The iPhone 5 was this year's number one obsession, according to Yahoo.

 

The iPhone 5 was the second most popular search term this year, and it was only beaten by the presidential election. But it was also the only gadget to crack the top 10 list.

 

TOP SEARCHES

 

Elections

iPhone 5

Kim Kardashian

Kate Upton

Kate Middleton

Whitney Houston

Olympics

Political Polls

Lindsay Lohan

Jennifer Lopez

Ridiculous

 

TOP NEWS STORIES

 

Election 2012

Whitney Houston

Hurricane Sandy

Gas prices

Trayvon Martin case

Colorado shooting

Jerry Sandusky trial

Joran van der Sloot

Miami cannibal attack

Facebook IPO

 

TOP OBSESSIONS

 

iPhone 5

Political Polls

Mega Millions

The Hunger Games

Honey Boo Boo

Fifty Shades of Grey

One Direction

Call Me Maybe

Gangnam Style

Titanic

 

TOP SCANDALS

 

Kate Middleton photos

Jackson family fight

Lance Armstrong doping

General David Petraeus affair

New Orleans Saints bounty suspensions

Bobby Petrino affair

Secret Service in Colombia

Jimmy Savile/BBC controversy

Air Force sexual assault investigation

London Whale

 

--Susan Saunders 12/4/12