Time: 60s
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Fad or Forever

Spike-and-vanish fad or steady evergreen? Read each example curve of search interest and call it, for 60 seconds.

Fad or Forever

Each topic comes with a made-up example curve of search interest over five years. Is it a fad that spikes and vanishes, or an evergreen that stays steady? Level 2 adds topics that peak every year, level 3 adds rising ones. Read the shape, call it, for 60 seconds.

60 s
Reading charts

How to play

Read the curve. Each topic shows a made-up example curve of interest over five years.
Call it. Fad (one spike, then gone) or Forever (steady). Level 2 adds Every year, level 3 Rising. Tap or press 1 to 4.
Time. You have 60 seconds. Level 2 starts after 5 right answers, level 3 after 12. A wrong answer costs 2 seconds and resets your streak.
Score. Each right answer scores 10, 15 or 20 points by level plus up to 5 for speed, multiplied by your streak: ×2 after 4 right in a row, ×3 after 8, ×4 after 12.

Quick tips

Look at the ends. A fad starts and ends near zero. An evergreen never gets close to zero.
Count the peaks. One peak is a fad; a peak in the same month every year is seasonal.
Check the direction. A rising trend ends much higher than it starts, with no single spike.
Ignore the wobble. Small ups and downs are noise. Read the overall shape.
Use the topic. A viral dance is rarely forever; “how to cook rice” rarely fades.