Guys, does pop culture change every three years?

I'd like to know what you all mean by "pop culture"

I'd like to know what you all mean by "pop culture"

Music. movies, fashion, tv, etc...

Some things change rapidly, like music. others last more than a decade, like fashion,

Music. movies, fashion, tv, etc...

Some things change rapidly, like music. others last more than a decade, like fashion,


Fair enough.  I have to say that from my vantage point there hasn't been all that much change in music lately, and what little there has been is for the worst.  The biggest changes were in the '50s, the rock revolution (Elvis, Buddy Holly, Big Bopper etc), and the rediscovery of folk (Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and The Weavers etc), and the '60s when the Beatles moved from bubblegum to more "serious" music.  Except for rap, which to me isn't music, there has been very little innovation.  Just my opinion, but there it is

Guys, does pop culture change every three years?


Nope! What most don't understand is that not everything within pop culture changes at the same time. Music fads may change in the next 4 years, but fashion trends may change next year. TV shows change depending on how long they keep making new episodes. Popular celebrities change depending on whether or not a celebrity can continue making hits or is a one hit wonder.

Every aspect of pop culture changing at the same time every 3 years makes no sense.

Yeah, probably starting with late 1962 or 1963.

1963-1965: The surf rock age; the British Invasion age
1966-1968: The first hippie age
1969-1971: The second hippie age; the early heavy metal age
1972-1974: The southern rock age; the glam rock age
1975-1977: The first disco age
1978-1980: The second disco age
1981-1983: The new wave age
1984-1986: The synthpop age
1987-1989: The glam metal age
1990-1992: The house age; the first grunge age; the black metal age
1993-1995: The gangsta rap age; the second grunge age; the eurodance age; the Britpop age
1996-1998: The altpop age
1999-2001: The bubblegum pop age; the Y2K age
2002-2004: The first emo age
2005-2007: The second emo age; the crunk age
2008-2010: The electropop age
2011-2013: The dubstep age
2014-2016: The indie folk age
2017-2019: The trap age

Yeah, probably starting with late 1962 or 1963.

1963-1965: The surf rock age; the British Invasion age
1966-1968: The first hippie age
1969-1971: The second hippie age; the early heavy metal age
1972-1974: The southern rock age; the glam rock age
1975-1977: The first disco age
1978-1980: The second disco age
1981-1983: The new wave age
1984-1986: The synthpop age
1987-1989: The glam metal age
1990-1992: The house age; the first grunge age; the black metal age
1993-1995: The gangsta rap age; the second grunge age; the eurodance age; the Britpop age
1996-1998: The altpop age
1999-2001: The bubblegum pop age; the Y2K age
2002-2004: The first emo age
2005-2007: The second emo age; the crunk age
2008-2010: The electropop age
2011-2013: The dubstep age
2014-2016: The indie folk age
2017-2019: The trap age


I've been revisiting my 90s childhood/teenhood lately, and I feel like the r&b aspect of the 90s has been more than overlooked. R&B was at it's height during the 90s. It was the biggest genre in the US during that time and nobody making decadeology lists mention that.

I've been revisiting my 90s childhood/teenhood lately, and I feel like the r&b aspect of the 90s has been more than overlooked. R&B was at it's height during the 90s. It was the biggest genre in the US during that time and nobody making decadeology lists mention that.


I don't think so - R&B and rap were some of the most iconic elements of the decade. I mean, it even permeated children's TV:

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I don't think so - R&B and rap were some of the most iconic elements of the decade. I mean, it even permeated children's TV:

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Which part of my post did you disagree with?

Guys, does pop culture change every three years?


I'd say every 4 years.

1981-1984: New wave and teen pop
1985-1988: Soft rock (Journey, Huey Lewis and the news, et al) and hard rock (GNR, Def Leppard, et al)
1989-1992: Gangsta rap, NJS, grunge
1993-1996: Alternative
1997-2000: Y2K (Euro pop and dance, teen pop)
2001-2004: Glam rap and post-grunge
2005-2008: Emo, ringtone rap, electric dance pop
2009-2012: EDM
2013-2016: New teen pop
2017-present: Trap, latin pop

I've been revisiting my 90s childhood/teenhood lately, and I feel like the r&b aspect of the 90s has been more than overlooked. R&B was at it's height during the 90s. It was the biggest genre in the US during that time and nobody making decadeology lists mention that.

THANK YOU for pointing this out! Not sure why that's not mentioned more around here. The 90s were R&B's golden age. Bless you all who were able to experience that time period.

It is so hard for me to believe that R&B isn't as popular as it used to be. Now that I've made it to my mid 20s, I have personally witnessed genres reach their saturation point and then die. Unfortunately, I think the same is going to happen to rap & hip-hop within the next decade. Hip-hop has been dominating the charts for about 2 decades now (maybe longer?), so it's likely to die down soon. We will still have a thriving underground scene though.

It depends but usually it's around 10 years. Because when you compare one year to one that was 10 years before you can see a noticeable difference in pop culture.