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iPhone 7 Tops Google's 2016 'Year in Search' Tech List, Loses to Pokémon Go in Overall Searches

Google has listed its annual "Year in Search (https://www.google.com/trends/yis/2016/GLOBAL)" results, highlighting the most popular searches performed by people throughout 2016. As is usually the case, Apple-related search inquiries topped a few of the charts over the last twelve months, with Apple winning four total spots in the Consumer Tech category: the iPhone 7 (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-7/) topped the list ahead of the Freedom 251, iPhone SE (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-se/), iPhone 6s (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-6s/), Google Pixel, Samsung Galaxy S7, iPhone 7 Plus, Galaxy Note7, Nintendo Switch, and Samsung J7.





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Last December (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/12/16/iphone-6s-tops-google-year-in-search-2015-tech/), the iPhone 6s ranked #1 in the same category, with the Apple Watch coming in at a high point at #3. Apple's wearable was nowhere to be seen in the top Google tech searches in 2016, despite Apple launching the new Series 1 and Series 2 versions of the device.





In the Overall searches category, Pokémon Go came in first place in 2016 thanks to the height of its popularity (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/07/13/pokemon-go-biggest-mobile-game/) and player base earlier in the summer, and the game's continued updates and additions (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/12/12/pokemon-go-gains-new-pokemon/) throughout the fall. iPhone 7 ranked second behind Pokémon Go, and was the only Apple-related item to be listed in the section this year. Other popular search terms in 2016 were for Deadpool, the Olympics, Slither.io, Prince, David Bowie, and more.





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Check out the rest of Google's Year in Search rankings here (https://www.google.com/trends/yis/2016/GLOBAL) to discover the most popularly searched movies, news, tv shows, musicians, and more this past year.

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Source: iPhone 7 Tops Google's 2016 'Year in Search' Tech List, Loses to Pokémon Go in Overall Searches (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/12/14/iphone-7-google-year-in-search/)