Hurricane Irma and Matt Lauer were hot topics in 2017, Fast Company notesโhot enough to propel both to the top of Google's annual "Year in Search" results.
Per the site, the results were culled "based on search terms that had a high spike in traffic in 2017 as compared to 2016." Searches for the mega-storm and disgraced TV personality made both the US and worldwide top 10, as did Tom Petty and the fidget spinner.