Having already been named Bing’s most-searched person of 2011, on Thursday (December 15) Justin Bieber picked up an e-honor, as Google unveiled its annual Zeitgeist site and, in the process, declared him its Most Popular Person of the year, besting Kim Kardashian and Lady Gaga to take home the title. Nicki Minaj and Casey Anthony rounded out the top 5.
Though perhaps Gaga can take solace in the fact that “Born This Way” topped Google’s Fastest-Rising Song search list.
Of course, not even Bieber could best Rebecca Black on Google’s Fastest Rising Searches, as the “Friday” sensation topped the list — which tallied worldwide searches — ahead of Google Plus, Ryan Dunn, Casey Anthony and “Battlefield 3.” Breakout star Adele also made huge headways this year, landing at #7 on the list and beating out Steve Jobs and the iPad 2.
