Top gaining queries in June

Posted by Alex Heat, Account Associate

The month of June witnessed another mixed bag of weird and wonderful search terms gaining ground on the Google Australia Zeitgeist.

It seems Australian Google users had a great love for heavy metal music this month. Punk rockers were among the fastest growing search terms including local band I Killed the Prom Queen falling in at number one, followed by My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy and German industrial metal band Rammstein.

And what do we like to do whilst listening to our heavy metal, well.... eat of course! This month's top gainers highlight how we Aussies are certainly food lovers of all varieties. Sweet tooths had a passion for Krispy Kreme doughnuts, while the naked chef himself, Jamie Oliver cooked his way into our hearts after becoming part of our regular TV viewing.

Teen queen Sophia Bush from T.V. show One Tree Hill showed us where her three teen choice award nominations came from and American actress Emma Roberts' portrayal of fictional heroine Nancy Drew got our search fingers twitching. Locally based singer Amy Pearson has been in our thoughts following the release of her debut album, coming in at number twelve.

A mixed bag of Pirates, spiders and Spartans appear to be quite the favourite. Johnny Depp's Pirates of the Caribbean proved that sequels are just as good making the journey from our cinema screens to our searches, while heartthrob James Franco from the Spiderman series was also much admired. The 300 movie proved that Spartans with spears are very engaging.

Now it's not all fun and games, some serious online shoppers investigated the best place to buy handbags and some eager mums wanted to know how to cash in their Baby bonus.

In the end, people just want to be entertained. Cirque Du Soleil's hit show Varekai is currently touring Australia.

For breaking news and obscure information alike, Australians are searching on Google. What follows is a summary of Google Australia Zeitgeist results for the top gainers on Google.com.au.

For more information, visit the Google Zeitgeist and Google Trends.

Top Gainers for June:

1. I Killed the Prom Queen
2. Krispy Kreme
3. My Chemical Romance
4. Sophia Bush
5. Cirque du Soleil
6. Emma Roberts
7. Jamie Oliver
8. Fall Out Boy
9. Handbags
10. Pirates of the Caribbean
11. James Franco
12. Amy Pearson
13. Rammstein
14. 300 movie
15. Baby bonus