Justin Bieber had a busy 2012. When he wasn’t successfully getting paparazzi arrested or tweeting to his 30 million-plus followers, he was taking his mom to the American Music Awards or throwing up on stage. All the while, he was either breaking up with or getting back together with Selena Gomez — #3 on Google’s list of most searched people of 2012. And, oh yeah — this year Bieber released his third studio album, Believe, which debuted on the Billboard charts at #1. We just wish he’d finally stop trying to make awful harem pants a thing.
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.