People are really, really curious about Kim Kardashian and Lionel Messi. The American Armenian reality TV star and the Argentine soccer player each earned the distinction of being the most-searched person in 26 different countries in 2015, tying for first place in Google ranking, reports.
Kardashian was the most-searched person everywhere from France to New Zealand to the U.S., while Messi topped the list in Cuba, Chad, the Congo and more.
Kardashian and Messi were followed close behind by another star soccer player, Cristiano Ronaldo, who took the top spot in 21 nations, while pop stars Nicki Minaj and Rihanna finished with 13 and 11 countries, respectively, allowing them to claim the next two highest spots on the list.
Check the interactive map below to see the results:
Most Googled People
Lionel Messi
Kim Kardashian
Cristiano Ronaldo
Nicki Minaj
Rihanna
Other
Armenia Australia Azerbaijan Canada Cyprus Denmark Estonia Finland France United Kingdom Lithuania Netherlands Norway New Zealand Poland Qatar Sweden Turkey United States Argentina Benin C.A.R. Cote d'Ivoire DRC Republic of the Congo Cuba Djibouti Gabon Guinea The Gambia Equatorial Guinea Haiti Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger South Sudan Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia Suriname Chad Turkmenistan Afghanistan Angola Albania Burkina Faso Eritrea Spain Ethiopia Georgia Guinea-Bissau Greenland Hungary Kosovo Laos Luxembourg Morocco Mozambique Portugal Timor-Leste Belize Lesotho Swaziland Trinidad and Tobago South Africa Zambia Madagascar New Caledonia Vanuatu Chile Dominican Republic Ecuador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama Paraguay El Salvador Venezuela Guyana Jamaica Papua New Guinea Bangladesh Bolivia Nepal Pakistan Botswana Malawi Namibia Jordan Sudan Tunisia Lebanon Libya Syria Falkland Islands Bhutan Fiji India Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegro Serbia Latvia Moldova Ukraine Iraq China Peru Puerto Rico Switzerland Croatia Slovenia Thailand U.A.E. Saudi Arabia Yemen Greece Egypt Philippines Italy Indonesia Bulgaria Kenya Iceland Israel Algeria Taiwan Ireland Brazil Uganda Tanzania Togo Tajikistan Romania Austria Belarus Belgium Mexico Kazakhstan Japan Costa Rica Mongolia South Korea Uruguay Russia Colombia Germany Palestine Nigeria Malaysia Solomon Islands Rwanda Burundi Cambodia Kuwait Zimbabwe Slovakia Cameroon Ghana Iran Uzbekistan Oman Vietnam Myanmar Kyrgyzstan Sri Lanka Czech Republic Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo Nicki Minaj Nicki Minaj Nicki Minaj Nicki Minaj Nicki Minaj Nicki Minaj Rihanna Rihanna Rihanna Romeo Santos Romeo Santos Romeo Santos Romeo Santos Romeo Santos Romeo Santos Romeo Santos Romeo Santos Romeo Santos Romeo Santos Vybz Kartel Vybz Kartel Justin Bieber Katrina Kaif Katrina Kaif Katrina Kaif Katrina Kaif Chris Brown Chris Brown Chris Brown Elissa Elissa Elissa Haifa Wehbe Haifa Wehbe Haifa Wehbe Jamie Oliver Salman Khan Salman Khan Salman Khan Svetlana Ražnatović Svetlana Ražnatović Svetlana Ražnatović Vladimir Putin Vladimir Putin Vladimir Putin Bassim Al-Karbalaei Jiang Zemin Nicky Jam Nicky Jam Roger Federer Severina Vučković Severina Vučković Taylor Swift Abdulfattah Sharaf Abdullah Abdullah Saleh Alexis Tsipras Amr Diab Andrea Brillantes Ariana Grande Ayu Tingting Azis Barack Obama Björk Carine Goren Cheb Mami Chiang Hwei Conor McGregor Cristiano Araújo Desire Luzinda Edward Lowassa Emmanuel Adebayor Emomali Rahmon Florin Salam Helene Fischer Jeanna Friske Jeroen Meus Joaquín Guzmán Kairat Nurtas Kei Nishikori Keylor Navas Kobe Bryant Lee Tae-im Luis Suárez Lyudmila Putina Maluma Manuel Neuer Mohammed Assaf Muhammadu Buhari Najib Razak Neymar Paul Kagame Pierre Nkurunziza Preap Sovath Rashed Almajid Robert Mugabe Rytmus Samuel Eto'o Sarkodie Shadmehr Aghili Shahzoda Sultan of Oman Sơn Tùng Than Shwe Timati Vijay Zdenek Pohlreich
Some island nations do not appear on this map. Source: Google.