Somewhere, right this second, thousands of people are searching the Internet for Kim Kardashian. The former reality TV star and full-time famous person has an almost implausible pull on the web’s collective psyche, whether she’s wearing too little (often), wearing too much (rarely) or stepping out with her current boyfriend, Kanye West. This year she also engaged in a media feud with Mad Men star Jon Hamm, who accused Kardashian of “being a f—ing idiot” in an interview — prompting Kim to reply via Twitter that “calling someone who runs their own business, is part of a successful TV show, produces, writes, designs and creates ‘stupid,’ is in my opinion careless.”
Google Zeitgeist 2012: The World’s Most Searched for People of the Year
Half of the Internet is gossip and pornography, Yogi Berra might say, and the other 90% is just pictures of beautiful famous people. Here are the most searched-for celebs of 2012, according to Google Zeitgeist.