It’s interesting to look at the most popular searches by Americans on search engines such as google, yahoo and msn. Below are lists of most popular searches in categories of fastest rising, famous celebrities, overall, sports, diets, movies, TV shows, recipes, and “who is”.

Fastest Rising search phrases (USA) - google 
iphone - webkinz - tmz - transformers - youtube - club penguin - myspace -  
heroes - facebook - anna nicole smith

MSN Live search - most searched for celebrities:
Pamela Anderson
Paris Hilton 
Cameron Diaz 
Britney Spears 
Salma Hayek 
Kate Winslet 
Katie Holmes 
Halle Berry 
Sharon Stone 
Angelina Jolie 
Jennifer Lopez 
Jessica Alba 
Christina Aguilera 
Alyssa Milano 
Nicole Kidman 

Overall searches for December 2007 - Yahoo search engine
Jamie Lynn Spears
Casey Aldridge
Leah Remini
Britney Spears
Jessica Alba
The Biggest Loser
GPS
Angelina Jolie 
Anna Chakvetadze
Hi-5 
Jessica Simpson
Christmas
WWE
NFL
Club Penguin 
Carrie Underwood
Tila Tequila
Limewire 
Lindsay Lohan 

Overall ’sports’ searches (December 2007) - Yahoo
Anna Chakvetadze 
NFL
NBA
Dallas Cowboys 
Tony Romo 
Maria Sharapova
Anna Kournikova 
Laure Manaudou
MLB
NFL Pro Bowl
David Beckham
NASCAR
UFC
NHL
Super Bowl
Cristiano Ronaldo 
New York Yankees

TV Shows - searched on Google
heroes
lost
house
24
bones
jericho
reba
scrubs
greek
caveman

Movies - searched on Google
transformers
300
the simpsons movie
epic movie
bee movie
harry potter
hairspray
cars
iron man
amazing grace

Recipes - searched on google
master cleanse recipe
ratatouille recipe
lemonade diet recipe
mojito recipe
zucchini bread recipe
eggplant parmesan recipe
dog food recipe
chicken salad recipe
meatloaf recipe
simple syrup recipe

Diets - searched on google
weight watchers
jenny craig
volumetrics
slim fast
atkins diet
beck diet
ornish diet
zone diet
best life diet
mediterranean diet

“Who is” … searched on google
who is god
who is who
who is lookup
who is jesus
who is it
who is buckethead
who is calling
who is keppler
who is this
who is satan