Barbie and Oppenheimer were the most searched films in 2023, at least when people weren't looking for news about those who passed.
Footballers Kylian Mbappe and Harry Kane were heavily searched for while Shakira was most Googled in music.
The results are based on the terms that had the highest spike in search in 2023 when compared to previous years.
Cinema-goers broke records by seeing Barbie, about the doll's feminist awakening, and Oppenheimer, about the development of the atomic bomb, back-to-back.
The films took £30m in their opening weekend, which was the best for the industry since 2019.
Meanwhile, Shakira was in the news twice in 2023, first making headlines in January for her song about ex-partner Gerard Pique, which broke YouTube records in Latin America.
She then found herself in the spotlight throughout the second half of the year after she was accused of tax fraud in Spain - which she settled for €7.5m (£6.5m) out of court, while denying any wrongdoing.
The considerable interest in Barbie and Oppenheimer resulted in the creation of a new word - Barbenheimer - to capture how many people were talking about them at the same time. The two films are now leading the way in Golden Globe nominations.
And while Barbenheimer was the big cultural moment in film, people in the UK also searched for Guardians of the Galaxy 3 - which came out in May - while the 9th most-searched movie was Netflix special Bank of Dave, an optimistic story based on Burnley businessman Dave Fishwick.
Barbie and Oppenheimer were the most searched films in 2023, at least when people weren't looking for news about those who passed.
Footballers Kylian Mbappe and Harry Kane were heavily searched for while Shakira was most Googled in music.
The results are based on the terms that had the highest spike in search in 2023 when compared to previous years.
Cinema-goers broke records by seeing Barbie, about the doll's feminist awakening, and Oppenheimer, about the development of the atomic bomb, back-to-back.
