VIRAL HITS
IN 2016 THIS CHALLENGE HAD PEOPLE FREEZING IN PLACE WHILE BEING FILMED
MANNEQUIN CHALLENGE
ORIGINALLY CREATED FOR SHORT MUSIC LIP-SYNC VIDEOS IN CHINA, IT MERGED INTERNATIONALLY UNDER THIS NAME.
TIKTOK
THIS NETFLIX SERIES ABOUT KIDS BATTLING MONSTERS IN THE UPSIDE DOWN PREMIERED IN 2016
STRANGER THINGS
THIS SINGER OFFICIALLY ENDED A 13 YEAR CONSERVATORSHIP IN 2021, MARKING A MAJOR TURNING POINT IN CELEBRITY LEGAL RIGHTS
BRITNEY SPEARS
ROFL
ROLLING ON FLOOR LAUGHING
IN 2019, PEOPLE WORLDWIDE ATTEMPTED THIS CHALLENGE INVOLVING OPENING A BOTTLE WITH A HIGH KICK
BOTTLE CAP CHALLENGE
THIS SOCIAL APP, LAUNCHED IN 2010, FOCUSES ON SQUARE PHOTO UPLOADS WITH FILTERS
THIS SHOW, LAUNCHED ON NETFLIX IN 2021, BECAME A GLOBAL PHENOMENON WITH ITS DEADLY GAMES AND SOCIAL COMMENTARY.
SQUID GAME
THIS MEGA COUPLES MARRIAGE ENDED IN 2024 AFTER A HIGH PROFILE REUNION THAT DOMINATED TABLOIDS.
JENNIFER LOPEZ AND BEN AFFLECK
IRL
IN REAL LIFE
THIS 2010 TREND HAS PEOPLE LYING FACE DOWN IN UNUSUAL LOCATIONS AND POSTING PHOTOS
PLANKING
KNOWN FOR PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING, IT LETS YOU POST YOUR RESUME AND CONNECT WITH COWORKERS
PREMIERING AT THE END OF 2020 ON NETFLIX, THIS PERIOD ROMANCE-DRAMA SET IN A LONDON SOCIAL SCENE LAUNCHED A MASSIVE BINGE WAVE.
BRIDGERTON
IN 2023, THIS REALITY STAR TURNED BUSINESS MOGUL SOLD HER SKIN CARE COMPANY FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 BILLION, BOLSTERING HER POP-CULTURE INFLUENCE.
HAILEY BIEBER
NBD
NO BIG DEAL
THIS TREND MOCKED OUTDATED MILLENNIAL HABITS
CHEUGY
THIS SHOPPING APP BECAME POPULAR IN 2025 FOR INFLUENCER DEALS AND FLASH SALES, ESPECIALLY IN THE U.S.
TEMU
DAILY DOUBLE
THIS 2023 ANIMATED SERIES, BASED ON A VIDEO GAME, ATTRACTED BOTH GAMERS AND MAINSTREAM VIEWERS WITH ITS STORYTELLING AND VISUALS
ARCANE
THIS ACTORS 2020-2021 LEGAL BATTLE AND PUBLIC TESTIMONY DRAMATICALLY SHIFTED HIS PUBLIC IMAGE AND THE CONVERSATION AROUND HIGH PROFILE RELATIONSHIPS.
JOHNNY DEPP
AFAIK
AS FAR AS I KNOW
THIS 2018, A SHORT VIRAL DANCE CREATED BY A TEEN BECAME A GLOBAL TREND ON TIKTOK, OFTEN DONE TO A CATCHY RAP BEAT
RENEGADE DANCE
THIS AI CHATBOT APP WAS THE MOST DOWNLOADED WORLDWIDE IN 2025, HELPING USERS WITH WRITING CODING, AND MORE.
CHAT GPT
DEBUTING IN 2023 AND ADAPTED FROM A BELOVED VIDEO GAME, THIS SHOW GAINED PRAISE FOR ITS EMOTIONAL STORYTELLING AND CHARACTERS.
THE LAST OF US
IN MID 2025 THIS ACTRESS ANNOUNCED HER COMEBACK BY SIGNING ON FOR A NETFLIX ACTION-COMEDY AFTER NEARLY A DECADE AWAY FROM MAJOR ROLES.
CAMERON DIAZ
ICYMI
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
DAILY DOUBLE