According to Google, these are the hottest Halloween costumes of 2024

CNN
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An Olympic break dancer, a Chipotle burrito and a pop star walk into a bar.

This may sound like the start of a bad joke, but according to online search data, it could be a scene unfolding in the US on October 31st.

Google's annual “Frightgeist” list has revealed 25 costume ideas that the tech giant says are “trending” in the run-up to Halloween. The list, based on comparisons of September's annual search data, is also something of a who's who of pop culture in 2024.

Topping this year's list is Bob, a ghost with a shrunken head from the current sequel to Beetlejuice. Viral breakdancer Raygun took second place, with Google seeing a spike in searches for “green and yellow tracksuits” and “green tracksuit bottoms” like those worn during the Australian's controversial Olympics performance. Third place went to CatNap, the feline monster from the popular video game series “Poppy Playtime.”

Also in the top 10 were Deadpool's female counterpart Lady Deadpool and singer Sabrina Carpenter, whose cut-out heart corset sent searches skyrocketing this year, according to Google Trends.

Elsewhere, a total of five characters from Pixar's “Inside Out” films – the anthropomorphized emotions of envy, anger, disgust, fear and joy – were featured in the top 25. Likewise Chipotle Burritos (11th), Sonic's nemesis Shadow the Hedgehog (20th), rapper Soulja Boy (24th) and three other characters from “Beetlejuice”. (Both “Beetlejuice” films were released by Warner Bros., which is owned by CNN parent company Warner Bros. Discovery.)

Google also looked at trendy children's costumes (led by Red from Disney's “Descendants”), pet costumes (“Dogpool”) and costume couples (Deadpool and Wolverine).

This year's “Frightgeist” also included a U.S.-wide costume map that showed local preferences that weren't always reflected in the national data. Dolly Parton, for example, was the hottest costume in Tampa, Florida and Rapid City, South Dakota, while “Anchorman” character Ron Burgundy was at the top of the list in Marquette, Michigan.

Bluey, from the Australian cartoon of the same name, was trending in Duluth, Minnesota and Tucson, Arizona.

“Frightgeist” also identified “Beetlejuice” as the hottest party theme of the year, while the “Scary Food” category was topped by “Mummy Hot Dogs.”

Here are the 25 hottest costumes this year, according to Google Trends: