This year's trending searches show growing interest in political and social issues within Egypt unlike previous years where sports and entertainment had dominated the search trends for Egyptians. This year’s Google Zeitgeist reveals that Egyptians are turning to the Internet as their number one source of information on-the-go.

Google’s top searches of 2012 in Egypt showcased the top 10 findings for trending terms, trending people, most-searched politicians,news searches, image searches, TV shows, sports teams, athletes, Egyptian Olympians, foods and travel destinations, most searched songs, TV sitcoms, musicians, celebrities, and fashion labels.

Egypt’s Top Trending Query

Port Said Incident

Egypt’s Top Trending People

Tawfik Okasha

Egypt’s Top Trending Politician

Nader Bakar

Egypt’s Most Searched Sports Team

Al Zamalek

Egypt’s Most Search Egyptian Olympian

Karam Gaber

Egypt’s Top Trending Celebrity

Nishan Dirharotionyan

Egypt’s Top Trending News Outlet

Youm7

Egypt’s Top Trending Travel Destination

Al Ein Al Sokhna

Egypt’s Top Trending Image Search

Egypt’s flag

Egypt’s Top Trending Food & Drink Search

Strawberry juice

Egypt’s Top Trending Song

Haqqy Bra’ebty

Egypt’s Top Trending TV Program

Sabaya Al Kheer

Egypt’s Most Searched TV Sitcom

Fatma

Egypt’s Top Trending Musician

Mashrou’ Leila

Egypt’s Most Searched Athlete

Cristiano Ronaldo

FACT SHEET

Top Searches in 2012

1. Port Said Incident.
2. Supreme committee for elections.
3. Numerus clausus 2012.
4. Tahrir square.
5. El-Noor party.
6. Burma.
7. Freedom and justice party.
8. Mubarak trial.
9. Presidential elections.
10. Al Nahda project.

Top People in 2012

1. Tawfik Okasha.
2. Khairat Al Shater.
3. Pope Shenouda III.
4. Hisham Qandil.
5. Felix Baumgartner.
6. Bassem Youssef.
7. Ahmed Mekky.
8. Abdel Fatah El Sisy.
9. Sabry Nakhnokh.
10. Mostafa Shaaban.

Top Songs in 2012

1. Haqqy Bra’ebty.
2. Shakhsya Aneeda.
3. Min Alby Baghany.
4. Gangnam Style.
5. Call Me Maybe.
6. Wide Awake.
7. Motafa’la.
8. Skyfall.
9. Haret El Sakayeen.
10. Ya Roman.

Top TV Programs in 2012

1. Sabaya Al Kheer.
2. Arab Idol.
3. Loqma Haneya.
4. Sabahek Ya Masr.
5. Sabah ON.
6. Zay El Shams.
7. Share’e El Nahar.
8. Akher El Nahar.
9. The Voice.
10. El Set Ghalia.

Top TV Sitcoms or Shows in 2012

1. Fatma.
2. Ramez Ta’lab El Sahara’a.
3. Le’bet El Hayat.
4. Hareem El Sultan.
5. Al Ishq Al Mamnoo’.
6. Khotoot Hamra’a.
7. Al Zooga Al Rab’a.
8. Bae’at Al Ward.
9. Noor.
10. Alam Semsem.

Top Musicians in 2012

1. Mashrou’ Leila.
2. Cheb Khaled.
3. Adele.
4. Nicki Minaj.
5. Mahmoud El Leithy.
6. Shereen Abdel Wahab.
7. Asala.
8. Elissa.
9. Wael Kafoury.
10. Justin Bieber.

Top Athletes in 2012

1. Cristiano Ronaldo.
2. Emad Meteb.
3. Chikabala.
4. Mohamed Zidan.
5. Kaka.
6. Mohamed Barakat.
7. Maria Sharapova.
8. Amr Zaki.
9. Hossam Ghaly.
10. Roger Federer.

Top Sport Teams in 2012

1. Al Zamalek.
2. Real Madrid.
3. Barcelona.
4. Basel.
5. Al Ahly.
6. Chelsea.
7. Inter Milan.
8. Bayern Munich.
9. Arsenal.
10. Liverpool.

Top In-Country Olympians in 2012

1. Karam Gaber.
2. Mohamed Sobhy.
3. Fatma Omar.
4. Mohamed Abdel Fatah “Bougy”.
5. Mohamed El Deeb.
6. Nahla Ramadan.
7. Hisham Mesbah.
8. Sherif Othman.
9. Alaa Aboul Qassem.
10. Aml Mahmoud.

Top Celebrities in 2012

1. Nishan Derharoutyounian.
2. Elham Chaheen.
3. Kristen Stewart.
4. Yousra.
5. Kim Kardashian.
6. Lamees El Hadidy.
7. Daniel Craig.
8. Khairy Ramadan.
9. Wael El Ebrashy.
10. Sawsan Badr.

Top News Searches in 2012

1. Youm 7.
2. Al Masry Al Youm.
3. Masrawy.
4. Al Ahram.
5. Al Shorouk.
6. Al Gomhouria.
7. Al Watan.
8. Al Wafd Gate.
9. JSC Mubashir Misr.
10. Yalla Kora.

Top Politicians in 2012

1. Nader Bakkar.
2. Saad El Katatny.
3. Mohamed Abu Hamid.
4. Moataz Abdel Fatah.
5. Mohamed Morsi.
6. Hisham Qandil.
7. Hazem Salah Abu Ismail.
8. Amr Hamzawy.
9. Hamdeen Sabahy.
10. Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh.

Top Travel Destinations in 2012

1. Ain Sokhna.
2. Al Manama.
3. London.
4. Istanbul.
5. Hawaii.
6. Siwa.
7. Sidney.
8. Dubai.
9. Marsa Matrouh.
10. Marsa Alam.

Top Images Searches in 2012

1. Egyptian Flag.
2. Ahmed Shafik.
3. Flowers.
4. John Cena.
5. Sponge Bob.
6. Birthday Cake.
7. Samar.
8. Tamer Hosny.
9. Natural Scenes.
10. Nancy Ajram.

Food & Drinks

1. Strawberry Juice.
2. Shish Kabab.
3. Humus.
4. Eish El Saraya.
5. Zucchini with bechamel sauce.
6. Chicken Shawerma.
7. Rice stuffed vegetables (Mahshy).
8. Stuffed Pigeons.
9. Falafel.
10. Chicken Soup.

Fashion Labels

1. Ted Baker.
2. Stella McCartney.
3. Balmain.
4. Jean Paul Gaultier.
5. Michael Kors.
6. Bershka.
7. Marc Jacobs.
8. Mulberry.
9. Tom Ford.
10. H&M.