Philly’s Google Zeitgeist: Here’s What We Searched for Every Single Day of 2013

Philadelphia is obsessed with Powerball, Kim Kardashian and… the weather.

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We are about to be inundated by 2013 Year-in-Review videos, articles, blogs, cable shows and radio marathons. The most interesting review is already out – yours. Every year, Google puts out a list of the top searched names, places and things of the year gone by. It is like the American Idol of Year-in-Reviews because you vote by your searches on the most important events of the year.

This year death, devices and the Harlem Shake dominate the Google Zeitgeist. Here are the national top 10 searches of the year:

You can see all of the Google 2013 trend charts by clicking here.

Most interesting, to me anyway, is a global 3D interactive map, where you can see the top searches for every day of 2013 by metropolitan area. The daily searches for Philadelphia unfortunately only go up to November 11th right now. The Google analytics people are a little behind on the local numbers.

The Philly list gives a fascinating look what and who we cared about and when. It seems we cared most about Powerball, the weather and Kim Kardashian. I’ll update the list when Google makes the most recent dates available.

Here is a breakdown of the Philly’s Google Zeitgeist: what we as a city cared about day-by-day in 2013. (I added in parenthesis when a search term came up more than once.)

January

1 -Mummers Parade

2 – First in Math

3 –Notre Dame

4 – Rex Ryan Tattoo

5 – Johnny Manziel

6 – NHL

7 – First in Math

8 – Katherine Webb

9 – Penn in Touch

10 – Oscar Nominations

11 – Kate Middleton

12 – Aaron Swartz

13 – Colin Kaepernick

14 – Golden Globes

15 – Amber Alert

16 – Chip Kelly

17 – Manti Teo

18 – Lance Armstrong

19 – Flyers

20 – Jennifer Lawrence

21 – Inauguration 2013

22 – Melissa Ketunuti

23 – Sloan Stephens

24 – Citizen’s Bank

25 – Flyers (2)

26 – Robert Pattison and Kristin Stewart

27 – Sally Starr

28 – School District of Philadelphia

29 – Allen Iverson

30 – Blackberry 10

31 – Caleb Moore

February

1 – Worldstarhiphop

2 – Groundhog Day

3 – Super Bowl 2013

4 – Beyoncé

5 – Kate Middleton (2)

6 – Mary Leakey

7 – Weather

8 – Philadelphia Weather

9 – Tattoo Convention 2013 Philadelphia

10 – Walking Dead

11 – Katy Perry Grammy 2013

12 – Mardi Gras

13 – State of the Union

14 – Valentines Day

15 – Meteor Russia

16 – Mumford and Sons

17 – Beyoncé (2)

18 – Mindy McReady

19 – Firefly Festival

20 – PS4

21 – PS4 (2)

22 – Edward Gorey

23 – NASCAR

24 – Daytona 500

25 – Jennifer Lawrence (2)

26 – Dancing with the Stars

27 – School Closings

28 – Duck Dynasty

March

1 – French Montana

2 – Click Fraud

3 – Kevin Hart

4 – Miriam Makeba

5 – Weather Philadelphia (2)

6 – Shayna Sykes

7 – North Korea

8 – Danielle Fishel

9 – Erin Express 2013

10 – Daylight Savings Time 2013

11 – Douglas Adams

12 – The Bachelor

13 – New Pope

14 – Powerball

15 – Ides of March

16 – Lil Wayne Dead

17 – Lil Wayne

18 – Weather (2)

19 – Dancing with the Stars (2)

20 – First Day of Spring 2013

21 – Powerball (2)

22 – NCAA Scores

23 – Florida Gulf Coast University

24 – Powerball (3)

25 – LaSalle Basketball

26 – Amanda Knox

27 – Jenna Wolfe

28 – Monsanto Protection Act

29 – North Korea (2)

30 – NCAA Tournament

31 – Kevin Ware

April

1 – Kevin Ware Injury

2 – Finding Dory

3 – North Korea (3)

4 – North Korea (4)

5 – Kamala Harris

6 – Final Four

7 – Lilly Pulitzer

8 – WrestleMania 29

9 – NCAA (2)

10 – Made in America

11 – Masters

12 – Jonathan Winters

13 – Kobe Bryant

14 – Aurora Borealis

15 – Boston

16 – Boston Marathon

17 – Ricin

18 – Texas Explosion

19 – Boston (2)

20 – Boston Bomber

21 – Al Michaels

22 – Reese Witherspoon

23 – Ciara Body Party

24 – After Earth

25 – NFL Draft

26 – NFL Draft (2)

27 – Matt Barkley

28 – Yvette Prieto

29 – Jason Collins

30 – Chris Broussard

May

1 – Amanda Knox (2)

2 – Chris Kelly

3 – Jeff Hanneman

4 – Kentucky Derby

5 – Broad Street Run

6 – Green Eggs Café

7 – Amanda Berry

8 – Jodi Arias

9 – Paige Aiello

10 – The Great Gatsby

11 – Miami Heat

12 – Happy Mothers Day

13 – Arrested Development

14 – Angeline Jolie

15 – Carlos Zambrano

16 – Powerball (4)

17 – American Idol 2013

18 – Preakness 2013

19 – Powerball (5)

20 – Miguel Billboard Awards

21 – Oklahoma Tornado

22 – Dancing with the Stars (3)

23 – Doodle 4 Google

24 – Amanda Bynes

25 – Champions League

26 – Everett Golson

27 – Memorial Day

28 – Amanda Bynes (2)

29 – Adam Levine

30 – Kim Kardashian

31 – Julius Richard Petri

June

1 – Roots Picnic 2013

2 – Miami Heat (2)

3 – Game of Thrones

4 – NBA

5 – Building Collapse Philadelphia

6 – Weather Philadelphia (3)

7 – The Purge

8 – Belmont Stakes

9 – Odunde 2013

10 – IOS 7

11 – PS4 (3)

12 – NBA (2)

13 – Weather (3)

14 – Man of Steel

15 – Kim Kardashian (2)

16 – Kim Kardashian Baby

17 – Miss USA

18 – Jimmy Hoffa

19 – James Gandolfini

20 – James Gandolfini (2)

21 – Kim Kardashian Baby Name

22 – Paula Deen Fired

23 – Super Moon

24 – Nik Wallenda

25 – Antoni Gaudi

26 – Aaron Hernandez

27 – Nelson Mandela

28 – NBA Draft

29 – Tour de France

30 – Anna Nicole Smith

July

1 – BET Awards 2013

2 – Anna Nicole Smith (2)

3 – Franz Kafka

4 – Magna Carta Holy Grail

5 – Philadelphia

6 – Royce White

7 – Anderson Silva

8 – Monica Wright

9 – Randy Travis

10 – Elisabeth Hasselbeck

11 – Randy Travis (2)

12 – Trayvon Martin

13 – Zimmerman Verdict

14 – Cory Monteith

15 – Rembrant Van Rijn

16 – Talia Castellano

17 – Rolling Stone Cover

18 – British Open

19 – The Conjuring

20 – Silver Alert

21 – Powerball (6)

22 – Royal Baby

23 – Ryan Braun

24 – Huma Abedin

25 – Rosalind Franklin

26 – DJ Khalid

27 – Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez

28 – Frank Bonacci

29 – Robin Thicke

30 – Bachelorette

31 – Lauren Silverman

August

1 – Powerball (7)

2 – Musikfest

3 – Raven Symone

4 – Powerball (8)

5 – Megaladon

6 – George Duke

7 – Powerball (9)

8 – Powerball (10)

9 – Philadelphia Eagles

10 – Oprah Winfrey

11 – Breaking Bad

12 – Erwin Schrodinger

13 – Kendrick Lamar

14 – Gia Allemand

15 – Darren Young

16 – Charlie Manueal

17 – Raz B

18 – Paulina Gretzky

19 – Lee Thompson Young

20 – Andy Reid

21 – Blue moon

22 – Wentworth Miller

23 – North West

24 – Linda Ronstadt

25 – Phillies

26 – Miley Cyrus

27 – Syria

28 – I Have A Dream Speech

29 – Michael Jackson

30 – Amber Alert (2)

31 – Made in America (2)

September

1 – Electric Zoo

2 – Charlie Hunnam

3 – James Franco

4 – Ariel Castro

5 – NFL

6 – NFL (2)

7 – Rocket Launch

8 – NFL (3)

9 – E. Steven Collins

10 – iPhone 5s

11 – 9/11

12 – Seaside Heights

13 – Seaside Heights Fire

14 – Mayweather vs Canelo

15 – Mayweather vs Canelo (2)

16 – Miss America

17 – Grand Theft Auto 5

18 – IOS 7

19 – Powerball (11)

20 – Eagles

21 – Weather Channel

22 – Jon Jones

23 – Emmy Winners

24 – The Voice

25 – Ted Cruz

26 – Joseph Gordon-Levitt

27 – Mariano Rivera

28 – Miss World 2013

29 – Datpiff

30 – Government Shutdown

October

1 – Government Shutdown (2)

2 – Tom Clancy

3 – Rihanna Pour It Up Video

4 – Miriam Carey

5 – Foot Locker

6 – Eagles Score

7 – Flyers (3)

8 – Scarlett Johansen

9 – Kris Jenner

10 – Kanye West

11 – Adrian Peterson

12 – Adrian Peterson Son Dies

13 – Walking Dead (2)

14 – Dallas Cowboys

15 – Eminem Rap God

16 – Government Shutdown (3)

17 – Kim Kardashian (3)

18 – Kim Kardashian (4)

19 – Sweetest Day

20 – Drake

21 – Celia Cruz

22 – TLC

23 – Pauly D Baby

24 – Jamie Dornan

25 – Powerhouse 2013

26 – Daylight Savings Time (2)

27 – Lou Reed

28 – Chris Brown

29 – Peter Gunz

30 – NBA (3)

31 – Halloween

November