The top 101 questions people ask about God and Christianity based on Google search query data – with links to Biblical answers.
Updated version – 2019
Updated version – 2020
Ever wonder what other people think about God?
Google maintains a database of questions (aka “search queries” or “keywords”) that users type into that ubiquitous blank box every day. Many questions are driven by news events like “who won the Warriors game last night?” Others questions are evergreen like “how to make rice”. Still other questions relate to God, Christianity, and other topics the Bible addresses.
This post shows the top 101 questions people ask about God and Christianity which includes theological, apologetic, philosophical, and other questions people ask that could be considered theological. The most searched questions are at the top – and so on.
In addition, each question is linked to a helpful resource to help further your knowledge about the question from a Biblical perspective. Some of these questions are answered on this site, but most are answered on other helpful sites.
| Number | Question* | Monthly Search Volume** |
| 1 | What is love? (love) | 3,350,000 |
| 2 | What is the Bible? (bible) | 2,240,000 |
| 3 | Who is Jesus? (jesus) | 1,220,000 |
| 4 | What is the church? (church) | 1,000,000 |
| 5 | Who is God? (god) | 823,000 |
| 6 | What is the Big Bang? (big bang) | 823,000 |
| 7 | What is meditation? (meditation) | 673,000 |
| 8 | What is evolution? (evolution) | 673,000 |
| 9 | What is the Catholic Church? (catholic church) | 450,000 |
| 10 | What is sin? (sin) | 450,000 |
| 11 | What is a Christian? (christian) | 450,000 |
| 12 | What is heaven? (heaven) | 301,000 |
| 13 | What is reality? (reality) | 301,000 |
| 14 | Who am I? (who am i) | 301,000 |
| 15 | What is hell? (hell) | 301,000 |
| 16 | What is the gospel? (gospel) | 301,000 |
| 17 | What does God look like? (god images) | 246,000 |
| 18 | What is the meaning of life? (meaning of life) | 246,000 |
| 19 | What is prayer? (prayer) | 246,000 |
| 20 | What is salvation? (salvation) | 201,000 |
| 21 | What is the fear of God (fear of god) | 165,000 |
| 22 | What is truth? (truth) | 165,000 |
| 23 | What is evil? (evil) | 165,000 |
| 24 | How do you meditate? (how to meditate) | 135,000 |
| 25 | What is reincarnation? (reincarnation) | 135,000 |
| 26 | What did Jesus look like? (jesus images) | 135,000 |
| 27 | Who is the Holy Spirit? (holy spirit) | 110,000 |
| 28 | What is an evangelist? (evangelist) | 110,000 |
| 29 | What is original sin? (original sin) | 90,500 |
| 30 | What is Scripture? (scripture) | 90,500 |
| 31 | Is God a God of love? (god of love) | 74,000 |
| 32 | Is there life after death? (life after death) | 74,000 |
| 33 | When was Jesus born? (when was jesus born) | 74,000 |
| 34 | What is the Catholic Bible? (catholic bible) | 60,500 |
| 35 | Who is the Son of God? (son of god) | 60,500 |
| 36 | What was the crucifixion? (crucifixion) | 60,500 |
| 37 | What is pantheism? (what is pantheism) | 60,500 |
| 38 | What is the religion of peace? (religion of peace) | 49,500 |
| 39 | Are near death experiences real? (near death experiences) | 49,500 |
| 40 | What are the world\'s religions (world religions) | 49,500 |
| 41 | What is a theist? (theist) | 40,500 |
| 42 | Who wrote the Bible? (who wrote the bible) | 40,500 |
| 43 | What is time? (what is time) | 40,500 |
| 44 | Is God real? (is god real) | 40,500 |
| 45 | What is transhumanism? (what is transhumanism) | 40,500 |
| 46 | What is creationism? (what is creationism) | 40,500 |
| 47 | What is religion? (what is religion) | 33,100 |
| 48 | Where was Jesus born? (where was jesus born) | 33,100 |
| 49 | Why do we dream? (why do we dream) | 27,100 |
| 50 | What is faith? (what is faith) | 27,100 |
| 51 | Was Jesus resurrected? (was jesus resurrected) | 27,100 |
| 52 | What is morality? (what is morality) | 27,100 |
| 53 | Is Jesus God? (is jesus god) | 27,100 |
| 54 | What is Christianity? (what is christianity) | 27,100 |
| 55 | What are all the names of Jesus? (names of jesus) | 27,100 |
| 56 | What is Orthodox Christianity? (orthodox christianity) | 27,100 |
| 57 | What is the Word of God? (word of god) | 27,100 |
| 58 | What is sin? (what is sin) | 22,200 |
| 59 | What is spirituality? (spirituality definition) | 22,200 |
| 60 | What were the miracles of Jesus? (miracles of jesus) | 22,200 |
| 61 | Can you help me, God? (help me god) | 22,200 |
| 62 | What does it mean to be Biblical? (biblical) | 22,200 |
| 63 | What is prayer to the Holy Spirit? (prayer to the holy spirit) | 22,200 |
| 64 | Who created God (who created god) | 18,100 |
| 65 | Is there a God of death? (god of death) | 18,100 |
| 66 | How did Jesus pray? (jesus prayer) | 18,100 |
| 67 | What do Christians believe? (christianity beliefs) | 18,100 |
| 68 | What is the logos? (what is logos) | 18,100 |
| 69 | What did God create? (god\'s creation) | 18,100 |
| 70 | What does the Bible teach about homosexuality? (homosexuality in the bible) | 18,100 |
| 71 | What is holiness? (holiness) | 18,100 |
| 72 | What does "I am Who I am" mean? (i am who i am) | 14,800 |
| 73 | What is a mortal sin? (mortal sin) | 14,800 |
| 74 | What is the Ontological Argument for the existence of God? (ontological argument) | 14,800 |
| 75 | What is the history of Christianity? (history of christianity) | 14,800 |
| 76 | What is good? (what is good) | 14,800 |
| 77 | What is the story of Jesus? (jesus story) | 14,800 |
| 78 | What is a right? (what is a right) | 14,800 |
| 79 | How did the universe begin? (origin of the universe) | 14,800 |
| 80 | Is Jesus the Lord? (jesus is lord) | 14,800 |
| 81 | What are the major Christian denominations? (christian denominations) | 14,800 |
| 82 | What is the history of the Bible? (history of the bible) | 14,800 |
| 83 | What is a born again Christian? (born again christian) | 14,800 |
| 84 | What is salvation? (what is salvation) | 12,100 |
| 85 | What is beauty? (what is beauty) | 12,100 |
| 86 | Is there any proof for God? (proof of god) | 12,100 |
| 87 | What is death? (what is death) | 12,100 |
| 88 | What is consciousness? (what is consciousness) | 12,100 |
| 89 | What is ethical relativism? (what is ethical relativism) | 12,100 |
| 90 | What is the New Testament? (new testament bible) | 12,100 |
| 91 | What is Jesus' love? (jesus love) | 12,100 |
| 92 | Where is the Christmas Story in the Bible? (christmas story bible) | 12,100 |
| 93 | What are God's blessings? (god's blessings) | 12,100 |
| 94 | What contradictions are in the Bible? (contradictions in the bible) | 12,100 |
| 95 | What is eternal life? (eternal life) | 12,100 |
| 96 | What is an Evangelical Christian? (evangelical christian) | 12,100 |
| 97 | What happens after you die? (what happens after you die) | 12,100 |
| 98 | Where was Jesus crucified? (where was jesus crucified) | 12,100 |
| 99 | Where is God? (where is god) | 9,900 |
| 100 | What does it mean to be gay? (what is gay) | 9,900 |
| 101 | Was Jesus real? (was jesus real) | 9,900 |
Methodology for Compiling the Top 101 Questions
Every list of popular Christian apologetics questions will be different. Each researcher will filter out good queries that could be considered theological or apologetic queries by another researcher. So it’s important to list the assumptions for any set of queries.
- This list was originally compiled using other lists of questions about God and then input into Google’s Keyword Planner (a keyword research tool).
- All search queries are questions, though not all are phrased as questions.
- Many query variations of the same general question. I did compress some queries into one query.
- Initial queries are not necessarily directed towards Christians, but queries can be answered by Christian theology. Ex. “What is the meaning of life”
- Questions are asked by Christians and non-Christians.
- Results are a snapshot of questions the broader culture is asking at the time the keyword research was accessed. In 10 years, the list may be significantly different.
Inclusions
- Basic Christian theology questions.
- Psychological questions: who am I.
- Varieties of Christianity: catholic church, etc.
- Science: cosmology, evolution, etc.
- Philosophical questions: what is truth, etc.
- Trustworthiness of Biblical doctrines questions.
Exceptions
- Names and books were removed.
- Philosophies and religions were removed (unless compared with Christianity).
- Noteable related exceptions: what is freedom, what is philosophy.
* Queries are usually rephrased in the form of a question. The original query is in parentheses based on the original keyword export.
** Monthly search volume is based on global search volume for all languages for the exact query typed from Nov. & Dec. 2017. Numbers are estimates based on data Google shares with its advertisers.
