Daniel crosses to Channel Ten's Wake Up to chat about Google's top trending searches for 2013.
Kim Kardashian vs. Emma Watson. It was a bit of a landslide. Source: NewsComAu
EMMA Watson or Kim Kardashian? Game of Thrones or Breaking Bad?
These are the questions we ask each other in the pub every Friday evening. The problem is, there's never any way to answer them objectively.
Until now, that is. We've found a way to settle those arguments once and for all using a tool called Google Trends, which tracks how often certain words are used in Google searches.
Think of it as a tech-savvy popularity contest.
We plugged in a bunch of different terms, limiting the results to searches from Australians over the last 12 months.
1. BATTLE OF THE BRATS
Miley blew the Biebs away with her performance at the MTV Video Music Awards. She grossed out a lot of people too, but it was the most successful piece of attention-seeking by any musician this year. You'd better Beliebe it.
Winner: THE TWERKSTER. Source: NewsComAu
2. BATTLE OF THE BOX
We plugged in five of the TV shows people love to rave about and it turned into a duel between Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad. Check out the spike from the fantasy show's "Red Wedding" episode.
Winner: TYRION LANNISTER. Source: NewsComAu
3. BATTLE OF THE SEXES
We thought "hot women" would be a far more popular search term than "hot men". I mean, blokes have something of a reputation for looking at attractive women on the internet. But the surprisingly close margin suggests there are quite a few women surfing Google Images as well.
Winner: HOT PEOPLE. Source: NewsComAu
4. BATTLE OF THE BABIES
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian had a baby girl, and joined a long tradition of celebrity stupidity by giving her a silly name. Meanwhile, Prince William and Kate Middleton went all old-fashioned on their son.
Winner: COMPASSES. Source: NewsComAu
5. BATTLE OF THE FOREIGN PLACES
We picked out four of your favourite holiday destinations, and London was consistently the top rater. That presumably has something to do with the lovely weather.
Winner: LONDON, INNIT. Source: NewsComAu
6. BATTLE OF THE HEARTTHROBS
Ryan Gosling and Mila Kunis are probably the two most-desired people on the planet. They're closely matched, but the Gos grabbed the win by a sultry whisker.
Winner: "HEY GIRL". Source: NewsComAu
7. BATTLE OF THE POTTERHEADS
You could also call this one "the Triwizard Tournament". Emma Watson was far more popular than her fellow Harry Potter stars, particularly Rupert Grint, who has red hair. That probably didn't help him.
Winner: NERDY GIRLS. Source: NewsComAu
8. BATTLE OF THE SUPERHEROES
A few superhero films came out this year, including Iron Man 3, but that big yellow spike wasn't enough to push Robert Downey Jr's character past Batman.
Winner: BEN AFFLECK. Source: NewsComAu
9. BATTLE OF THE SUPERCARS
Ferrari is still the undisputed king of fast cars, at least among people who spend their lives searching for things on the internet instead of driving.
Winner: RED PAINT. Source: NewsComAu
10. BATTLE OF THE SLIGHTLY LESS BRATTY SINGERS
One Direction was tracking marginally above Taytay until the boy band came to Australia on tour. At that point, all the fangirls started feverishly Googling their crushes, pushing 1D to an easy win.
Winner: HARRY STYLES' EGO Source: NewsComAu
11. BATTLE ROYAL
For all the enduring talk about Pippa Middleton's backside, not to mention her social life, she was still well beaten by her sister. Meanwhile, bad boy Prince Harry edged out his brother, who will probably be King one day, if that's any consolation.
Winner: PERSONALITY. Source: NewsComAu
Winner: LACK OF PERSONALITY. Source: NewsComAu
12. BATTLE OF THE POLLIES
Australians seem to despise their politicians in fairly equal measure, and they Google their leaders in equal measure as well. You'll notice spikes for Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard during the final round of leadership speculation, then a big one for Tony Abbott on election night.
Winner: NOBODY. WE ALL LOSE NO MATTER WHAT. Source: NewsComAu
13. BATTLE OF THE DOCTORS
Doctor Who fans got super-excited about the show's recent 50th anniversary special, which featured the two most recent incarnations of the character, played by Matt Smith and David Tennant. The two men can't be split. Let the debate over who's better continue in earnest.
Winner: PEOPLE WITH MICROSCOPES WHO CAN ACTUALLY PICK A WINNER ON THIS GRAPH. Source: NewsComAu
14. BATTLE OF THE TREKKIES
Let's stick with the sci-fi theme and settle the argument between Star Trek and Star Wars forever. Sorry Trekkies, lasers beat phasers. That blue spike corresponding with the release of the new Star Trek movie wasn't enough to close the gap.
Winner: DARTH VADER'S VOICE. Source: NewsComAu
15. BATTLE OF THE BRUTES
Which Australian footy code is officially the most popular? The AFL. By a mile. Before you go off your rocker, soccer fans, even "football" didn't come close. We checked.
Winner: SLEEVELESS JERSEYS. Source: NewsComAu
16. BATTLE OF THE TWANKERS
Facebook stalkers rejoice! Mark Zuckerberg's creation is easily the top social media site by this metric, and everything else is an afterthought. Even Google Plus. Who would have thought?
Winner: FACEBOOK STALKERS. Source: NewsComAu
17. BATTLE OF THE GEN Y STUFF
There are two types of people in Generation Y - those who take selfies and those who make memes. Think of them as takers vs. makers. The selfie-obsessed sap our collective will to live, while the meme-obsessed give us cheap laughs. Thankfully, even though selfie is the "word of the year", the memes still win this battle.
Winner: INTERNET WIT. Source: NewsComAu
18. BATTLE FOR HUMANITY'S SOUL
In the blue corner, Emma Watson, who's smart, classy and refreshingly modest. In the red corner, Kim Kardashian, who's self-centred, and alsmost married to Kanye West. The results are in, and they're terrible.
Winner: NOT HUMANITY. Source: NewsComAu
19. BATTLE FOR THE INTERNET'S SOUL
Australian internet users are kind of interested in money and sport. They're very interested in food. But nothing compares to porn. Absolutely nothing. We tried a gazillion different search terms, and none of them were even competitive. This graph's as sad as it was predictable.
Winner: SELF-LOVE. Source: NewsComAu
What did we leave out? Continue the conversation on Twitter: @SamClench | @newscomauHQ
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