Taylor Swift is the Most-Searched Singer But Travis Kelce Is Not the Most-Searched Athlete; Here’s Who Beat the NFL Star
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have been everywhere the last couple of years. Since they started dating, Swifties haven’t been able to get enough of the pair and their love story. And in 2025, they shared the biggest news in entertainment when they announced that they got engaged.
On Aug. 26, they shared a carousel of photos that included the two embracing as well as close-ups of Swift’s ring. The “Karma” artist and the athlete captioned it, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” with a dynamite emoji.
Their joint post quickly racked up more than 35 million likes and it’s all anyone could talk about for weeks. But it wasn’t enough for Travis to top the list of most-searched athletes of 2025. So, who lit up the search engines more than the Kansas City Chiefs star? Here’s the answer to that and more.
Swift tops Google’s most-searched list
Last year, was quite a year for Swift as she continued her Eras Tour in various countries. She also reclaimed ownership of the master recordings in May 2025. A few months later, the singer dropped her The Life of a Showgirl album with lyrics that stirred up plenty of theories in fan forums and on TikTok.
The pop star became one of 2025’s most Googled people and the most-searched singer by far, racking up 8.09 million average monthly searches. And with her wedding set for this year, Swift could certainly be the most-searched in 2026 as well.
But who could have possibly topped her fiancé?
Kelce is not the most-searched athlete
The most-searched athlete in the world is actually another person who got engaged in 2025, and that is Cristiano Ronaldo. The soccer superstar announced two weeks before Swift and Kelce shared their news that he and his longtime partner, Georgina Rodriguez, were engaged.
Ronaldo garnered 7.76 million monthly searches on average throughout 2025. Today, he remains the world’s most-followed person on Instagram with over 670 million followers on that platform alone, cementing his status as the ultimate social media king.
Other athletes on the list include LeBron James at No. 4 with 4.70 million average monthly searches, Carlos Alcaraz at No. 5 with 4.47 million a month, Mike Tyson at No. 7 with 3.51 million, Novak Djokovic at No. 9 with 2.84 million, and Lionel Messi at No. 10 with 2.43 million average monthly searches.
Kelce landed at No. 11 with an average of 2.22 million searches each month. Fellow NFL player Shedeur Sanders made the list at No. 15 with 1.93 million average monthly searches. And Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark represented the women with 1.81 million average monthly searches.
According to Silvana Vladimirova, data analyst at PlayersTime, “2025 showed that sports fandom is increasingly global and story-driven, with audiences drawn as much to personality, narrative, and cultural impact as to performance on the field.
“The rise of young stars alongside enduring legends signals a generational shift, while the digital footprint of athletes reveals a growing appetite for diverse voices, including different genders and nationalities, featuring more prominently. International representation is now central: fans across continents engage with stories that transcend borders, from underdog breakthroughs to headline-making rivalries.”
