…and the rest of the 2009 Most Searched goes to…

Earlier this month we announced the top trending searched topics on Bing for 2009 (we wish the circumstances for Michael Jackson topping that list were a bit more positive) and we also revealed the top searched celebrity of 09 (Oh…. Perez Hilton you were hot, hot, hot).  We then asked you to go and take our End of Year Facebook quiz to test your I.Q. of hot topics in 2009. How did you do in the quiz? I was batting around .500 this year and so were the majority of you (roughly 40%) and only 7% of you were search Gurus. I didn’t do too well this year but know I can do better next year.

Who would’ve thought that Las Vegas would beat out Hawaii for most searched travel destinations, or that Susan Boyle was searched for more often than Taylor Swift? We know a majority of you swore the iPhone was the most searched electronic device…well as a matter of fact, you were close, it was the iPod. And over half of you were pulling for New Moon for most searched movie which was actually runner up to the original movie, Twilight. Below is the complete list of the top 2009 searches on Bing.

Top Male Celebrities

1            Perez Hilton

2            Robert Pattinson

3            Jon Gosselin

4            Howard Stern

5            Brad Pitt

               

 Top Female Celebrities

1            Megan Fox

2            Kim Kardashian

3            Kate Gosselin

4            Jennifer Aniston

5            Kristen Stewart

               

 Top Musicians

1            Michael Jackson

2            Susan Boyle

3            Taylor Swift

4            Chris Brown

5            Adam Lambert

               

 Top Electronics

1            iPod

2            iPhone

3            Zune

4            Laptops

5            Blackberry

 

 Top TV Shows

1            American Idol

2            Dancing With The Stars

3            Oprah

4            Hannah Montana

5            Biggest Loser

Top Travel Destinations

1            Las Vegas

2            Napa

3            Hawaii

4            Boston

5            Universal Studios

               

 Top Political Figures

1            Rush Limbaugh

2            Barack Obama

3            Michael Savage

4            Sarah Palin

5            Michelle Obama

               

 Top Movies

1            Twilight

2            New Moon

3            Harry Potter

4            Transformers

5            Star Trek

               

 Top Car Brands

1            Ford

2            Nissan

3            Chevrolet

4            BMW

5            Dodge

               

 Top Sports Teams

1            New York Yankees

2            Pittsburgh Steelers

3            Chicago Cubs

4            Boston Red Sox

5            Philadelphia Phillies

Now that you know who made the tops of the lists and if you are interested in diving deeper on these most searched people, places and much more, check out our Bing Visual search galleries.

We hope you had fun with this year’s quiz! Who do you think will top the list next year? I already am looking forward to 2010!

-Kristin Meldahl