Doge, GameStop, and Mega Millions Among the Most Googled News Stories of 2021

Doge, GameStop, and Mega Millions Among the Most Googled News Stories of 2021
The logo of Google is seen in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 20, 2020. Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
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Google kept up its tryst with the year-end tradition of releasing the Google search trends, and it’s no wonder that meme stocks and meme cryptos that rose to prominence in 2021 found a place among the top 10.

Lottery Game, Stonks, and Cryptos Make the Cut

The top news search in the United States for the year was Mega Millions, one of the multi-jurisdictional lottery games in the United States.

Theater chain AMC Entertainment Holdings, which rose to prominence with the WallStreetBets phenomena, took second place followed by stimulus checks.