What did Modesto-area residents Google in 2024?
The popular search engine recently released its Year in Search results for the year, including the top-searched person, actor, movie and television show in the United States for 2024.
Google also singled out trending topics for local markets, including the area that includes Sacramento, Stockton and Modesto.
One thing’s for sure: Modesto fell in love with Kendrick Lamar’s hit song “Not Like Us.”
According to Google Trends, the chart-topping diss track aimed at Canadian rapper Drake was the No. 1 searched song in the Modesto area in 2024, as well as California overall.
In the Golden State, Los Angeles had the most searches for Lamar’s chart-topping diss track aimed at rapper Drake.
These were some of the other local Google trends in 2024:
According to Google’s Local Year in Search data, Modesto-area residents had voting in mind in 2024.
Three of the most popular “near me” searches in the region were related to elections.
These were the top five “near me” searches for the Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto area in 2024:
The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris provided a chance for sports fans across the globe to root for their favorite athletes.
Gymnast Simone Biles, who earned three gold medals at the Summer Olympics, was the most popular Olympian among Modesto-area residents, based on local Google searches.
According to Google, these were the Olympic athletes Modesto-area residents searched for most in 2024:
Which sporting event was the most sought-out in Modesto in 2024?
It wasn’t a Modesto Nuts baseball game or the San Francisco 49ers’ Super Bowl appearance.
Instead, former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson’s match against social media influencer Jake Paul took the top spot.
These were the top five trending “versus” searches of the year in the Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto area:
Modesto-area residents couldn’t get enough of Kendrick Lamar’s music this year.
“Not Like Us” took the top spot on Google’s list of the most searched-for songs in the Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto area, while another Lamar song, “Meet the Grahams,” came in third place.
According to Google, these were the top five trending song searches of the year:
According to Google, there were similarities between the Modesto area’s top searches in 2024 and those across the United States — and some noticeable differences.
President-elect Donald Trump was the No. 1 searched person in the nation, according to Google’s Year in Search report.
R&B singer Usher, who headlined the Super Bowl half-time show in February, was the No. 1 trending musician in the nation in 2024.
“Not Like Us” was the top searched song in the United States for the year, Google said, and the “Sweat” tour featuring Charli XCX and Troye Sivan was the music tour with the most searches.
Mike Tyson was the No. 1 trending athlete in the country in 2024.
The top trending sports team was the New York Yankees.
Here are some of the other things U.S. residents were searching for in 2024, according to Google Trends:
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This story was originally published December 31, 2024 at 8:31 AM.
Marcus D. Smith
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Marcus D. Smith is The Sacramento Bee’s Elk Grove reporter. He joined The Bee in 2020, covering Black communities for the Equity Lab. Prior to The Bee, Smith covered high school sports at the Citrus Heights Sentinel. He received his journalism degree from Texas Southern University.