IPL stays India's most searched term in 2025; Gemini and Grok break into top 10: Check out the full list

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Google's annual report reveals the top searches in India for 2025, with the Indian Premier League once again leading the charts. AI-related searches like Google Gemini and Grok chatbot ranked high, while ChatGPT did not make the top 10.

IPL was the most searched term in India in 2025

It's that time of the year once again, when Google gives an analysis of the top searches made in the year. The company has released a separate report on the top searches in India and un-surprisingly AI related searches were among some of the most popular terms.

What were the top searched terms in India in 2025?

As per Google data shared on Thursday, Indian Premier League (IPL) was once again the most searched term in India. However, while there were no AI related search terms in the top 10 list in 2024, the company says Google Gemini was the second highest searched term this year while xAI's Grok chatbot was on the 8th spot. Surprisingly, ChatGPT, the most popular chatbot by market share, didn't find a place in the top 10 list.

“We witnessed deep curiosity for the AI world; Google Gemini soared to become the #2 top trending search, while people embraced Nano Banana trends.” Google said in a blogpost

Apart from this, trending sports events like ICC Champions Trophy, Asia Cup, Pro Kabaddi League and Women's World Cup were also some of the top searched terms.

Here's the list of top searched terms in India:

1) Indian Premier League

2) Google Gemini

3) Asia Cup

4) ICC Champions Trophy

5) Pro Kabaddi League

6) Maha Kumbh Mela

7) Women's World Cup

8) Grok

9) Saiyaara

10) Dharmendra

AI dominates Google search trends:

Google also released a separate list for top trends in India which was dominated by all the image creation trends powered by Gemini Nano Banana and ChatGPT. The top trend for the year was Gemini trend, followed by Ghibli trend and 3D model trend. Notably, the launch of Google's Nano Banana model led to users creating 3D models of themselves, retro looking saree images among a host of other trends. The Nano Banana Pro model by Google has turned out be more powerful than its predecessor but it hasn't led to a similar kind of viral trend.