Top Searched Google Trends For May 2023

Mason Vera Paine

From the Meta Gala, NBA to Adulting find out what exactly people were searching for in the month of May on Google with Google Trends expert Bailey Tomson. For the latest trends from Google visit: Trends.Google.com/TrendsFollow Twitter on Google at: Twitter.com/GoogleLike Google on Facebook at: Facebook.com/GoogleLike and Follow Google on Instagram at: Instagram.com/Google https://75dc83.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/9.-Baily-T-May-GT.mp3 Google Trends May Transcription 00:00 – Announcer: Mason Vera Paine. 00:02 – Mason: Baily Tomson, Google Trends expert, joins me to share the top search for May in entertainment, culture, science, odd news, sports, and food. Thanks for joining me, Baily. 00:11 – Baily: Thanks for having me. 00:13 – Mason: So in May, what was the biggest trending thing that was happening? 00:18 – Baily: There was a lot happening in May. We had the Met Gala at the beginning of the month, Cinco de Mayo on May 5. Overall, the month celebrates Asian Pacific American heritage. So a lot of busy things. There's also NBA playoff. I feel like we've been talking about basketball since forever with March Madness. Now we get into the playoff. So all over the place. I thought something that was a bit atypical and pretty cool was tipping culture. So the term tipping culture has been searched at a 15 year high and it's doubled over the past year in the US, folks searching for should I tip and wondering... There's a lot of whys around tipping. Why do restaurants add gratuity for large parties? Why does America tip so much? So tipping was my... Wasn't expecting it was the curve ball. 1:05 – Mason: Yeah, that one's a little weird, but I'm not going to lie, I'm questioning it myself. I'm picking up my own orders, so I feel like, why am I tipping you? 1:15 – Baily: I agree. That was actually, there were over the five top questions around asking for tips, the why is something asking for tips. Number five is why are fast food restaurants asking for tips, which I can only... I'm sure fast casual is also in there. I'm with you. It was a bit of that trend that was quite validating. 1:33 – Mason: Yeah, you know what it is? During the pandemic, I was giving everybody tips. I was Oprah of tipping. You get a tip and you get a tip. I was like, I'm going to help everybody. And now I'm broke. I'm like, You need to pay me a tip now. 1:48 – Baily: Yeah, I'm going to walk into the restaurant to get my food so I don't have to tip now. 1:54 – Mason: Exactly. Now, something that I think we talked about last month with... And we're talking again this month, Met Gala. I mean, how much are we going to talk about this? Doja Cat, we already know she was telling everyone, which I thought was the cutest thing ever and it was hilarious. And who's the guy that was in the first suit? It's going to kill me. Jared Leto. Oh, I knew his name. 2:18 – Baily: Yes. He was also Doja Cat and Jared Leto were the top searched women and men, respectively. I think it were the cat suits. I think people were really intrigued. They did something a little different than we usually see on the red carpet of Met Gala. 2:33 – Mason: Well, I think there wasn't a lot you could do. So I think they were trying to be as creative as possible, which I think it worked out. I really think if I had to rate them, Doja Cat won. I just really liked the face costume. I thought that was a lot. And then she stuck to it by meowing to everybody. So I'm like, Dude, she was in character. She looked really good. I love the dress. I think she went the whole 10 yards. 3:02 – Baily: I completely agree. And then just leaning into the fact that she's Doja Cat, it just was like the full brand was all there. 3:09 – Mason: Oh, that's so true. Doja Cat, how silly of me. I didn't get the pun. Now, another thing that happened in May is a Cinco de Mayo. And my mom actually went and celebrated something called Mole de Mayo.