Caitlyn Jenner on Top, Kim Kardashian Dethroned: Bing

Microsoft search engine Bing has released the Most Searched Celebrities and Most Searched Athletes and added two new lists for 2015: Top Celebrity Moments and Celebrities on the Rise.

After holding the top spot last year, Kim Kardashian was dethroned, making way for a new family member to take the Most Searched Celebrities list.

After coming out as a transgender female, Olympian and reality TV star Caitlyn (formerly Bruce) Jenner rose to the top of the Most Searched Celebrities list with a primetime interview on “20/20,” an iconic magazine cover, and a moving acceptance speech while accepting the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYS. Thanks to a year full of colorful antics and attire, Miley Cyrus was runner-up.

[ Topless Kim Kardashian on Top: Bing Search Trends ]

In Bing’s 2015 Most Searched Athletes list, women took center stage, with twice as many women on the list as in 2014. Ronda Rousey took the second spot after an extraordinary year and her high-profile match against Holly Holm.

Serena Williams also made the list as the most searched tennis player in the world. In fact, with her sixth Wimbledon championship title and triumphs at the French Open and Australian Open, Williams was searched more than the top five men’s players combined in 2015.

The Bing End of Year recap also takes a look at the data behind some of the top searched stories and celebrities to reveal those moments. These include the World Cup victory to Caitlyn Jenner’s iconic Vanity Fair cover, to the tragedy that rallied the world in support of Paris.

Some captured our sense of adventure, as images from the Pluto mission saw searches for the dwarf planet grow 160 percent from June to July, while the discovery of water on the surface of Mars helped drive a fivefold increase in “Mars” searches from August to September.

You can explore the stories and insights from the Top 10 Search Lists at BingTrends.com.

Photo courtesy: Bing