Google’s annual Year in Search is always a fascinating look at what we’re exploring online, but one of the more overlooked trends is what we’re humming to find on the internet.
Hum to Search, a lesser-known but delightful feature of Google’s search engine, is both entertaining and incredibly useful. So much so that Google has compiled a list of the 10 most hummed songs in the US and worldwide, a perfect nod to all of us who can’t shake that earworm and need a little help identifying it.
Here’s the top 3:
1. “Beautiful Things” by Benson Boone
It’s no surprise that Benson Boone’s pop ballad clinched the number one spot on both the US and global top 10 Hum to Search lists. The Washington-raised singer-songwriter went viral on TikTok this year during the rollout and release of “Beautiful Things,” amassing over 4.1 million videos created with the track.
With more than 1.6 billion streams on Spotify, “Beautiful Things”…