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Adidas Samba

SneakersRetroChanged this month: cooling → normalized

NormalizedStage 5 of 7 ·

Momentum Index

attention 74wikipedia 21breadth 99persistence 100velocity 43Always shown with the index, never as a lone score.

Who is wearing it?

Age data coming soonAwaiting our demographic source. We don't guess.

Where is it popular?

California 100
New Jersey 82
New York 82
Washington DC 81

Ranked by share of each state's own searches, not by market size. Small states surface here often for that reason.

How widespread is it?

Regions (US)high (0.99)

RetailInsufficient evidence

AgeInsufficient evidence

Why it's happening

Utility-driven adoption55%

Normalization45%

Bottom line

A staple rather than a fad: close to its own record, with none of the swing a hype cycle produces. Interest is persistent and steady, which reads as everyday use rather than a moment.

1Discovery2Rising3Peak4Cooling5Normalized6Dormant↻Revival

Phase history (5 years)

2022-01 dormant→2023-01 rising→2024-01 peak hype→2025-01 rising→2026-01 normalized→2026-06 normalized(retrospective diagnosis; see How it works)

Based on Google Trends + WikipediaModerate evidenceUpdated 2026-07-26Evidence gaps: retail sell-through, resale prices, street-style imagery, age dataHow we compute this →

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