Google released a list of their top Korean search results for the first half of 2017. It's in Korean but I rewrote the list here with my added commentary, and links where appropriate.
종합 - Overall (Top 20) searches for first half of 2017
- 너의 이름은 - Your Name
Extremely popular Japanese animation film. Many viewers watched it multiple times. - 도깨비 - Goblin
K-drama with the highest average viewership among cable channels - 오버워치 - Overwatch
Highly popular multiplayer shooter game which retained its popularity since last year's list - 문재인 - Moon Jae-in
Presidential candidate and now President - 리그 오브 레전드 - League of Legends
- 원피스 - One Piece
- 무한도전 - Infinite Challenge
- 아는 형님 - Knowing Bros
Popular entertainment chat show with men telling it like it is - 박근혜 - (Ex-) President Park Geun-Hye
- 던전앤파이터 - Dungeon Fighter
- 마인크래프트 - Minecraft
- 미세먼지 - Fine dust
- 진격의 거인 - Attack on Titan
Japanese animation - 리니지M - Lineage M
Popular for copying the game style of the PC version onto mobile. Ranked #1 on Google Play when it was released. - 트와이스 - Twice
Popular K-pop girl group. Released 4th mini-album "Signal." Korea's #1 representative girl group right now - 설리 - Sulli
Former member of K-pop girl group f(x), and current actress and Instagram celebrity. Appears in a nude scene in recent crime thriller movie "Real." - 프로듀스101 시즌2 - Produce 101, season 2
Male cast version of last year's popular K-pop girl group reality producing show - 라라랜드 - La La Land
- 엠마 왓슨 - Emma Watson
- 홍준표 - Hong Jung-Pyo
Unsuccessful presidential candidate for the conservative Liberty Party. Nicknamed "Korean Trump" for his occasionally unfiltered style
인물 - People (Top 10) searches for first half of 2017
- 문재인 - Moon Jae-in
- 박근혜 - Park Geun-Hye
- 트와이스 - Twice
- 설리 - Sulli
- 엠마 왓슨 - Emma Watson
- 홍준표 - Hong Jung-Pyo
- 안철수 - Ahn Cheol-soo
Unsuccessful presidential candidate for the progressive People's Party - 아이유 - I.U.
Released her 4th album called "Palette" - 설현 - Seolhyun
Member of K-pop girl group AOA, and active drama actress - 공유 - Gong Yoo
Lead actor in recent "Goblin" TV series, classic older series "Coffee Prince," and where I know him from as the main dad in the very well done zombie flick "Train to Busan."
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