| 1. | Britney Spears | |
| 2. | Big Brother | |
| 3. | X Factor | |
| 4. | Oasis | |
| 5. | High School Musical 3 | |
| 6. | US Election | |
| 7. | Amy Winehouse | |
| 8. | Heath Ledger | |
| 9. | Kate Moss | |
| 10. | Eastenders |
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Yahoo!’s Top Searches of 2008 have lifted the lid on the most popular people, events and news stories that Yahoo!’s UK users have been searching for in 2008. The top searches reveal that Yahoo! Search users are most interested in celebrity scandal, with Britney Spears coming top in the overall searches for the year, closely followed by Amy Winehouse. The death of Batman star Heath Ledger proved to be this year’s top news story. Reality television shows have been huge news, with Big Brother and X Factor rating highly in the polls this year. High School Musical 3 and Quantum of Solace were among the big hitters in the Movies category which was also hugely popular with the Yahoo! searchers in 2008.
| 1. | Britney Spears |
| 2. | Amy Winehouse |
| 3. | Paris Hilton |
| 4. | Madonna |
| 5. | Angelina Jolie |
| 6. | Lily Allen |
| 7. | Heath Ledger |
| 8. | Kate Moss |
| 9. | Katie Price |
| 10. | Mariah Carey |
| 1. | Heath Ledger |
| 2. | US election |
| 3. | Madeleine McCann |
| 4. | Credit Crunch |
| 5. | Climate change |
| 6. | Shannon Matthews |
| 7. | Phone in scandals |
| 8. | Patrick Swayze |
| 9. | Glastonbury |
| 10. | London Marathon |
| 1. | Britney Spears |
| 2. | Amy Winehouse |
| 3. | Oasis |
| 4. | Rihanna |
| 5. | Pink |
| 6. | Girls Aloud |
| 7. | Madonna |
| 8. | Leona Lewis |
| 9. | Kylie Minogue |
| 10. | Duffy |
| 1.. | High School Musical |
| 2.. | Harry Potter |
| 3.. | The Dark Knight |
| 4.. | Quantum of Solace |
| 5.. | Indiana Jones |
| 6.. | Sex and the City |
| 7.. | Cloverfield |
| 8.. | Wall-E |
| 9.. | Sweeney Todd |
| 10.. | Iron Man |
| 1. | Big Brother |
| 2. | Eastenders |
| 3. | GMTV |
| 4. | X Factor |
| 5. | Doctor Who |
| 6. | Hollyoaks |
| 7. | Top Gear |
| 8. | The Simpsons |
| 9. | Hannah Montana |
| 10. | Neighbours |
| 1. | Liverpool FC |
| 2. | Arsenal FC |
| 3. | Manchester United FC |
| 4. | Leeds United FC |
| 5. | Chelsea FC |
| 6. | Glasgow Rangers FC |
| 7. | Manchester City FC |
| 8. | Celtic FC |
| 9. | Everton FC |
| 10. | Birmingham City FC |
| 1. | Wii Fit |
| 2. | iPhone |
| 3. | iPod |
| 4. | Nintendo Wii |
| 5. | Laptops |
| 1. | London |
| 2. | Disneyland Paris |
| 3. | Center Parcs |
| 4. | Manchester |
| 5. | Blackpool |
| 1. | Breast Cancer |
| 2. | Pollution |
| 3. | HIV |
| 4. | STD's |
| 5. | Diabetes |
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