• Google launched its 2022 Year in Search report, which shows the year's top trending searches.

• Many of the year's top US searches involved pop culture, celebrity deaths, and lottery numbers.

• Count down the top 10 of the year and see if there are any surprises.

#10: Jeffrey Dahmer

Netflix's smash hit TV series "Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" was released in late September and quickly climbed the ranks to become one of the streaming service's most popular shows. After just 60 days, the show clocked more than 1 billion hours of viewing, according to Netflix.

However, "Dahmer" has faced backlash from some of the serial killer's victims' family members, who said the show has retraumatized them.

#9: Anne Heche

Anne Heche was an American actress known for roles in films like "I Know What You Did Last Summer" and "Walking and Talking."

In early August of this year, Heche was involved in a car crash. Heche died from crash-related injuries on August 11, 2022.

#8: Powerball numbers

The Powerball lottery was the cause of much excitement last month after it grew to $2.04 billion – the largest lottery prize ever.

A single ticket was sold in early November in California. According to the personal finance magazine Kiplinger, the winner faces a heft tax bill: the IRS withholds 24% off the top, and if the winner decides to take the lump sum of $997.6 million, they would also be taxed another 37%.

#7: Mega Millions

It was also a big year for the Mega Millions lottery, which had a payout of $1.337 billion in July. It was the second-largest jackpot ever, and it was awarded to one person in Illinois.

#6: Ukraine

Ukraine consistently made headlines this year after Russia invaded the country on February 24, 2022, sparking a bloody conflict that has killed thousands and destroyed multiple Ukrainian cities. A senior US general recently estimated that the war has resulted in 200,000 casualties, according to the BBC. Russian forces have been accused of multiple war crimes as a result of the clash.