Using December 2025 Google searches for 72 holiday songs, including local-language carols, in 40 countries: "Last Christmas" leads in 23, "jingle bells" leads in 5, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" leads in 3, "winter wonderland" leads in 2, "rudolph the red nosed reindeer" leads in 1. Countries whose top search is a local or non-pop song: US ("rudolph the red nosed reindeer"), UK ("winter wonderland"), Ireland ("fairytale of new york"), France ("petit papa noël"), Colombia ("campana sobre campana"), Indonesia ("o holy night"), Austria ("stille nacht"), Saudi Arabia ("winter wonderland").
Top Christmas song search by country (December 2025)
| Country | No. 1 | Dec 2025 searches | No. 2 | No. 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | rudolph the red nosed reindeer | 1,500,000 | frosty the snowman | Last Christmas |
| UK | winter wonderland | 1,220,000 | Last Christmas | deck the halls |
| Australia | Last Christmas | 60,500 | All I Want for Christmas Is You | jingle bells |
| Canada | Last Christmas | 90,500 | rudolph the red nosed reindeer | frosty the snowman |
| Ireland | fairytale of new york | 40,500 | Last Christmas | driving home for christmas |
| New Zealand | Last Christmas | 9,900 | All I Want for Christmas Is You | jingle bells |
| Germany | Last Christmas | 301,000 | in der weihnachtsbäckerei | driving home for christmas |
| France | petit papa noël | 301,000 | Last Christmas | All I Want for Christmas Is You |
| Spain | Last Christmas | 135,000 | All I Want for Christmas Is You | silent night |
| Italy | Last Christmas | 246,000 | jingle bells | All I Want for Christmas Is You |
| Netherlands | Last Christmas | 49,500 | driving home for christmas | winter wonderland |
| Sweden | Last Christmas | 33,100 | fairytale of new york | All I Want for Christmas Is You |
| Norway | Last Christmas | 22,200 | fairytale of new york | All I Want for Christmas Is You |
| Denmark | Last Christmas | 40,500 | driving home for christmas | All I Want for Christmas Is You |
| Finland | Last Christmas | 18,100 | All I Want for Christmas Is You | jingle bells |
| Poland | Last Christmas | 201,000 | cicha noc | wśród nocnej ciszy |
| Brazil | jingle bells | 368,000 | noite feliz | Last Christmas |
| Mexico | Last Christmas | 110,000 | jingle bells | campana sobre campana |
| Argentina | jingle bells | 33,100 | Last Christmas | All I Want for Christmas Is You |
| Colombia | campana sobre campana | 33,100 | los peces en el río | jingle bells |
| Chile | Last Christmas | 18,100 | jingle bells | noche de paz |
| Peru | Last Christmas | 33,100 | jingle bells | jingle bell rock |
| Japan | All I Want for Christmas Is You | 74,000 | Last Christmas | we wish you a merry christmas |
| South Korea | All I Want for Christmas Is You | 27,100 | Last Christmas | its beginning to look a lot like christmas |
| Philippines | Last Christmas | 49,500 | All I Want for Christmas Is You | we wish you a merry christmas |
| Indonesia | o holy night | 40,500 | All I Want for Christmas Is You | Last Christmas |
| India | jingle bells | 165,000 | we wish you a merry christmas | Last Christmas |
| South Africa | All I Want for Christmas Is You | 8,100 | Last Christmas | silent night |
| Nigeria | silent night | 40,500 | mary did you know | jingle bells |
| Turkey | jingle bells | 49,500 | Last Christmas | winter wonderland |
| Portugal | Last Christmas | 22,200 | jingle bells | All I Want for Christmas Is You |
| Belgium | Last Christmas | 27,100 | All I Want for Christmas Is You | jingle bells |
| Austria | stille nacht | 60,500 | Last Christmas | in der weihnachtsbäckerei |
| Switzerland | Last Christmas | 33,100 | jingle bells | stille nacht |
| Singapore | Last Christmas | 9,900 | All I Want for Christmas Is You | we wish you a merry christmas |
| Malaysia | Last Christmas | 18,100 | All I Want for Christmas Is You | we wish you a merry christmas |
| Thailand | Last Christmas | 49,500 | jingle bells | All I Want for Christmas Is You |
| Vietnam | jingle bells | 60,500 | Last Christmas | we wish you a merry christmas |
| UAE | Last Christmas | 6,600 | winter wonderland | jingle bells |
| Saudi Arabia | winter wonderland | 27,100 | Last Christmas | jingle bells |
Countries won
| Song | Countries at No. 1 |
|---|---|
| Last Christmas | 23 |
| jingle bells | 5 |
| All I Want for Christmas Is You | 3 |
| winter wonderland | 2 |
| rudolph the red nosed reindeer | 1 |
| fairytale of new york | 1 |
| petit papa noël | 1 |
| campana sobre campana | 1 |
| o holy night | 1 |
| silent night | 1 |
| stille nacht | 1 |
What it means
Holiday playlists recycle the same songs every year. The most-searched pick is rarely the most personal one, and a personalized song built around one person's name and story is the version nobody else has. If you have a hook of your own, an AI song generator can turn it into a full track with vocals in a few minutes.
Method
- Google search volume, 40 countries (national data, no language filter), monthly Oct 2025–Sep 2026. 'Avg/mo' = mean of those 12 months.
- Metric: December 2025 monthly searches. "All I Want for Christmas Is You" = max of the title and "mariah carey christmas"; "Last Christmas" = max of its variants; "Feliz Navidad" uses "feliz navidad song" only, because the bare phrase is a greeting.
- Excluded as ambiguous: "musta kissa", "midt om natten", bare "feliz navidad".
- Close variants share one pooled number.
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aisong.lol Research. (2026). The global Christmas playlist: the top holiday song in 40 countries. aisong.lol. https://aisong.lol/research/the-global-christmas-playlist-the-top-holiday-song-in-40-countries
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