Top ten things that topped internet searches in 2016 around the world

  As 2016 comes to a close on Saturday, we take a look at what were most popular things that people searched on the Internet this year.   1. UEFA Euro 2016 The UEFA Euro is a quadrennial international men's football competition of Europe organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). This year's championship was held in France on June 10-July 10 and Portugal won its first title. For the first time also, the Euro 2016 was contested by 24 teams, having been expanded from the 16-team format used since 1996. Under the new format, the finalists contested a group stage consisting of six groups of four teams, followed by a knockout phase including three rounds and the final. uefa
2. Pokemon Go It is a free mobile game app developed by Niantic in collaboration with Nintendo by way of the Pokemon company. It was initially released last July 2016 in selected countries. It became hugely popular owing to the popularity of Pokemon and its characters that smartphone users have to catch in certain areas to advance to the next level. pokemongo            
3. Rio Olympics The Olympics is a major international multi-sport event held every four years. The Rio Olympics was held last August 5-21. The Rio Olympiad was the first to be held in South America, thus making it a popular search item on Google, aside from the participation of Kosovo, South Sudan and the Refugee Olympic Team as first-time entrants. Rio de Janeiro also made headlines around the world because of the Zika outbreak. rioolympics
4. Donald Trump Controversial and brash business-magnate and television personality became the 45th president of the US by virtue of his election last November 8. The US elections last November sharply divided Americans and was the most vitriolic in American history owing to personal and bitter potshots taken by Trump against his opponent, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton of the Democratic Party and vice versa. While Trump won in the electoral vote (which chooses the winner of the US elections), Clinton was the runaway winner in the popular vote. donaldtrump
5. Ramadan It is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which the Quran was revealed to the prophet Muhammad through the angel Gabriel or Jibril. Fasting from dawn to sunset during Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. ramadan
6. T20 World Cup 2016 The International Cricket Council (ICC) Twenty20 (T20) World Cup was held in India on March 8 to April 3 and it was the first time the South Asian country hosted the tournament. The ICC is the international governing body of cricket. Oman participated in the competition for the first time. Cricket games have huge followings in Middle East and South Asian countries, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. t20
7. iPhone SE The iPhone SE is Apple company's new four-inch iPhone that looks similar to the iPhone 5S but has iPhone 6 internal specifications like an A9 processor, 12-megapixel camer and support for Apple Pay. All iPhone units are hugely popular and when it was released in March, a lot of people looked it up on the Internet. iphone
8. Suicide Squad It is an American action film based on the DC Comics antihero team of the same name released last August and starred Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnouye-Agbaje, Ike Barinhotlz, Scott Eastwood and Cara Delevingne as the main antagonist. While it was a commercial success, grossing US$745 million worldwide, it was panned by critics. Forbes cited it as one of worst movies of 2016. suicide squad
9. Eid al Adha Called the Festival of the Sacrifice. Eid al Adha is the second of two Muslim holidays celebrated worldwide yearly and is believed to be holier of the two. The other holiday is Eid al Ftir. Eid al Adha honors the willingness of Abraham (Ibrahim) to sacrifice his son, Isaac, as an act of submission to Allah’s command and is commemorated every 10th day of Dhu al Hijjah and last for four days. This year's festival became controversial when the Saudi Arabian high court ruled that it would be held on September 12 instead of September 11. The actual dates of Eid are confirmed based on the sighting of the moon so if a new moon was sighted on September 1, the first day of Eid al Adha would have been on September 11 But since the moon was not visible, the festival was celebrated on September 12. eid
10. Leap Day 2016 Leap days are needed to keep calendars aligned with the Earth's revolutions around the Sun. This year, leap day was on February 29. A leap day is added to February every four years. People researched about it to mainly find out why is there a leap day in the first place. leap 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