With the Balloon Boy still taking flight across all media channels, I’ve decided to compile a cluster of past hateful hoaxes TrendHunter.com has featured. Making headlines or making money, hoaxes will never cease to occur. But with our obsessive need for scandalous news, we are giving, at least some of these deceivers, exactly what they want. Bad publicity is still publicity, right?
SCORE
3.9 out of 10
GENDER
50% Men50% Women
MARKETTop markets: North America, Europe
GENERATION
- Gen Z
- Gen Alpha
- Gen X
- Millennial (primary audience)
POPULARITY
Popularity 75%
Activity 34%
Freshness 8%
