First Coined In 2016 Mainstream Multiculturalism trend icon

Mainstream Multiculturalism

After years of being ignored, niche demographics, multicultural citizens, and their cultures find widespread acceptance through a growing integration of diverse ideas in culture and media.

The 2016 Non-Obvious Trend Report, where Mainstream Multiculturalism was first coined

First published in the 2016 Non-Obvious Trend Report →

Trend Longevity Rating

A- Graded A- in 2026 ·
an exceptional prediction that grew more true over time

How this trend held up

Though this trend continues to receive unsettling opposition from small-minded xenophobic politicians, there is an unstoppable generational shift towards acceptance and embrace of multiple cultures.

Every past trend prediction is re-reviewed and graded with a Trend Longevity Rating, measuring how much each originally curated trend still matters years later.

Where It Led

This trend evolved into a megatrend.

In 2020, Mainstream Multiculturalism was identified as one of the past trends that evolved into the megatrend Amplified Identity: As individualism rises globally, people are carefully cultivating how they are perceived both online and offline, chasing stardom, and making themselves vulnerable to criticism in the process.

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