Britney Spears gained the number one spot as the top searched person (7 out of 8 years), followed by Barack Obama was the second most searched person in 2008 and the third most popular search term, in Yahoo’s 2008 Year in Reviews of the most popular searches. The top 10 Overall Searches according to Yahoo’s review are:

1. Britney Spears
2. WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment)
3. Barack Obama
4. Miley Cyrus
5. RuneScape
6. Jessica Alba
7. Naruto
8. Lindsay Lohan
9. Angelina Jolie
10. American Idol

To find out more about the Yahoo! 2008 Year in Review, go to yearinreview.yahoo.com.