As 2018 wraps up, Google is taking a look back at the most popular web searches of the year.

Both globally and in the US, the World Cup was the top trending search on Google in 2018. Celebrity deaths also received a ton of interest: Avicii was the second most popular search globally, followed by Mac Miller and Stan Lee. The movie Black Panther rounded out the global top five.

In the US, Hurricane Florence at No. 2, followed by Mac Miller and two other celebrities we lost this year: Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain.

In a Wednesday blog post, Google News Lab Data Editor Simon Rogers said "people continued to search for 'good' …more than ever" this year.

"We searched for good news of championships, medal counts and royal weddings, and sought out bright spots throughout the year," Rogers wrote. "We also searched for how to be a good citizen, how to be a good friend, and how to be a good dancer. (Perhaps with the help of some Fortnite GIFs.)"

People also wanted to be good civic stewards: In the US, the top "how to" searches were "how to vote" and "how to register to vote," followed by "how to play Mega Millions," and a few tech-related queries: "how to buy [the cryptocurrency] Ripple," "how to turn off automatic updates," and "how to get the old Snapchat back." The top "what is" search in the US was "what is Bitcoin."

One event in particular, the Thai cave rescue, inspired a lot of people. Following the rescue, "searches for 'scuba diving lessons near me' increased by 110 percent that week," Rogers wrote.

Meanwhile, scandals also made for heavy search volumes. In the US, Demi Lovato, who suffered a drug overdose in July, was the most-searched person; Tristan Thompson was the top-searched athlete amidst a cheating scandal; and the sitcom Roseanne, which ABC cancelled in May following a racist tweet from star Roseanne Barr, was the top-searched TV show.

Other popular searches in the US this year included: the Keto diet, Logan Paul, Fashion Nova, 1980s fashion, unicorn cake, Fortnite, Fortnite GIF, and "how to apply magnetic lashes."

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