What are the most popular searches of 2013? You can check out Microsoft Bing's search history for 2013 to see what people used the search engine for this year.

Here are the big three categories. Scroll down to read.

Top Ten News Stories

Royal Baby Born
Boston Marathon Bombing
Cleveland Kidnapping
George Zimmerman Trial
Gun Rights
Tesla
Syria
Anthony Weiner
Oil Prices
Fiscal Cliff

Top Ten People

Beyoncé Knowles
Kim Kardashian
Rihanna
Taylor Swift
Madonna
Justin Bieber
Nicki Minaj
Amanda Bynes
Miley Cyrus
Barack Obama

Top Ten Memes

Harlem Shake
Grumpy Cat
Chuck Norris
Epic Fail
Bad Luck Brian
Sloths
Cheez Burger
Surprised Patrick
U Mad Bro
Ermahgerd

Read the full report of Bing's most popular searches over on Microsoft's blog,