Here are the top 10 searches on Google in 2017
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As 2017 draws to a close, Google is looking back on the top searches of the year.
Google narrowed down the top-trending searches in the US over the past 12 months — terms that had the highest spike in traffic this year compared to 2016.
From Hurricanes Irma and Harvey to the Last Vegas shooting, the year has been rife with tragedy. But 2017 also brought us the solar eclipse and the rise of a toy that captivated the nation.
Here are the top searches of 2017:
10. Fidget spinner
Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesFidget spinners are small gadgets typically made with metal and ball bearings that you can twirl between your fingers. The toys became a massive hit beginning last spring.
Seemingly overnight, the toys became synonymous with adolescent life across the US. Costing usually a couple of dollars, the toys were originally intended to help ease symptoms of ADHD and anxiety. But spinners quickly gained mainstream popularity and became the top toy on social media, sites like Amazon, and in toy stores throughout the country.
9. Aaron Hernandez
Elise Amendola/APFormer NFL tight end Aaron Hernandez was serving a life sentence for the 2013 murder of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd when he committed suicide in his jail cell in April.
In September, his attorney announced that Hernandez's brain was found to be suffering from an advanced stage of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the brain disease that has been linked to concussions.
8. Hurricane Harvey
Scott Olson/Getty ImagesHurricane Harvey made landfall on Houston, Texas on August 25, 2017. The storm made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of up to 130 mph.
More than one million people were displaced in the aftermath, and the storm shaped up to be one of the costliest disasters in US history, causing more than $1 billion in damage.
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