As the end of the year nears, Google releases its lists of most-searched phrases, places and people.

Some highlights:

• Are Kiwis increasingly becoming cheaper? Perhaps so, with website Grab One being popular in the searches for its online deals.

• Paul Henry’s antics also got him high on the list of people to be Googled.

• TradeMe increases in popularity, being the third most searched for social website after Facebook and Twitter.

But just to show that USA is always on the mind, Kim Kardashian was the most searched for celebrity, by New Zealanders.

View the full list of popular searches published on Stuff.