Hardly Holidays Day 8: The Most Googled Things of 2025 🔍 HWP 1001

Day 8 of Hardly Holidays is all about curiosity, chaos, and the internet telling on itself.

SP and Kellie look back at what the entire world couldn’t stop Googling in 2025 — the people, movies, music, tech, and random cultural moments that dominated search bars all year long.

From breakout stars and unexpected scandals to viral collectibles and pop culture obsessions, this episode answers one simple question:

👉 What were we all obsessed with… and why?

🧠 Most Googled of 2025 (U.S.)

• Actor: Pedro Pascal
  Topped search charts thanks to The Last of Us Season 2 and Fantastic Four: First Steps.
• Actress: Mikey Madison
  A massive spike in searches following her first Oscar win.
• Singer: d4vd (David Anthony Burke)
  The year’s most searched musician — driven largely by a high-profile criminal investigation involving his vehicle.
• Band: KATSEYE
  The global girl group became the most Googled musical group in the U.S.
• Movie: KPop Demon Hunters
  Netflix’s animated musical became the #1 searched movie of the year.
• TV Show: The Hunting Wives
  The mystery thriller that quietly became everyone’s obsession.

🔍 Other Top Trending Google Categories of 2025

• Athlete: Shedeur Sanders
  Searches exploded after his standout rookie season with the Cleveland Browns.
• Song: “Wood” — Taylor Swift
  The lead single from The Life of a Showgirl became the most searched track of the year.
• Consumer Tech: iPhone 17
  Specifically the ultra-thin “Air” model released in September 2025.
• Viral Product: Labubu
  The ugly-cute monster dolls from Pop Mart officially took over the internet.
• Podcast: New Heights
  Jason & Travis Kelce stayed firmly on top of podcast search charts.
• Video Game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  The breakout RPG that dominated gamer searches.
• Book: Regretting You — Colleen Hoover
  Once again proving Hoover’s grip on the fiction charts is unstoppable.

This episode is a perfect snapshot of the year — what shocked us, entertained us, confused us, and completely hijacked our attention spans.

Because if everyone Googled it…
It probably mattered.

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This is Day 8 of 10 in our Hardly Holidays event — ten episodes in ten days to get you through the weirdest, loudest, coziest time of year.

Two more to go.

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