Celebrity Traitors’ Cat Burns revealed as most Googled female musician in 2025
The Celebrity Traitors star Cat Burns has been named the most searched-for female musician on Google in the UK in 2025.
It comes after the 25-year-old released her second album How To Be Human, and was banished in the final of the BBC reality gameshow as part of a team of traitors completed by TV presenter Jonathan Ross and comedian Alan Carr, who was the show’s eventual winner.
“To have that support carry over to my new album How To Be Human means the world to me. It’s been such a massive year for women in music, so ending 2025 as Google’s top trending female musician is the cherry on top.”
She was joined in the top five most searched-for female musicians by fellow The Celebrity Traitors stars Charlotte Church (third) and Paloma Faith (fourth), with the latter announcing she was pregnant in October.
The top five was completed by Lily Allen, who released her first album in seven years with West End Girl in 2025, who came second, and 1990s alternative rock singer Alanis Morissette.
Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi was the fifth most searched-for male music star, after he returned to Glastonbury Festival this year, two years after a set at Worthy Farm which saw him struggle to manage his Tourette syndrome symptoms.
Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne was the second most searched-for death in the UK in 2025, after he died in July, while his band, who reunited for a one-off concert at Villa Park in Birmingham just days before his death, were the 10th most searched-for male musicians.
The most searched-for death in the UK was US right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk, who was shot at a Utah Valley University event in September, while footballer Diogo Jota and Ricky Hatton were the third and fourth most searched for, with actor Gene Hackman rounding off the top five.
The rest of the top five most searched-for shows in the UK were MobLand (two), Missing You (three), The Celebrity Traitors (four), and This City Is Ours (five).
The top five most searched-for films in the UK were 28 Years Later (one), Nosferatu (two), Superman (three), A Minecraft Movie (four), and Happy Gilmore 2 (five).
He was followed by footballer Alexander Isak, who was the second most searched-for name after his transfer from Newcastle United to Liverpool, and Adolescence co-creator Stephen Graham in third.
Speaking about the search trends, Google Trends expert Matt Cooke said: “Google Search is often a mirror to our collective mood, and in 2025 that reflection was distinctly British.
“It’s been a year defined by deep emotion — from the shared national grief for Ozzy Osbourne to the euphoria of the long-awaited Oasis reunion.
“Whether we were championing new icons like Cat Burns or dissecting every twist in The Celebrity Traitors, the trends reveal a country eager to connect, celebrate and support its own.”