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Top 100 Trends in 2008

Uncensored, Unfiltered, the Best of the Best

— January 5, 2009 — About
The crown jewel of our 2008 countdown, this massive micro trend report is an unfiltered list of the top trends in 2008. Just to make the list, the articles required 30,000 clicks, with the most popular scoring more than 1,000,000 individual views…

The report is a crowd-filtered ranking based on TrendHunter.com monthly traffic (several million monthly views). If you are looking for professional trend research and trend clusters, check out our 2009 Trend Reports.
6.9
Score
Popularity
Activity
Freshness
85
Extreme Disappointment
Extreme Disappointment
Extreme Makeover Home Goes Into Foreclosure
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84
Frenemies
Frenemies
Shannen Doherty & Jennie Garth on EW Cover
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83
Roasted VP Candidates (FOLLOW-UP)
Roasted VP Candidates (FOLLOW-UP)
Press Still Reacting to Sarah Palin Katie Couric Interview
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82
Record TV Premieres
Record TV Premieres
Sarah Palin & Michael Phelps Boost SNL Ratings
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81
Presidential Canines
Presidential Canines
Obama Family Offered A Peruvian Hairless Dog
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80
Top 10 Freaky Robots
Top 10 Freaky Robots
Awesome, Scary and Better Than Gears of War 2
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79
Bigfoot Captured
Bigfoot Captured
Scientists to Reveal Bigfoot and DNA (Proof or Hoax?)
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78
Mythvertising
Mythvertising
Faking Chupacabra and Bigfoot for Publicity
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77
Political Fashion Icons
Political Fashion Icons
Sarah Palin in Vogue
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76
The Best of 2008
The Best of 2008
Gangster Muppets, Angry Anchormen and Viral Videos
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75
Glass Toilet Cubicles
Glass Toilet Cubicles
Swiss Public Bathrooms
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74
Custom Birthing Soundtracks
Custom Birthing Soundtracks
Nicole Kidman's Delivery Room Music
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73
10 Hilarious Olympic Images
10 Hilarious Olympic Images
Synchronized Silliness?
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72
Asian Adaptations of Blockbuster Movies
Asian Adaptations of Blockbuster Movies
Twilight Gets Filipino TV Version
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71
The Curse of The Tuxedo
The Curse of The Tuxedo
Maria Sharapova's Outfit Instigated Opponent, Led to Defeat
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70
Songs to Fight Poverty
Songs to Fight Poverty
Scarlett Johansson & Fergie Sing “In My Name”
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69
Cashing In Before Olympic Games
Cashing In Before Olympic Games
Feres Sisters Sexy Photoshoot
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68
Sarah Palin Lookalikes
Sarah Palin Lookalikes
Tina Fey, Peggy Hill & Other Sightings
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67
Faking Stupid
Faking Stupid
Paris Hilton for President + 10 Reasons She's Smarter Than You
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66
Political Manicures
Political Manicures
Beyonce Has Obama Fingernails in V Magazine
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65
VP Babygates
VP Babygates
Did Sarah Palin Fake Pregnancy for her Teen Daughter?
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64
Redesigning the Eiffel Tower
Redesigning the Eiffel Tower
Serero Project
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63
10 Hollywood Weight Fluctuations
10 Hollywood Weight Fluctuations
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62
Supermodel Wars
Supermodel Wars
Janice Dickinson Attacks Tyra Banks
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61
Evidence of Chupacabra
Evidence of Chupacabra
Is the Goat Sucking Animal Real?
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60
Extravagant Political Fashion
Extravagant Political Fashion
Cindy McCain's $300,000 RNC Ensemble
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59
Superstar Lingerie
Superstar Lingerie
Janet Jackson Launches 'Pleasure Principle' Collection
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58
Extreme Political Parodies
Extreme Political Parodies
Obama Girl Hits Sarah Palin Below The Belt
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57
Kid Drawings Made Realistic
Kid Drawings Made Realistic
The Monster Engine
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56
Turkish Bath Fashion
Turkish Bath Fashion
Kate Moss ‘Hammam' Shoot for W Magazine
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55
Real Intimacy in Urban Architecture
Real Intimacy in Urban Architecture
Beckham Signature for Him & Her
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54
Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony Video
Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony Video
Official Footage
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53
Transgendered Brand Endorsement
Transgendered Brand Endorsement
Amanda Lepore for Jawbone
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52
Toyota Prius Campaign
Toyota Prius Campaign
Prostitute, Lover, Killer
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51
Poorly Placed Advertising
Poorly Placed Advertising
American Ad Bloopers
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50
Youth Shockvertising II
Youth Shockvertising II
CONCEPT 'Don't Lose Control' Child Abuse Ad
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49
Faking Awesome
Faking Awesome
Fake Ferraris, Children, Lovers and Guns
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48
Fattening Requests
Fattening Requests
Megan Fox Ordered to Beef Up for Robots
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47
Pregnant Man Baby Photos and Video Buzzing Like Mad!
Pregnant Man Baby Photos and Video Buzzing Like Mad!
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46
Boys With Bangs
Boys With Bangs
Men's Hair Styles on the Fringe
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45
Guerrilla Sunshine-Spreading
Guerrilla Sunshine-Spreading
The 'I Love You' Project
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44
$14 Million Baby Photos (Update)
$14 Million Baby Photos (Update)
Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Baby Twins Pictures
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43
Real Gypsies As Models
Real Gypsies As Models
Vivienne Westwood Controversial Milan Menswear Runway
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42
Natural Boobs
Natural Boobs
Keira Knightley Rejects Cleavage Airbrushing
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41
Biomimicmarketing in Shockvertisement
Biomimicmarketing in Shockvertisement
French AIDS Campaign
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40
Celebrity Lesbian Weddings
Celebrity Lesbian Weddings
Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres to Wed
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39
Vampire Photoshoots
Vampire Photoshoots
The Twilight Zone in VMAN
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38
10 Photoshop Disasters
10 Photoshop Disasters
From Missing BellyButtons to Giant Heads
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37
Stars Wars Pumpkins
Stars Wars Pumpkins
Spooky Sith-O-Lanterns
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36
Top 20 KickAss Extreme Sports
Top 20 KickAss Extreme Sports
Fireball Soccer, Rocket Packs and Flipping Wheelchairs
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35
Modern Wizard of Oz Shoes
Modern Wizard of Oz Shoes
‘The Kansas Project' in Hong Kong
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34
Body Image Double Standards
Body Image Double Standards
Advertising Age Suggests Women Want Skinny Models
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33
Public Heckling
Public Heckling
Madonna Threatens To Kick Sarah Palin's A$$ on Tour
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32
Small Boob Support Sites
Small Boob Support Sites
Keira Knightly Is Flat Chested Icon
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31
Living Barbie Dolls
Living Barbie Dolls
Surreal and Sexy or Social Statement?
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30
Latex Leggings
Latex Leggings
Celebs Love 'Members Only' Liquid Leggings
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29
Supermodels Gaining Weight
Supermodels Gaining Weight
Will Karolina Kurkova's Controversy Spur Acceptance?
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28
Real-Life Gremlins
Real-Life Gremlins
10 Ugly Animals
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27
Excessive Boob Jobs
Excessive Boob Jobs
Sheyla Hershey Rejected for 9th Surgery, Boobs Could Burst
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26
Political Fashion Icons
Political Fashion Icons
Michelle Obama Style
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25
Photoshoot Recycling
Photoshoot Recycling
Megan Fox's FHM UK July 2008 Spread is FHM US 2005
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24
Palin Fever
Palin Fever
Hot Sarah Palin Costumes, Pumpkins, Parodies and Sarah Palin on SNL
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23
Sensual Photoshopped Animals
Sensual Photoshopped Animals
Not What You Think, But So Amazing
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22
Body Paint Sportswear
Body Paint Sportswear
Emma-Jane Cammack's Art of Sport
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21
Full-Body Zombie Tattoos
Full-Body Zombie Tattoos
Rick Zombie
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20
Naked Celebs For A Cause
Naked Celebs For A Cause
Centrefolds for Everyman Cancer Campaign
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19
Horror Body Painting
Horror Body Painting
Beautiful Bodied Zombies
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18
Au Natural Olympians
Au Natural Olympians
Naked Powerade Athletes Show Their Muscles
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17
Green Children's Toys
Green Children's Toys
SEE Toys Charge by Crank
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16
Designer Eyeglass Frenzy
Designer Eyeglass Frenzy
Sarah Palin Fuels Kawasaki 704 Glasses Craze
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15
Children as Dolls
Children as Dolls
Eerie Dramatic Photography
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14
Eyelid Tattoos
Eyelid Tattoos
More Extreme Tattoos
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13
2009 Trend Reports by TREND HUNTER
2009 Trend Reports by TREND HUNTER
#1 in Trends
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12
Naughty Storm Troopers
Naughty Storm Troopers
10 Sexy Star Wars Halloween Costumes
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11
Exposing Airbrushing
Exposing Airbrushing
Excessive Before and After Pictures
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10
Butt Cleavage Fashion
Butt Cleavage Fashion
Posterior-Revealing Lingerie
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9
Extreme Body Modification
Extreme Body Modification
When Rebellion Goes WAY Too Far
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8
‘Wearing Nothing' For a Cause
‘Wearing Nothing' For a Cause
Gods of Sport
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7
Stars Revealing Too Much?
Stars Revealing Too Much?
Eva Mendes Bares All for Jack
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6
Wearing Nothing
Wearing Nothing
Sports Illustrated 2008 Body Paint Shoot
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5
Recreating Famous Naked Celebrity Shoots
Recreating Famous Naked Celebrity Shoots
Mario Lopez Bares All for People
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4
Wearing Nothing (II)
Wearing Nothing (II)
Heidi Klum Body Paint Shoot by Rankin
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3
24 Shocking Tattoos
24 Shocking Tattoos
3D Tattoos, Glow in The Dark Ink and Hot Tattoos
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2
Controversial Male Teen Stars
Controversial Male Teen Stars
Daniel Radcliffe Nude in Vogue September 2008
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1
10 Celebrity Nose Jobs
10 Celebrity Nose Jobs
From Jennifer Aniston to Blake Lively
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