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Andrea Chang

Top Google searches of 2014: Robin Williams, World Cup, Ebola

Dec. 16--Sorry Kim Kardashian, you didn't break the Internet this year. The honor of being the No. 1 trending search on Google actually went to Robin Williams.

The Mountain View, Calif., search engine giant released its annual list of top trending items Tuesday. Williams led the list of trending searches in the U.S. and globally, followed by the World Cup, Ebola and Malaysia Airlines.

"The passing of beloved comedian and actor Robin Williams shook the world, bringing many people online to search for more information and to remember," Google said in a release announcing its trending search items. "There was even an uptick in searches related to depression tests and mental health in the days following his death."

Google users also checked out Williams' roles in "Aladdin" and "Dead Poets Society" and viewed GIFs and memes of the actor.

Trending searches are the ones that had the highest spike in traffic over a sustained period in 2014 compared with 2013.

Check out the full lists below and watch a YouTube video of the year.

Global Trending Searches

Robin Williams

World Cup

Ebola

Malaysia Airlines

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Flappy Bird

Conchita Wurst

ISIS

Frozen

Sochi Olympics

U.S. Trending Searches

Robin Williams

World Cup

Ebola

Malaysia Airlines

Flappy Bird

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

ISIS

Ferguson

Frozen

Ukraine

U.S. Trending People

Jennifer Lawrence

Kim Kardashian

Tracy Morgan

Ray Rice

Tony Stewart

Iggy Azalea

Donald Sterling

Adrian Peterson

Renee Zellweger

Jared Leto

U.S. Trending How to...?. (FYI, last year's was "How to twerk...")

How to Airdrop

How to Contour

How to Vote

How to Kiss

How to Craft

How to Colorblock

How to Wakeboard

How to Refurbish

How to Delegate

How to DIY

U.S. Trending What is...?

What is Ebola?

What is ALS

What is ISIS?

What is Bitcoin?

What is Asphyxia?

What is Gamergate?

What is WhatsApp?

What is MERS?

What is Hamas?

What is Airdrop?

U.S. Trending Celebrity Losses

Robin Williams

Joan Rivers

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Maya Angelou

Jan Hooks

Harold Ramis

Shirley Temple

Lauren Bacall

Mickey Rooney

James Avery

U.S. Trending World Cup Matches

Argentina vs Netherlands

Germany vs Argentina

USA vs Germany

Argentina vs Switzerland

Brazil vs Netherlands

Netherlands vs Mexico

Brazil vs Chile

USA vs Belgium

Argentina vs Belgium

USA vs Portugal

U.S. Trending Donations

Donate to ALS

Donate to Ebola

Donate to Breast Cancer

Donate to Goodwill

Donate for Veterans

Donate Blood

Donate Cars

Donate Bone Marrow

Donate Books

Donate Cell Phones

U.S. Trending IPOs

Alibaba IPO

GoPro IPO

King Digital IPO

Virgin America IPO

Castlight Health IPO

Weibo IPO

Coupons.com IPO

HubSpot IPO

Lending Club IPO

GrubHub IPO

Global Trending Consumer Electronics

iPhone 6

Samsung Galaxy S5

Nexus 6

Moto G

Samsung Note 4

LG G3

XBox One

Apple Watch

Nokia X

iPad Air

Global Trending People

Jennifer Lawrence

Kim Kardashian

Julie Gayet

Tracy Morgan

Renee Zellweger

Jared Leto

Lorde

Matthew McConaughey

Amal Alamuddin

Donald Sterling

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