First Coined In 2012 Co-Curation trend icon

Co-Curation

Curation gets more collaborative as amateurs and experts combine forces online to add their unique points of view and bring together multiple angles of many issues.

The 2012 Non-Obvious Trend Report, where Co-Curation was first coined

First published in the 2012 Non-Obvious Trend Report →

Trend Longevity Rating

B+ Graded B+ in 2026 ·
a strong prediction that largely held up

How this trend held up

Even as new tools have made it easier for anyone to curate information, the idea that this would lead to more collaboration around that curation was perhaps overly optimistic and hasn't come to fruition.

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