Mary Berry beats Emma Watson and Londoners don’t know how to kiss, Google search data reveals

In London, Glasgow, Brighton and Leeds, 'how to kiss", was the number one search Photo: Getty Images

By Tom Brooks-Pollock

6:00AM GMT 16 Dec 2014

Glaswegians and Londoners don’t know how to kiss, Mancunians are keen to learn to crochet and people living in Oxford want to know how to paraphrase, Google search data reveals.

The internet giant has, for the first time, released a city-by-city breakdown of the most popular 'how to' terms entered into its search engine.

In London, Glasgow, Brighton and Leeds, 'how to kiss", was the number one search, suggesting that hormonal teenagers do indeed spend too much time on the internet.

More niche pursuits dominate elsewhere. Mancunians want to learn crocheting and the residents of Cardiff and Liverpool are keen to learn how to draw.

Bristol reveals itself to be the most fitness-conscious location - it's inhabitants want to know how to perform squat-thrusts, or squats, properly. Scholarly Oxford-dwellers, by contrast, asked 'how to paraphrase'.

The terms were published in Google's annual report, the Year in Search, which reveals the most searched-for terms in Britain in 2014.

The full list of city by city how to's are:

London

How to kiss

How to draw

How to meditate

Edinburgh

How to kiss

How to Skype

How to study

Cardiff

How to draw

How to watch

How to plank

Belfast

How to shuffle

How to hypnotize

How to animate

Manchester

How to crochet

How to draw

How to knit

Leeds

How to kiss

How to study

How to Skype

Glasgow

How to kiss

How to draw

How to hypnotize

Birmingham

How to draw

How to kiss

How to sleep

Newcastle

How to kiss

How to draw

How to wallpaper

Liverpool

How to kiss

How to draw

How to plaster

Bristol

How to squat

How to hack

Brighton

How to kiss

How to draw

How to plank

Nottingham

How to kiss

How to hypnotize

How to spell

Cambridge

How to massage

How to shuffle

How to decorate

Oxford

How to paraphrase

How to draw

How to crochet

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It was a year dominated by sport according to the top trending searches from Google.

The top trending search for 2014 was World Cup 2014, which Germany won.

The iPhone 6 and the death of Peaches Geldof feature in the top 3.

The full list of top trending searches is:

World Cup 2014

iPhone 6

Peaches Geldof

Robin Williams

Rik Mayall

Flappy Bird

Ebola

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Grand National 2014

Jennifer Lawrence

^{Rita Ora takes part in the Ice Bucket Challenge on the streets of New York (REX)}

In 2014 in the UK, the ice bucket challenge stormed social media and convinced many people to pour cold water over themselves for a good cause.

So it is not no wonder that ALS, the charity associated with the ice bucket challenge, ranked number 2 in the top news stories searched for on Google.

The number one news story was the Ebola virus. This Ebola epidemic is the largest in history, affecting multiple countries in West Africa. The Ebola outbreak in West Africa was first reported in March 2014, and has rapidly become the deadliest occurrence of the disease since its discovery in 1976.

In fact, the current epidemic sweeping across the region has now killed more than all other known Ebola outbreaks combined.

The top news stories were:

Linked to the top news stories was the results of what we asked Google about.

News stories like Ebola and ALS came in the top two.

But there were some honourable mentions of love at the number three slot, fracking and twerking.

Here is the list of what is...?

A woman poses next to a mural called Art Buff created by street artist Banksy which appeared in Folkestone, Kent (PA)

The never ending question of who is Banksy? took top spot in the questions section.

2014 was a year of mystery for Banksy in 2014. Earlier this year Banksy announced a new work on his website, with no clues to its location,prompting fans to search for the work.

The work was the first brand new piece to officially appear on the Bristol artist's website since his New York 'residency' in October.

Banksy's pieces, nearly always painted on public property, have been known to make hundreds of thousands of pounds when sold at auction.

Where is...?

Where is Honduras

Where is Uruguay

Where is Sochi

Where is Gleneagles

Where is Estonia

Where is Algeria

Where is Broadmoor

Where is Brazil

Where is Ecuador

Where is Palestine

The sudden death of Peaches Geldof was big news in 2014.

It topped the Google list of 'losses in 2014', as the 25-year-olds death stunned the nation.

The journalist was discovered by husband Thomas Cohen in a spare room, where she lay on a bed with one leg dangling on the floor.

We used Google to reflect on the passing of Robin Williams, Rik Mayall and Lynda Bellingham

The full list is:

Mary Berry has sneaked into the most searched female celebs.

The Great British Bake Off star ranks at number 9 just ahead of Emma Watson

Beyonce

Jennifer Lawrence

Katy Perry

Ariana Grande

Taylor Swift

Katie Price

Nicki Minaj

Selena Gomez

Mary Berry

Emma Watson

The rising female celebs are:

Ariana Grande

Kylie Minogue

Kim Kardashian

Zoella

Sia

Kylie Jenner

Mary Berry

Pixie Lott

Mel B

Lorde

^{Benedict Cumberbatch after reading letters at Hay Festival 2014 (Jay Williams)}

Benedict Cumberbatch held a steady fourth spot behind Harry Styles in the most searched male celebs category.

Mr Cumberbatch has enjoyed a meteoric rise to become one of Britain's most popular actors combining BBC dramas and Hollywood block busters.

His breakthrough TV role came playing Physicist Steven Hawking, in 2004 film Hawking. Later his role as detective Sherlock Holmes in Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss's hugely popular BBC television series, adapted from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories that really brought him into the public eye.

The full list is:

Ed Sheeran

Jay Z

Harry Styles

Benedict Cumberbatch

David Beckham

Pharrell Williams

Zac Efron

Robbie Williams

Justin Timberlake

George Clooney

^{Steph and Dom Meet Nigel Farage, Channel 4}

Nigel Farage makes it into the top 5 of the rising male celebs list.

The Ukip leader has certainly had a whirlwind year and he beat off stiff competition here to claim the number 5 spot.

Most recently he took on Russell Brand on Question time and got interviewed by Steph and Dom of Goggle box fame.

David Beckham's son Brooklyn also makes it onto the list.

Pharrell Williams

Benedict Cumberbatch

George Clooney

Jay Z

Nigel Farage

Zac Efron

Rory Mcilroy

Jon Snow

Brooklyn Beckham

Tom Hiddleston

The top 10 searched diets are:

Clean 9 Diet

Ultima Diet

Perricone Diet

Atkins Diet

80/20 Diet

Green Coffee Diet

Exante Diet

4 3 Diet

Sugar Detox Diet

Clean Eating Diet

2014 was the year of superhero movies, with Transformers 4, Captain America 2, Thor, Robocop, Iron Man and Superman- Man Of Steel dominating our movie searches.

Transformers 4

American Hustle

The Lego Movie

22 Jump Street

Dallas Buyers Club

Inbetweeners 2

Gone Girl

Captain Phillips

The Hunger Games

Despicable Me

We still loved holidaying in traditional locations like Paris, New York and Amsterdam, but in 2014 we became more interested in Italy, Iceland and Portugal.

^{Mary Berry (left), Paul Hollywood and winner Nancy Birtwhistle, 60, who has been crowned champion of this year's Great British Bake Off (BBC)}

Although Mary Berry ranked in the most searched females, we are still searching for recipes of burgers, over shortbread and gingerbread.

It's has arguably been the Great British Bake Off's most successful year, with the cooking programme achieving record viewing figures for the BBC.

The show has not been without drama, as "bingate" saw one contestant leave the programme after apparently putting another's baked alaska in the bin.

The recipes we are searching for are:

While the cake recipes we are searching for are:

Chocolate Cake

Lemon Drizzle Cake

Banana Cake

Carrot Cake

Sponge Cake

Red Velvet

Fairy Cake

Rainbow Cake

Victoria Sponge

Cake Pops

The top Premier League teams being typed into Google are:

Liverpool

Manchester United

Arsenal

Hull

Chelsea

Sunderland

Burnley

Southampton

Manchester City

Everton

We still aspired to high-end fashion brands and supermarkets , but interest in the value stores and sites like New Look, Aldi, Gumtree and Primark showed that finances were still key in our minds.

Businesses

Rightmove

Gumtree

Tesco

Asda

John Lewis

Natwest

Halifax

Santander

Marks and Spencer

Fashion Brands

New Look