2025 IRL Moments
What was the most high-profile engagement of 2025?
What is Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce?
Popularized on TikTok, this trend gained traction amid inflation as a humorous way to cope with rising prices and spending anxiety.
What is Girl Math?
In 2025, this drink category hit record-low consumption rates in the U.S. and other markets
What is Alcohol? >> In the U.S., only about 54 % of adults reported drinking alcohol in 2025, the lowest rate in nearly 90 years.
This group of ultra-wealthy individuals was highlighted by Morning Brew and pivot in 2025 as never having a “bad year.”
Who are billionaires like Elon Musk, Larry Page, and Jeff Bezos?
This AI product became standard for students drafting essays and pitch decks in 2025.
What is ChatGPT?
This resale category saw the fastest growth in 2025 as inflation tightened discretionary spending.
What are secondhand handbags?
This 2025 rap battle wasn’t just about lyrics, it became a public referendum on authenticity, legacy, and cultural credibility in hip-hop.
What is the Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar rap battle?
Who has the most subscribers on YouTube (2025)?
What is MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) 440–454 million subscribers?
What was the highest grossing product from shark tank?
What is the ring doorbell camera? Acquired by Amazon in 2018 for ~$1 billion.
Who is supposedly the biggest AI winner of the decade?
What is Nvidia?
This environmental milestone gained traction in 2025 as brands adopted stricter sustainability reporting.
What is the Digital Product Passport (DPP)?
In 2025, everyone from influencers to celebs was suddenly trying (and failing) to do this in stilettos.
What is the Nicki Minaj trend where users are balancing on one foot in heels?
One in five Americans is expected to receive a gift card from this brand for Christmas.
What is Starbucks?
Name the clothing brand and person starring in the the controversial 2025 jean ad.
What is Sydney Sweeney and American Eagle?
What was the fastest-growing e-commerce channels for Gen-Z creators in 2025, with many small sellers earning more there than on Shopify
What is Tik Tok Shop?
What were the three most consequential international conflicts of 2025?
What is Russia–Ukraine War, Gaza & Israeli–Palestinian Violence, and Iran–Israel Armed Escalation?
What were the highest profile legal case of 2025. Double points if you know how much time they got.
What is the United States v. Sean “Diddy” Combs (50 months (about 4 years and 2 months) in prison, a $500,000 fine, and five years of supervised release).
What is the most-streamed album in a single day in 2025?
What is Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl?
This industry is often cited as overfunded and overdue for correction.
What is venture capital?
Unlike traditional retailers, this brand uses real-time data to design, produce, and ship new styles in as little as 10 days.
What is Shein?
What songwriter recently went to space?
What is Katy Perry?
If foods had PR teams, this one would be working overtime in 2025.
What is Protein?
What was #1 on the trader joes hall of fame?
What is trader joes takis?
Who is winning the streaming wars?
What is Netflix? This streaming platform remained the world’s most subscribed service in 2025, with over ~300 million paying subscribers.
This fast-casual chain expanded rapidly by opening locations in urban, Gen-Z-heavy neighborhoods before moving into suburbs.
What is Dave’s Hot Chicken?