https://www.cnet.com/news/google-top-searches-2017-hurricane-irma-matt-lauer/ >This was the year of #MeToo and hurricanes. >And that was reflected in the way people searched for stuff online. Google said Wednesday that the two top trending topics of 2017 in the US were "Hurricane Irma" and "Matt Lauer." In Google parlance, "top trending" means they had the highest spike in traffic over a certain period of time this year compared to last year.