Covfefe, Hurricane Irma, North Korea lead the top searches on Google in 2017

Google has released its annual list of the most popular searches giving a peek into what people are really thinking about and searching for on the internet.

To determine the most popular trending searches, Google looked at its trillions of queries, filtered out spam and repeats, and identified searches that had the highest uptick in traffic compared with the previous year.

It breaks them into categories like news, memes, and recipes...

Here are some of the full lists:

Overall most searched:

1. Australian Open 2017
2. Melbourne Cup 2017
3. Wimbledon 2017
4. Fidget spinner
5. Cyclone Debbie
6. iPhone 8
7. North Korea
8. Chris Cornell
9. iPhone X
10. Amazon Australia site

In the news:

1. Cyclone Debbie
2. North Korea
3. Amazon Australia site
4. Hurricane Irma
5. Bali volcano
6. London
7. Las Vegas
8. Manchester
9. UK election
10. Schapelle Corby

People around the world:

1. Harvey Weinstein
2. Ed Sheeran
3. Kevin Spacey
4. Gal Gadot
5. Floyd Mayweather
6. Jake Paul
7. Post Malone
8. Pippa Middleton
9. Boy George
10. Macklemore

How to….?

1. How to make slime
2. How to make a fidget spinner
3. How to make fluffy slime
4. How to watch Mayweather vs McGregor
5. How to buy Bitcoin
6. How to make slime without borax
7. How to use Snapchat map
8. How to unblock people on Instagram
9. How to make slime without glue
10. How to vote for gay marriage

What is…?

1. What is MSG
2. What is Bitcoin
3. What is kimchi
4. What is a publican
5. What is covfefe
6. What is a fidget spinner
7. What is MSG and why is it bad
8. What is Sharia law
9. What is DACA
10. What is good friday