Is it just us, or did 2015 just flash past in the blink of an eye? Well, if you’d like to take stock and see what happened over the last 12 months, this is for you: Google’s top trending list for the UAE in 2015.  *Spoiler alert: HH Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Iphone 6, and Adele’s Hello feature prominently.

Thanks to social media, our lives are rather more quantifiable than they were some years back. Now, instead of racking your brains to try and work out just what you spent your time doing over the course of a year, you can simply check out the UAE’s Top Google Searches of 2015. So as you wait to ring in the New Year, read on to find out just who and what was trending over the last 12 months. From people to events, movies to music, these are the things you were bothered about in 2015.

 

iPhone 6s

Of course, the iPhone 6s

Trending Queries

  1. iPhone 6s
  2. Indian Premier League
  3. Fast and The Furious 7
  4. Ramadan
  5. Agario
  6. Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
  7. Jurassic World
  8. Comedy show on Abu Dhabi TV
  9. Hidden camera show on MBC
  10. Copa America

 

Manny Pacquiao in Dubai

Fan frenzy: Manny Pacquiao in Dubai

Trending People

  1. Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
  2. Andrea Brillantes
  3. Lamar Odom
  4. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  5. Bruce Jenner
  6. Reham Khan
  7. Ronda Rousey
  8. Manny Pacquiao
  9. Adele
  10. Nour El-Sherif

 

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nepal earthquake victims risk trafficking

The Nepal Earthquake saw many countries, including the UAE, reaching out to help

Trending Current Events

  1. Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum death
  2. Nepal Earthquake
  3. Paris Shooting
  4. Charlie Hebdo
  5. A.P.J Abdul Kalam death
  6. Mirna el Mohandes deat
  7. Nour El Sherif death
  8. Saud al- Dosary death
  9. Decisive Storm
  10. HH Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud death

 

Trending Movies

  1. Fast and Furious 7
  2. Jurassic World
  3. Spectre
  4. Mission Impossible Rogue Nation
  5. American Sniper
  6. The Martian
  7. Taken 3
  8. Inside Out
  9. Mad Max
  10. Pitch Perfect 2

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Trending Music

  1. Adele – Hello
  2. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
  3. Jessie J – Flashlight
  4. Wiz Khalifa – See you Again
  5. Drake – Hotline Bling
  6. Ellie Goulding – Love me like you do
  7. Taylor Swift – Bad Blood
  8. Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk
  9. Calvin Harris – How Deep is your Love
  10. Hozier – Take me to Church

 

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UAE Trending Sports and Sports Events

  1. 2015 Indian Premier League
  2. ICC World Cup 2015
  3. Rugby World Cup 2015
  4. Copa America
  5. Wimbledon 2015
  6. Mayweather vs Pacquiao fight
  7. US Open
  8. French Open
  9. La Liga
  10. Australian Open 2015

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