Google’s Year in Search: These Were the Most Searched Horror Movies of 2025

Google has released its Year in Search 2025 report, tracking the most searched news stories, movies, and people throughout the entire year. It’s a massive report that covers the full spectrum of online searches, with options to break it down globally or by specific region, but we wanted to spotlight the Entertainment list – specifically, the horror movie sector.

Here in the United States, the most Google searched movie of 2025 is Netflix’s animated hit KPop Demon Hunters, which broke several Netflix viewership records and almost single-handedly forced the streamer to revisit their theatrical policy. Netflix released the animated movie into theaters on two separate occasions, the film making over $24 million in the U.S.

KPop Demon Hunters also got an additional boost by being featured in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, so it’s hardly surprising that it was the most searched movie of the entire year here in the United States. As far as pop culture sensations are concerned in 2025, it doesn’t get much more popular than KPop Demon Hunters, which will soon receive a sequel.

The Top 10 list of the most searched movies of 2025 in the U.S. also includes Ryan Coogler’s Sinners at #2, the Scarlett Johansson-starring Jurassic World Rebirth at #7, Final Destination Bloodlines at #8, and Zach Cregger’s Weapons at #9. Even if you don’t count KPop Demon Hunters or Jurassic World Rebirth as outright horror movies, three horror movies were the most searched for movies of the entire year, a testament to how hot horror was in 2025.