A reader asked our fashion critic: "I am exhausted following all the fashion microtrends that keep coming up: angelcore, whimsigoth, mob wife, tomato girl, etc. Is this going to continue in 2026, and do I actually have to pay attention?"
Do I Need to Keep Up With Microtrends?
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:27 PM
A reader asked our fashion critic: "I am exhausted following all the fashion microtrends that keep coming up: angelcore, whimsigoth, mob wife, tomato girl, etc. Is this going to continue in 2026, and do I actually have to pay attention?"
I really cannot stress how incredible my bluesky experience has been as someone who digs weird and wonderful art. Everyday I just...see stuff from people? Not pointless microtrends or social media induced manias...just cool shit.
April 10, 2026 at 11:55 PM
I really cannot stress how incredible my bluesky experience has been as someone who digs weird and wonderful art. Everyday I just...see stuff from people? Not pointless microtrends or social media induced manias...just cool shit.
we really underestimate how thoroughly toxic twitter was and how its toxicity created microtrends like that
December 26, 2024 at 10:26 PM
we really underestimate how thoroughly toxic twitter was and how its toxicity created microtrends like that
in addition, that disproportionate rise probably owes rather more to the impact the pandemic had on young adults' mental health than to microtrends on tiktok.
May 17, 2026 at 4:39 PM
in addition, that disproportionate rise probably owes rather more to the impact the pandemic had on young adults' mental health than to microtrends on tiktok.
Los “microtrends” como punto de partida para poder hablar de algoritmos, fragmentación y pérdida de sentido, dialéctica individuo-colectivo… O la “esquizofrenia” capitalista.
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Muy prontito en YouTube.
January 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Los “microtrends” como punto de partida para poder hablar de algoritmos, fragmentación y pérdida de sentido, dialéctica individuo-colectivo… O la “esquizofrenia” capitalista.
🔗 Ya disponible en Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/121069...
Muy prontito en YouTube.
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Muy prontito en YouTube.
June 24, 2026 at 4:20 AM
insane amounts of medical misinformation, the creation of microtrends that have accelerated consumer waste, the decimation of attention spans, the e-celebirties being somehow more insufferable, & the general brain rot it promotes.
December 6, 2024 at 5:47 PM
insane amounts of medical misinformation, the creation of microtrends that have accelerated consumer waste, the decimation of attention spans, the e-celebirties being somehow more insufferable, & the general brain rot it promotes.
this is a funny read, particularly given the author. Shor isn't the first of that Type of Guy inthesetimes.com/article/tren...
Trending Toward Inanity
Mark Penn's new book, Microtrends, is so epically awful that it could take the entire polling industry down with it
inthesetimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
this is a funny read, particularly given the author. Shor isn't the first of that Type of Guy inthesetimes.com/article/tren...
i'm enjoying the way the trending topics on here are now somehow broad and overly descriptive in a way that's totally unhelpful. it reminds me of the opposite thing, when twitter was testing out regional microtrends and it was always shit like "Trending now for Boston: #Laundry"
August 6, 2026 at 4:28 PM
i'm enjoying the way the trending topics on here are now somehow broad and overly descriptive in a way that's totally unhelpful. it reminds me of the opposite thing, when twitter was testing out regional microtrends and it was always shit like "Trending now for Boston: #Laundry"
One of the best microtrends in my life over the past few years is getting a few of my left-ish friends who weren't super into finance or banks to read Money Stuff. It's a wonderfully insidious experience, and folks come out the other end smarter... and angrier!
Started reading @matt-levine.bsky.social's Money Stuff newsletter to learn about investing, but instead it has radicalized me by teaching me how rich people don't pay taxes.
![Under current US law, if you founded a company and it has become very successful and you own a lot of its stock, there’s really no reason for you to pay taxes. You don’t have to take a salary, and the company doesn’t have to pay dividends (it can just reinvest profits in its business), so you don’t pay taxes on any cash flows from the company.[3] You also don’t have to sell any stock, so you don’t pay any capital gains taxes.
How do you buy groceries? Well, classically, a bank will lend you a bunch of money secured by your stock, at a fairly low interest rate (because the loan is pretty safe), and you use that money to buy groceries and houses and yachts and things. The loan is not a taxable event. You never really have to pay it back: You just borrow more to fund your lifestyle (and to pay the interest on the loan), and if your company keeps succeeding, the loan compounds at a lower rate than your stock. You keep this up for the rest of your life, and then when you die your heirs can sell some of your stock to pay back the loan. And they don’t pay any tax on the stock sale, because they get a “basis step-up.” This strategy is sometimes called “buy, borrow, die.”[4]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:an6o7ltcyxfventos6jwvwxr/bafkreihv4f32fzo5fkciserqhael6kepxehn74ipkq4ii5yqeuoou7pth4)
January 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
One of the best microtrends in my life over the past few years is getting a few of my left-ish friends who weren't super into finance or banks to read Money Stuff. It's a wonderfully insidious experience, and folks come out the other end smarter... and angrier!
Ezra Klein is rightly derided these days but his savage review of Penn's magnum derpus Microtrends for In These Times holds up.
May 17, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Ezra Klein is rightly derided these days but his savage review of Penn's magnum derpus Microtrends for In These Times holds up.
Long COVID's cost in reduced productivity, workforce participation, and healthcare utilization is significant and almost invisible in official economic statistics. microtrends.beehiiv.com
#longcovid #publichealth #economicimpact #workforcehealth #microtrends
#longcovid #publichealth #economicimpact #workforcehealth #microtrends
June 30, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Long COVID's cost in reduced productivity, workforce participation, and healthcare utilization is significant and almost invisible in official economic statistics. microtrends.beehiiv.com
#longcovid #publichealth #economicimpact #workforcehealth #microtrends
#longcovid #publichealth #economicimpact #workforcehealth #microtrends
Thank god somebody is finally willing to take on this question. Excited to find out.
January 25, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Thank god somebody is finally willing to take on this question. Excited to find out.
that new women-targeted drink that monster's launching reminds me of 2020 microtrends
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
that new women-targeted drink that monster's launching reminds me of 2020 microtrends
‘Dress for who you are’: how to start finding your personal style
‘Dress for who you are’: how to start finding your personal style
Experts share tips on dressing as the most authentic version of yourself and avoiding the draw of the latest microtrends
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2026 at 5:19 PM
‘Dress for who you are’: how to start finding your personal style
love how chicago drag bsky has microtrends that mostly last for 12-24 hours and then go away... like yasss do not overstay your welcome diva!
April 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
love how chicago drag bsky has microtrends that mostly last for 12-24 hours and then go away... like yasss do not overstay your welcome diva!
im aware that i spent my past five posts saying that people should write more fengsheng yanyi yaoi but that's different. it's not about microtrends. u have had 400 years
July 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
im aware that i spent my past five posts saying that people should write more fengsheng yanyi yaoi but that's different. it's not about microtrends. u have had 400 years
What if not keeping up with microtrends is a microtrend?
January 25, 2026 at 5:46 PM
What if not keeping up with microtrends is a microtrend?
thinking about this chart again and while i don't think really disagree with stuff here or think it's not worth forecasting based on annoying microtrends of the present: we must acknowledge that right wingers are collectively way more unprepared for what comes down the pipeline culturally post-Trump
July 21, 2026 at 1:06 AM
thinking about this chart again and while i don't think really disagree with stuff here or think it's not worth forecasting based on annoying microtrends of the present: we must acknowledge that right wingers are collectively way more unprepared for what comes down the pipeline culturally post-Trump
NGL, I can't tell which people in this illustration are supposed to be the "cringe" millennials. The microtrends in fashion have been recycled over and over, so 🤷♀️
Teens & 20-somethings think 30-40 year olds are uncool? Wow this is a brand new phenomenon.
May 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
NGL, I can't tell which people in this illustration are supposed to be the "cringe" millennials. The microtrends in fashion have been recycled over and over, so 🤷♀️
charting the microtrends in original character species (anubis jackals, chakats, sharks, etc)
May 14, 2026 at 7:13 AM
charting the microtrends in original character species (anubis jackals, chakats, sharks, etc)
i miss the video essay golden age when the essays were actually about something & driven by the creator's own curiosity/expertise. now we all have to sit around and pretend like internet microtrends are important things to talk about
April 2, 2026 at 1:04 PM
i miss the video essay golden age when the essays were actually about something & driven by the creator's own curiosity/expertise. now we all have to sit around and pretend like internet microtrends are important things to talk about
Las microtrends son lo peor que ha generado la industria de la moda en esta década
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
January 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Las microtrends son lo peor que ha generado la industria de la moda en esta década