Every year, Google's Year in Search film recaps the year's biggest searches. But 2016 left people searching for the good in this year. Our challenge was to create a film that reflected the search data, while celebrating a year most people just wanted to forget. But when we dug deeper into the searches, a surprising trend emerged: even in dark moments, there were signs of love. For example, after the Orlando shooting, “blood donation Orlando” trended. So in our film, we used the iconic Google Search Bar to highlight moments of humanity, hope, and love within the year's biggest searches. With over 30 million views in two weeks, people spent an equivalent of 36 years looking back at a year everyone had given up on. Showing that love was still out there; all you had to do was search for it.