Sometimes, time flies. We’re often left wondering how it’s possible a string of events only happened a few months ago.
2015 has been a year that will long be remembered.
From the marriage referendum, to the Paris terrorist attacks to the refugee crisis – newsrooms have been kept on their toes over the past 12 months.
Now Mashable have compiled a list of the most searched news stories of 2015 – both hardcore current affairs… and pop culture that drove us insane.
Yes, we’re talking about that illusive dress moment.
Analysing the Bing data searches from 2015, these are the top news and alternative news stories from 2015:
Top News Stories of 2015
- Paris Attacks and ISIS
- The EU migrant crisis
- Earthquake in Nepal
- Snowstorm buries NE US
- Germanwings 9525 crash
- Wildfires & drought devastate
- US-Cuba relations restored
- Planned Parenthood faces potential defunding
- Ashley Madison hacked; data leaked
- Discoveries on Pluto & Mars
The Strange but True Stories of 2015
- Hulk the pit bull challenges views
- Man has surgery to remove car part, 51 years later
- ‘The Dress’ debate
- Rare fawn raised by humans
- Huge gold nugget discovered in China
- Goliath fish caught by kayaker
- Kermit-like frog discovered
- Stowaway cat survives flight on plane’s wing
- Pizza rat
- Spiders rain from sky
*Analysis taken from the US sample group of Bing data
