These were the top trending Halloween costumes in 2026, according to Google

Google has released its data on the most searched for Halloween costumes of the year, and while many of the "traditional" costumes were underrepresented, there probably won't be too many surprises for anyone.The trendiest Halloween costumesThe data was released as part of "Google Frightgeist" which took a look at searches related to Halloween costumes over the last year (from September 2025 to September 2026).Here's a breakdown of the most-searched for costumes by region across the U.S. New York's top search was Wolverine from the X-Men.Top Halloween costumes by regionAcross the board, comic book characters made up a good chunk of the top searches, but all of the top searches were about as topical as you might expect. Analyzing the "top 5" costumes from every region, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man was the most popular overall, which makes sense considering a new Spider-Man movie was released this year. Next, though, was Dolly Parton, the country music icon who died in August at