What is Agario? Top New Zealand Google search trends revealed

Agario, a free multiplayer game, was the top search for 2015. Photo / Agario

The word most Kiwis searched for in Google is not one that instantly comes to mind.

Agario took out the top trending search this year and in case you have never heard of it it is an online game.

Created by a Brazilian developer called Matheus Valadares, gamers play as a cell gobbling up food to get bigger. The challenge is to eat other players who are smaller, while trying not to get eaten by players larger than yourself.

The game is billed as being fun and addictive for such a simple premise, however it still qualifies as a mystery for number one search.

Elsewhere Cyclone Pam, how to make pancakes, what is Isis, who is the Bachelor NZ and where is Gallipoli were among the most searched, or trending items on Google in 2015.

Each year the search engine giant reflects on the moments that made us laugh, cry, and search, as part of its Year in Search.

This was a year in which we celebrated a rugby win and lost a rugby hero in quick succession, and were captivated by news stories from the tragic Nepal earthquake to the new royal baby.

It was a huge year for rugby, but the Cricket World Cup pipped the Rugby World Cup in terms of top trending searches for the year. The untimely passing of two of our most beloved rugby heroes, Jonah Lomu and Jerry Collins, topped the trending Kiwis, and the Red Peak Flag was the most searched for off all the flag designs, despite it failing to carry the referendum this month.

"How to" searches are always particularly representative of the trends sweeping a country, and this year, Kiwis were asking how to write a CV, how to lose weight, how to draw, and how to tie a tie.

We're a curious bunch, and this year we were just as much into the big tough topics (Isis and the TPPA) as the metaphysical (love, the meaning of life), and the grammatical (what is a noun, what is a verb).

Here are New Zealand's top trending searches of 2015:

Trending searches

1. Agario

2. Cricket World Cup

3. Cyclone Pam

4. Natalia Kills

5. Jonah Lomu

6. Google Classroom

7. Lamar Odom

8. Rugby World Cup

9. Jerry Collins

10. Caitlyn Jenner, News items of 2015 (Trending)

Trending news items

1. Cyclone Pam

2. Paris

3. Mayweather Pacquiao Fight

4. Rugby World Cup Final

5. Nepal Earthquake

6. Bali Nine

7. Charlie Hebdo

8. Pluto

9. Red Peak Flag

10. Royal Baby

How to?

1. Make Pancakes

2. Tie a Tie

3. Screenshot On Mac

4. Draw

5. Cook Quinoa

6. Get Rid of Pimples

7. Lose Weight Fast

8. Write a CV

9. Make Money

10. Draw a Dog

What is?

1. Isis

2. The Time in New Zealand

3. Love

4. Matariki

5. Meaning of Life

6. Prime Number

7. Gluten

8. TPPA

9. A Noun

10. A Verb

Trending Kiwis

1. Jonah Lomu

2. Jerry Collins

3. Willy Moon

4. Chrystal Chenery

5. Shelton Woolright

6. Joseph Parker

7. John Campbell

8. Beau Monga

9. Katrina Dunlop

10. Celia Lashlie

Trending global people

1. Natalia Kills

2. Lamar Odom

3. Caitlyn Jenner

4. Ronda Rousey

5. Jarryd Hayne

6. Jeremy Clarkson

7. Charlie Sheen

8. Ruby Rose

9. Adele

10. Sia

Recipes

1. Pancake Recipe

2. Banana Cake Recipe

3. Chicken Recipes

4. Brownie Recipe

5. Mince Recipes

6. Waffle Recipe

7. Cupcake Recipe

8. Lasagne Recipe

9. Pasta Recipes

10. Cheesecake Recipe

Who is?

1. A

2. Natalia Kills

3. Lucy the Australopithecus

4. Willy Moon

5. The Stig

6. The Bachelor NZ

7. Gossip Girl

8. The Richest Person in the World

9. Isis

10. The Hollywood Star with HIV

Where is?

1. Xur

2. Gallipoli

3. Georgia

4. Mali

5. Tunisia

6. Namibia

7. Chuck Norris

8. Nepal

9. Bali

10. 800 Words Filmed

Trending digital/internet lingo

1. Agar.io

2. Kahoot

3. How Old Net

4. A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far Far Away

5. Akinator

6. Snapchat Emoji

7. The Dress

8. Dubsmash

9. OK Google

10. 2048