I searched on Google and "Yandex" in 2018

Google and "Yandex" summed up the year. Layfhaker collected the most popular events, memes, music, movies and other queries that people injected in the search box.

Events

Soccer World Cup

In 2018 Russia was the host of the world soccer championship, and this event has become the most discussed topic of the summer.

Win a match with Spain, our team has advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time. Goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev and striker Artem Dzyuba appeared in the top queries and become known even to those who are not interested in football. Dzyuba scored an important goal in the Spanish doors and equalized. And Igor Akinfeev made two incredible saves. After that there was a meme about a foot Akinfeev, he parried the ball decisive for Spain.

The match against Croatia was one of the most anticipated and stressful for the Russian fans. Despite the fact that the outcome of the game decided not to our advantage, this event is still considered a landmark. Top search queries joined the names of midfielder Denis Cherysheva and defender Mario Fernandez, who scored two goals against the team of Croatia.

Winter Olympics

From 9 to 25 February in Pyeongchang hosted the XXIII Olympic Games. Due to the doping scandal Russian athletes had to act in a neutral way without the flag and the coat of arms of the country. Yet they managed to bring home 17 medals, including two gold ( "medal standings," he became one of the most popular requests).

memes

How's that, Elon Musk

In February 2018 the first company Space X, founded by Elon Musk, has launched a carrier rocket Falcon Heavy. After that, users RuNet began to spread in the image chain with dubious inventions and the caption "How's that, Elon Musk?", As if defying the American billionaire.

Meme already leaked to the West. There are not only appreciated the humor of the Russians, but also joined to create funny pictures.

Uganda Knuckles

Uganda Knuckles - parodic character image games and cartoons about Sonic - has become the most popular meme 2018 "Yandex".

In 2017, published by YouTube Gregzilla overview the game Sonic Lost World, where Knuckles was depicted with an unusual face and round body. A modified character appeared in the video for a few seconds, but very memorable users.

there was a 3D-model of the Uganda Knuckles in a few months, and its popularity began to grow thanks VRChat multiplayer game where round animal image became massively used as avatar. Meme ridicules jokes, famous players VRChat, and often used the phrase "I'll show you the way," or "You know the way?" (In the original «Do u know da wey» or «Do u know de wae» with a strong African accent).

Mouse (krodotsya)

Back in 2014 the photographer Irina Kozhemyakin posted on the site Dreamstime animal picture with the caption "House Mouse (musculus Mus) sneaks up." Who was the first added to the photo mangled words - it is not known, but the meme has successfully spread throughout social networks. After it was modified many times, but its meaning remained obscure. Someone thinks that they represent a looming object or phenomenon, and some believe that the picture with the inscription does not make any difference at all.

The son of my mother's friend

The son of my mother's friends - abstract character that women often put as an example to your children. He learns better, she earns more, for a long time married, built a house, made a profitable business, and all around him success. Meme ridicules the incorrect attitude of relatives and comparing their children with strangers.

Games

Red Dead Redemption 2

The second part of the action-adventure from Rockstar Games waited all game world: gamers and developers. This confirms popular search query on the release date.

Expectations were met: Red Dead Redemption 2 has received numerous rave reviews. Action shooter takes place in the Wild West. The player can freely roam through the vast world with a variety of small parts, various activities and non-player characters who live their lives and react to all the action hero.

Far Cry 5

This year, Ubisoft pleased with the continuation of the popular shooter series. We are waiting for him since the release of Far Cry Primal in 2016.

The action takes place in the US, where the protagonist, a deputy sheriff, it is necessary to save the district from the pressure of a cruel tyrant and the leader of the religious zealots. As in previous games, live happy detailed world, a lot of fun and charismatic characters. In addition, in Far Cry 5 appeared full-fledged cooperative - can take shooter with friends.

Music

Philip Kirkorov - "mood color blue"

"Color blue mood" - Philip Kirkorov song, released in March 2018. Clip it on a day to collect 3 million views, and by December, this figure exceeded 50 million.

Movie was so controversial that the site to accommodate the Change.org petition organized a collection of signatures for the deprivation of Kirkorov People's Artist of Russia title. But the singer did not stop and took no less shocking clip Baskov "Ibiza"And"Color black mood"Egor Creed.

KAZKA - «Cried"

Young Ukrainian group KAZKA in May released the song "Crying", which immediately became a hit: hit the top world charts Shazam and led chart "Yandex. music ". Lyric video for May was attended by more than 70 million views on YouTube. We published in September, the clip has about the same.

Movies and Series

Avengers: Infinity War

Of all the superhero films released in 2018, we waited most. "War infinity" summed up the ten-year history of the Marvel projects united heroes kinovselennoy and forced people to actively look for spoilers. In general, not in vain I called it the best Layfhaker film of the year.

Deadpool-2

The charismatic hero of Marvel Comics liked by the audience since the first part of the film in 2016. Continuation of the story about eccentric assassins fans did not disappoint, as the world's box office paintings were only slightly less than the first "Deadpool."

Major

The most popular TV series in Russia became a "Major", the third season of which was released in October of this year. The protagonist - the playboy Igor Sokolovsky, whose father sends to work in the office to save from prison. The history of it is so pleased with the audience that it continued for two years waiting for with great anticipation. In addition, the series was the first Russian project, the studio bought Netflix.

novelty

Huawei Honor 10

This year, the Russian Internet users have shown great interest in smartphones. Leader in the number of requests in the "Yandex" has become a budget of 10 Huawei Honor, presented in April 2018. It is easy to explain: the novelty has specifications comparable to the flagship, and a very reasonable price.

iPhone XS and iPhone XR

As always, the noise done and Apple. In 2018 the company presented smartphones with support for two SIM cards and is completely frameless design. Three new models - iPhone XS, XS Max and XR - have complicated the user's choice. People were looking for which one is still the best and the latest electronic gadgets differ from iPhone X.

People

Stephen Hawking

March 14, 2018 passed away Stephen Hawking - the greatest scientist of our time, a theoretical physicist and writer. This event caused a response from Internet users. Hawking was an expert in cosmology and gravitation, known for his work on black holes. This man gave the world a lot of books, Most of which will be of interest even to people far from science.

Habib Nurmagomedov

Significant figure in this year's Russian fighter Habib Nurmagomedov, the reigning champion of the UFC. His battle with the world-famous Conor McGregor, which was held in Las Vegas on October 6, was unexpectedly high ratings, and users Runet asked the "Yandex" that Habib the ear and how it belts.

Even more popular queries passing year - the official Google video.