‘Hailey Bieber Nails,’ ‘Addison Rae Lipgloss’ and ‘Old Money Aesthetic’ Among Top Trending Google Searches of 2022

As the year ends and we reflect on the last 12 months, Google‘s annual Year in Search reveals what the most culturally significant moments, people and trends of 2022 were — according to what we typed into our search engines. 

Based on the top trending queries (which the company defines as searches with a high spike in traffic over a sustained period within the U.S.), the Year in Search yields some fascinating results, some more surprising than others: On the fashion front, “how to style leather pants” was a trending styling tip, while many also inquired about the “preppy aesthetic“; Hailey Bieber’s nails, meanwhile, topped beauty searches, as did “passport makeup trend” and “What skincare products should not be refrigerated?”