What Are The Rising Halloween Costume Trends In NC This Year?

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Halloween is now a week away, and in case you’ve waited until now to get a costume, we take a look at the trends on the rise in North Carolina this year.

For our data, we made a trip to the Google Trends website to check out the rising queries related to the key term “costume” in the past 30 days. This means that whoever searched “costume” also searched these terms.

In the state overall, it appears that horror characters reign supreme as Jason Voorhees, the hockey mask-wearing killer from the Friday The 13th franchise is the fastest-rising costume inquiry in the past 30 days. Another rising query is from a more recent horror franchise, Terrifier, which means we could be seeing a lot more “Art The Clown” costumes on the block.

The third rising costume query is a controversial figure, as folks are searching for costumes related to embattled hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. Given his recent legal woes, this may very well be a risk.

Here are the 10 rising “costume” inquiries in NC, according to Google Trends:

Jason
Terrifier
Diddy
Shaggy (Scooby-Doo)
Alvin and The Chipmunks
Kim Possible
Inflatable dinosaur
The “Hawk Tuah” girl
Moo Deng
Baby Yoda

Looking at the trends in the Raleigh-Durham area

Bringing the search a little closer to home, the fastest-rising costume queries in the Raleigh-Durham area are a little more wholesome. The famed Dr. Seuss character The Lorax is at the top, followed by Strawberry Shortcake and Minnie Mouse.

Here are the top 10 fastest-rising queries in our neck of the woods:

The Lorax
Strawberry Shortcake
Minnie Mouse
Pinata
Top Gun
Miles Morales (Spider-Man)
Gru (Despicable Me)
Werewolf
Maleficent
Terrifier

How about the US as a whole?

As we take a look at the rising trends of the country as a whole, the ideas range from the nostalgic to the sexy to the outright ridiculous. Not surprisingly, “baby oil” was the fastest-rising trend in the United States. (Maybe a couples costumes with the Diddy one?) Landing at #2 is the classic “Playboy Bunny” look, followed by “Art The Clown” from the aforementioned Terrifier franchise.

Baby Oil
Playboy Bunny
Art The Clown/Terrifier
Soulja Boy
The Lorax
Nacho Libre
Prisoner
Jigsaw (from Saw)
The “Hawk Tuah” girl
Pimp

Regardless of what your costume will be for the night, we’re sure that it will be an amazing Halloween for all! However…if you decide to dress as Diddy for the holiday…maybe you want to leave the baby oil at home.

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