Check out what topics and searches have been trending during the month of January with Google Trends Expert, Sarah Armstrong.

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Google Top January Trends: Transcription

Mason Paine: New Year. And with that comes new trends. Sarah Armstrong, a Google Trends expert, joins me to break down the top search trends for January. Thanks for joining me, Sarah.

Sarah Armstrong: Thank you for having me.

Sarah Armstrong: So the month of January, a lot has happened and one of the biggest things, at least for me was the Golden Globes. Was that at least trending? I imagine it was for Google.

Sarah Armstrong: That was absolutely trending. Your right, the Golden Globes, they were on the 10th and lots of folks were searching for the red carpet, their favorite acceptance speeches. And we saw Jennifer Coolidge as the big trend of the night after her speech.

Mason Paine: Man, it was so funny. I really like Jennifer Coolidge. I love her. She's so hilarious and I'm so happy that she won something because she's so deserving of it.

Sarah Armstrong: Totally. She is such a treat. Did you watch the white Lotus?

Mason Paine: I actually haven't. I heard really good stuff about it. It's just so many things to watch.

Sarah Armstrong: Yeah, there are so many shows. She was just such a breakout star. So I think you're exactly right. People were really excited to see her. We also saw lots of interest in some of the House of the Dragon folks, which I still have yet to see. And Austin Butler from Elvis, he was searched a lot as well.

Mason Paine: See House of the Dragon? I haven't watched it at all. I've been seeing like YouTube clips and that's pretty much it. That's the limit of me. But from what I've seen, it looks excellent. And I'm kind of thinking of picking up something of the Game of Thrones spin off with here.

Sarah Armstrong: Totally. I've always been a little too afraid to watch Game of Thrones. I did finally get around to watching everything everywhere all at once because Michelle Yo was trending so much and it was very good.Mason Paine: Oh my God, I'm so happy you watched that because I loved that movie. I went in to the theater thinking it was just going to be a regular kung fu movie and I love Michelle Yo and it was like a mother daughter thing. And I was like, this is beautiful. I have everything I want. I have drama, action. You couldn't ask for more.Sarah Armstrong: It was beautiful. I loved it. Which, funny, as I thought it was only a mother daughter thing and I did not know about the action element. I was expecting like a ladybird kind of thing. So I was like, wow, you've also got the action and the drama. It's pretty awesome.

Mason Paine: And I thought it was really cool that the dude from Goonies was in it. Oh, I can't even remember his name, but I always remember him. Goonies. And he played in Indiana Jones as the kid.

Sarah Armstrong: Yeah, totally. And I'm blanking on his name as well. But yes, I'm so glad to see him getting all of that recognition. And that was just such a popular search item. The other one that really popped up in the trends was Wednesday. I have yet to see it, but I know Jenny Ortega, who stars in that show, is apparently awesome.

Mason Paine: Yeah, I binge that. See, this is why I wasn't watching the White Lotus or House of the Dragon. I was on Wednesday and it was pretty good. I had to just treat it as just another way of retelling the Adams family. And once I got through that, I was able to actually enjoy it because I was like, what is this? Who are these people? What's happening? I was like, you know what? Just enjoy it. And it was pretty good. I liked it.