What Italians were looking for in 2023: Leonardo, Sinner and Peppino di Capri

The 2023 is coming to a close, an entire year which also saw many innovations in terms of technology, both in terms of hardware devices and software. There has been the consecration of artificial intelligence within everyone’s reach, but not only.

And like every end of the year, Google is keen to let us know how was the year that is about to end based on research which were carried out on its search engine, which is certainly the most used in the world.

You will therefore be interested to know what Italians were looking for in 2023. Google has in fact drawn up the ranking of more frequent searches that those who use the internet in Italy have done, dividing the major searches by category. We find some obvious results, but not without them some surprises. Let’s go and see them together:

Some of the most searched trends of all time (globally)

• Rock bands most searched for ever: The Beatles
• Artist most searched for ever: Leonardo da Vinci
• Athlete most searched for ever: Cristiano Ronaldo
• Grammy winner most searched for ever: Beyoncé
• Fashion icon / style most searched for ever: Rihanna
• Singer/songwriter most searched for ever: Taylor Swift
• Sport most searched for ever: Soccer
• Video game most searched for ever: Minecraft
• Trilogy most searched for ever: The Twilight Saga
• Artwork (excluding theatrical works) most searched for ever: Mona Lisa

Most searched characters in Italy in 2023

1. Jannik Sinner
2. Romelu Lukaku
3. Peppino of Capri
4. Shakira
5. Marta Fascina
6. Chiara Francini
7. Elly Schlein
8. Andrea Giambruno
9. Francesca Fagnani
10. Luisa Ranieri

Characters to whom we said goodbye in 2023

1. Maurizio Costanzo
2. Silvio Berlusconi
3. Matteo Messina Money
4. Toto Cutugno
5. Gianluca Vialli
6. Francesco Nuti
7. Matthew Perry
8. Tina Turner
9. Michela Murgia
10. Gina Lollobrigida

Most searched films in Italy in 2023

1. Oppenheimer
2. Barbie
3. There’s still tomorrow
4. Murder in Venice
5. Everything Everywhere all at once
6. Avatar 2
7. The Nun 2
8. The Whale
9. Killers of the Flower Moon
10. Creed 3

Most searched for TV series in Italy in 2023

1. Sea Outside
2. Good morning mom!
3. Lidia Poët
4. one piece
5. Wednesday
6. The Last of Us
7. Bitter earth
8. Flowers above hell
9. Ginny and Georgia
10. The girl and the officer

Most searched actresses and actors in Italy in 2023

1. Chiara Francini
2. Luisa Ranieri
3. Beatrice Luzzi
4. Elena Sofia Ricci
5. Hard Angel
6. Jenna Ortega
7. Brendan Fraser
8. Greece Colmenares
9. Massimiliano Varrese
10. Paola Cortellesi

Most searched singers in Italy in 2023

1. Rosa Chemical
2. Fedez
3. Marco Mengoni
4. Anna Oxa
5. Lazza
6. Mr. Rain
7. Elodie
8. Gino Paoli
9. Ornella Vanoni
10. Georgie

Lyrics of the most searched songs in Italy in 2023

1. Two lives (Marco Mengoni)
2. BZRP (Shakira)
3. Superheroes (Mr. Rain)
4. Ash (Lazza)
5. Italodisco (The Kolors)
6. Made in Italy (Bdope and Rosa Chemical)
7. Dawn (Last)
8. Tango (Tananai)
9. Splash (Colapesce and Dimartino)
10. Everyday (Anna, Shiva and Takagi & Ketra)

Most searched meanings in Italy in 2023

1. National mourning
2. Transgender
3. Implosion
4. Apayinye
5. Noos
6. Pope Emeritus
7. Sinologist
8. Ashkenazi
9. Armochromist
10. Sexting

The most searched “whys” in Italy in 2023

1. The war in Israel and Gaza
2. Iacchetti hosts from home
3. We celebrate Ferragosto
4. Fazio leaves Rai
5. Edoardo was disqualified
6. Osimhen wears a mask
7. Juve lost 15 points
8. It is celebrated on March 8th
9. There is no Teo Mammucari
10. Maurizio Costanzo has died

The most searched “what is” in Italy in 2023

1. Hamas
2. Abdominal diastasis
3. Kibbutz
4. 41 bis
5. Codacons
6. CNEL
7. Hangover
8. GPT Chat
9. Gaza Strip
10. Jaundice

The most searched recipes in Italy in 2023

1. Lentils
2. Bigoli
3. Scammaro
4. Pumpkin gnocchi without potatoes
5. Aosta Valley
6. Nuns’ tits
7. Milkshake
8. Coffee cream
9. Calzagatti
10. Genoese pesto

Most searched outfits in Italy in 2023

1. At carnival
2. At a wedding with trousers
3. For a communion as a guest
4. At a funeral
5. At a summer funeral
6. With 13 degrees
7. Pregnant
8. At 50 years old
9. In the disco
10. At a wedding in May