galaxy S3
5. Kindle Fire
6. iPhone 4
7. Nook
8. iPod Touch
9. Samsung Galaxy Tab
10. Samsung Galaxy Note

Top Searched For Memes on Yahoo

1. Kony 2012
2. binders full of women
3. Hurricane Sandy fake storm photos
4. ridiculously photogenic guy
5. Big Bird
6. dogshaming
7. stingray photobomb
8. eastwooding
9. Etch-A-Sketch
10. McKayla Maroney is not impressed

Top Searches For TV & Radio Personalities On Yahoo

1. Rush Limbaugh
2. Ellen Degeneres
3. Kelly Ripa
4. Chris Matthews
5. Robin Roberts
6. Maria Menounos
7. Paula Deen
8. Katie Couric
9. Oprah Winfrey
10. Howard Stern

Top 10 Celeb Baby Searches On Yahoo

1. Beyonce && Jay‐z’s baby
2. Kourtney Kardashian’s baby
3. Jessica Simpson’s baby
4. Snooki’s baby
5. Guiliana Rancic’s baby
6. Jennifer Garner’s baby
7. Tori Spelling’s baby
8. Vanessa Minnillo & Nick Lachey’s baby
9. Kristin Cavallari’s baby
10. Kelsey Grammer baby