Tom Petty among Google's most-searched of 2017

Dan Weir

7 years ago

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Gary Miller/Getty ImagesA whole lot of people Googled Tom Petty this year, but sadly, it was mostly because he passed away. According to the search engine’s year-end wrap-up, the late Rock & Roll Hall of Famer came in at number seven on the list of the top 10 global searches of 2017.

Naturally, the searches peaked for Petty around his death on October 2.

Alternative rock act Linkin Park‘s frontman, Chester Bennington, who commited suicide on July 20, was number nine on the list.

Petty and Bennington also top the most-searched “losses” of 2017, followed by Chris Cornell. Searches for the late Soundgarden frontman peaked around his May 18 death, and spiked again around Bennington’s death, as the Linkin Park vocalist died on what would’ve been Cornell’s 53rd birthday.

Petty also landed at #1 on the Google tally of most-searched “losses” of 2017, while Bennington was #2 and Chris Cornell was #3. Searches for the late Soundgarden singer peaked around his May 18 death, and spiked again around Bennington’s death, as Chester passed on what would’ve been Cornell’s 53rd birthday. One-time Partridge Family star David Cassidy was #10 on the list.

Here are the top 10 global Google searches of 2017:

1. Hurricane Irma
2. iPhone 8
3. iPhone X
4. Matt Lauer
5. Meghan Markle
6. 13 Reasons Why
7. Tom Petty
8. Fidget Spinner
9. Chester Bennington
10. India National Cricket Team

And here are the top 10 Google-searched celebrity “losses” of 2017:

1. Tom Petty
2. Chester Bennington
3. Chris Cornell
4. Bill Paxton
5. Hugh Hefner
6. Aaron Hernandez
7. Lil Peep
8. Mao Kobayashi
9. Charlie Murphy
10. David Cassidy