As you all know, we are in 2018, the peak year of the late 2010s. We are able to distinguish stuff from now and the mid 2010s. The mid 2010s seem distant from today. These are the things that are popular from Nov. 2016 - present.

Donald Trump Presidency
Iphone X/Samsung Galaxy S9
Nintendo Switch
Stranger Things
Culture Era Migos
Cardi B
21 Savage
SoundCloud Rap (Lil Pump, 6ix9ine, Lil Mosey, Smokepurpp, Blocboy JB)
Emo Rap(Juice Wrld, Lil Peep, XXXTentacion, Lil Skies, Lil Xan, Trippie Redd, "XO Tour Llif3")
Post Malone
Fidget Spinners
Fortnite
Scorpion Era Drake(God's Plan, Nice For What, In My Feelings)
Damn Era Kendrick Lamar
Jake and Logan Paul
Camila Cabello
Dua Lipa
Halsey
#metoo Movement
Late 90s revival fashion (Tommy Hilfiger, Fila, Champion)
Latin Pop(Despacito, Mi Gente)
Latin Trap(Bad Bunny, Ozuna, Anuel AA, Arcangel, "I Like It")
Black Panther/Avengers: Infinity War
Rick and Morty Season 3
Divide Era Ed Sheeran
The Charlottesville Rally
Reputation Era Taylor Swift
Dank Memes
SnapChat/Instagram (Basically a continued trend from the mid-2010s)
Khalid
Clout goggles
Jojo Siwa
Bhad Bhabie(The "Catch Me Outside" girl)
Twitter Memes
Childish Gambino
OK KO Let's Be Heroes/Unikitty/Craig Of The Creek
Loud House
Parkland Shooting
Off-the-Shoulder dresses
Dad Hats
Vertical Stripe/Checker pattern clothing
TikTok
James Charles controversy
Old Town Road
Thank U Next era Ariana Grande

If I missed something, let me know in the comments.

Comeback of aviator eyeglasses (2018)
Nicolette Gray - our generation's Paris Hilton (2018)
Tide pods (2018)
Parkland shooting and aftermath (2018)
Patrick Little's notorious Senate run - can't really believe how 90,000 people voted for a man with so much hate (2018)
The deaths of Stephen Hawking, XXXTentacion, Jimmy Wopo, Vinnie Paul, The Old Man, Burt Reynolds, Mac Miller, and Dolores O'Riordan (2018)
Lil Peep death (2017)
Millennial Pink (2017)
Gen Z Yellow (2018)
Stormy Daniels controversy (2018)
The Fall of the Traditionalist Worker Party, a notorious identitarian group (2018)
Ringo Starr getting knighted (2018)
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle getting married (2018)
TV show reboots (2018)
Unite the Right 2 and only about 20 people (20 alt-righters) attending (2018)
Ben Affleck controversy - Lindsay Shookus, Hilarie Burton, Shauna Sexton (2017-2018)

I think late 2010s culture will start to decline in late 2019.

The OP pretty much said it all. The only thing I'd add is that it's generally the rise of Gen Z, as the oldest of them are college age now, and all the teens are of that gen. That includes the subcultures such as the challenge memes and March for Our Lives protests.


I think late 2010s culture will start to decline in late 2019.


I predict that they'll be around and even peaking in 2020 and then start to decline in 2021.

The OP pretty much said it all. The only thing I'd add is that it's generally the rise of Gen Z, as the oldest of them are college age now, and all the teens are of that gen. That includes the subcultures such as the challenge memes and March for Our Lives protests.

I predict that they'll be around and even peaking in 2020 and then start to decline in 2021.


The oldest of Gen Z are seniors in college now.

I would say that we could (sort of) already make an opinion about the older members of Gen Z (1997-2001).

The oldest of Gen Z are seniors in college now.

I would say that we could (sort of) already make an opinion about the older members of Gen Z (1997-2001).


2017-2018 school year is the first year when Gen Z dominated entire schools.

2017-2018 school year is the first year when Gen Z dominated entire schools.


Do you agree with this?

2010-2012: Y
2013-2017: Y/Z
2018-2019: Z

Do you agree with this?

2010-2012: Y
2013-2017: Y/Z
2018-2019: Z


I would put 2017 as a full gen Z year imo.

I would put 2017 as a full gen Z year imo.


I'd actually disagree with that.

2017, in general, was more of a Y/Z cusp year, overall. 2017 was the last year before the Parkland shooting (and its aftermath), tide pods, and "Gen Z yellow". However, by 2017, it was already pretty clear that we were in the Z end of the spectrum.

Not to mention, news events that took place in 2017, such as the Berkeley controversy and the Charlottesville riots, were associated with Millennials rather than Gen Z.

I would say we are still within the Y/Z cusp, though clearly on the Z side of it by now.  Younger (90s born) Millennials however are still mostly in their twenties and are still culturally relevant.  The 2020s will be for Gen Z what the 2000s were for Millennials.

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