What Each State (Including Colorado) Googled Most in 2015

What did you Google most in 2015? And was it safe for work? The folks at Estately set out to discover the answer to this question, and they came up with plenty of them. For this post, however, we focused on the oddest, funniest or most embarrassing search topic for each...

By Michael Roberts

December 17, 2015

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What did you Google most in 2015?

And was it safe for work?

The folks at Estately set out to discover the answer to this question, and they came up with plenty of them.

For this post, however, we focused on the oddest, funniest or most embarrassing search topic for each state, including Colorado.

Find out which state was most interested in "Jon Snow dead," "Selfie stick" and "What is transgender?" below — and to check out the original Estately item, with much more information, click here.

ALABAMA
Ben Carson (presidential candidate)

ALASKA
3D printing

ARIZONA
2nd Amendment

ARKANSAS
Josh Duggar (reality TV show personality)

CALIFORNIA
Donald Trump hair

CONNECTICUT
Frank Gifford (pro football player/broadcaster who passed away in 2015)

DELAWARE
Amtrak

FLORIDA
Concealed weapons permit

GEORGIA
Stanky leg dance

HAWAII
Selfie stick

IDAHO
Vaccines

ILLINOIS
Super Blood Moon

INDIANA
Jared Fogle (former Subway pitchman/sex offender)

IOWA
The Bachelor (reality TV show)

KANSAS:
Koch Industries

KENTUCKY
Kim Davis (County Clerk of Rowan County)

LOUISIANA
Ashley Madison hack (online dating website marketed to people in committed relationships that was hacked and had user names released in 2015)

MAINE
Amy Schumer (comedian)

MARYLAND
Bill Cosby (comedian)

MASSACHUSETTS
Opioid addiction and dependence

MICHIGAN
What is transgender?

MINNESOTA
Cecil the Lion (famous lion killed by a Minnesota hunter in Zimbabwe)

MISSISSIPPI
Booty (there was a lot of talk about “booty” in 2015)

MISSOURI
Right to keep and bear arms

MONTANA
Wolves

NEBRASKA
Kaley Cuoco (actress)

NEVADA
Pitbull (rapper)

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Ted Cruz (presidential candidate)

NEW JERSEY
FIFA (governing body of international soccer tournaments that’s being investigated for bribery/corruption crimes in 2015)

NEW MEXICO
Pluto (the dwarf planet)

NEW YORK
Hoverboard scooter

NORTH CAROLINA
Confederate flag meaning

NORTH DAKOTA
NFL Draft

OHIO
Randy Quaid (actor)

OKLAHOMA
Patricia Arquette (actress)

OREGON
Dilma Rousseff (President of Brazil)

PENNSYLVANIA
Jon Snow dead (character from Game of Thrones who died in the Season 5 finale… or did he?)

RHODE ISLAND
Brian Williams (NBC journalist suspended for telling an exaggerated story)

SOUTH CAROLINA
Nae nae dance

SOUTH DAKOTA
Fitbit (a device that measures how many steps you take between your sofa and the fridge)

TENNESSEE
National Rifle Association

TEXAS
Jade Helm (a popular conspiracy theory that claims the annual U.S. military training exercise was really a cover for a full-scale invasion of Texas)

UTAH
Man bun (male hair style)

VERMONT
Climate change

VIRGINIA:
Narendra Modi (Prime Minister of India)

WASHINGTON
Leonard Nimoy (actor who played Spock on Star Trek passed away in 2015)

WEST VIRGINIA
Magic Mike XXL (2015 film)

WISCONSIN
What does bae mean?

WYOMING
Playboy (magazine that announced it would cease showing photos of naked women)

COLORADO
Water on Mars

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Michael Roberts began his career with Westword in 1990 as music editor. In 1999, he took on a new role, full-time media reporter, as author of a column called The Message. In 2008, he became the lead writer for Westword's news blog, The Latest Word, a position he held until January 2023. Michael continues to freelance for Westword, covering everything from business to sports and the media; he also contributes to Jazziz, a national music magazine. He holds a bachelor's degree from what is now Colorado Mesa University and master's degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Northwestern University.

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