01Donald Trump
No. 1 in Google’s U.S. annual People trend list for 2016.
02Matt Lauer
No. 1 in Google’s U.S. annual People trend list for 2017.
03Demi Lovato
No. 1 in Google’s U.S. annual People trend list for 2018.
04Antonio Brown
No. 1 in Google’s U.S. annual People trend list for 2019.
05Joe Biden
No. 1 in Google’s U.S. annual People trend list for 2020.
06Alec Baldwin
No. 1 in Google’s U.S. annual People trend list for 2021.
07Johnny Depp
No. 1 in Google’s U.S. annual People trend list for 2022.
08Damar Hamlin
No. 1 in Google’s U.S. annual People trend list for 2023.
09Donald Trump
No. 1 in Google’s U.S. annual People trend list for 2024.
10Zohran Mamdani
No. 1 in Google’s U.S. annual People trend list for 2025.
Source and category note
The entries come from Google Trends’ annual United States Year in Search archive. Google has changed category labels and presentation over time, so this page uses the closest published “People” category and avoids combining it with separate actor, athlete or passing lists. Review the Google Year in Search archive.