Twenty (ish 😉) years ago, two Stanford Ph.D. students launched a new search engine with a bold mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Though much has changed in the intervening years—including now offering Search in more than 150 languages and over 190 countries—Google is still dedicated to building products for everyone.

Today’s video Doodle takes a stroll down memory lane by exploring popular searches all over the world throughout the last two decades.

So whether you’ve searched for the status of your favorite object orbiting the sun, the latest on the world’s biggest events, or how to impress on the dance floor:

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Explore 20 notable Doodles throughout Google history here!

 

#SearchIs20 Doodle Team

Directors: Matt Cruickshank, Sophie Diao

Story Lead: Nate Swinehart

Producer: Colin Duffy

Doodle Team Leads: Ryan Germick, Brian Kaas

Writer: Elena Skopetos

Sound Design: Nick Zammuto

Marketing: Julianne Niemaszyk, Perla Campos

 

Animation Production Partners:  MediaMonks

Art & Animation Direction: Nico Piccirilli, Fran Marquez

Associate Creative Director: Vincent Vercoutre

Art Team: Nico Piccirilli, Fran Marquez, Sergio Filho, Yan Jamacaru, German Di Ciccio, Juan Behrens, Lorenzo Milito

2D Animation: Declan Byrne, Nico Piccirilli, Sergio Filho, Maxime Inden, Patrick Brem, Adriel Delgado, Tom Kamps, Floris van Raak, Michiel Schellekens, Oscar Sobrino

Stop Motion: Daniela Uribe (Blnd)

3D Animation: Oscar Sobrino, Martijn van den Broek, Adriel Delgado

Producers: Tara Conlin, Thymo van der Vlies

Global Head of Animation: Pierre Nelwan