John Lennon, along with young idol Justin Bieber, were the two most-often searched for topics on the internet by kids during the last quarter of 2010, according to survey results released today by Norton Online Family.
Bieber placed first, while Lennon placed second ahead of Lady Gaga, who placed third. Norton says the survey was conducted between Aug. 1 and Dec. 1, 2010. This was when Lennon fever was running high over events to celebrate his 70th birthday and might explain his high showing.
Bieber took a dominant position in the top searches of every country except for India, China and Japan, Norton said, while John Lennon was a top search term in Australia, India, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and the United States.
Norton said they tracked a total of 23.3 million searches submitted by a sample of users of their Norton Online Family service in 20 selected countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The results, based on more than 20 million anonymous search-engine queries from kids in 20 countries, found that more than 75 percent of entertainment searches kids conducted online were for songs or musicians.
Norton Online Family, a globally available resource for parents for safe Internet behaviors for kids, is available free at https://onlinefamily.norton.com.
We'd love to hear from any young readers on how John Lennon is important to you now.
Here's their list of the top 25 entertainment searches:
1. Justin Bieber
2. John Lennon
3. Lady Gaga
4. Dynamite
5. Waka Waka
6. Teenage Dream
7. Love the way You Lie
8. Katy Perry
9. Airplanes
10. Rihanna
11. Shakira
12. Selena Gomez
13. Miley Cyrus
14. Taylor Swift
15. Just the Way You Are
16. We No Speak Americano
17. Nein Nann
18. Akon
19. Idol 2010
20. Panamericano
21. Like a G6
22. X Factor
23. Sean Banan
24. Ben 10
25. David Guetta
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Wow, just WOW! I'm amazed that with kids' short attention spans and fixation on nonsense pop and violent anti-social rap music that John Lennon would even be relevant to them. OR that they'd even know the name of a politically-active rock star who died three decades ago. That's the equivalent of me listening to Glenn Miller at age 13 back in the late 70s. I'm impressed, Generation Z!
I'm a fourteen year old guy and I am obsessed with the Beatles! John Lennon is truly my hero. The Beatles have inspired me to play guitar and sing. I also try to do a John Lennon impression and one day I would love to be in a tribute band! I really can not stand today's music like rap and hip hop, I don't know how people can listen to it. John's words and lyrics actually make sense (except for "I Am the Walrus") and are meaningful and honest and some really make me want to cry. I wish I had been alive the same time John was.
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