Google kept up its tryst with the year-end tradition of releasing the Google search trends, and it’s no wonder that meme stocks and meme cryptos that rose to prominence in 2021 found a place among the top 10. Lottery Game, Stonks, and Cryptos Make the Cut The top news search in the United States for the year was Mega Millions, one of the multi-jurisdictional lottery games in the United States. Theater chain AMC Entertainment Holdings, which rose to prominence with the WallStreetBets phenomena, took second place followed by stimulus checks. Fellow meme stock GameStop Corp was placed fifth in terms of Google news searches. With cryptocurrencies turning in strong performances ahead of the recent sell-off, the top 10 new searches included meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin in the sixth spot and Ethereum in 10th place. The others featuring in the top 10 were the Georgia Senate race, Hurricane Ida, the Kyle Rittenhouse …