Pumpkin TikTok Trend

About

The Pumpkin TikTok Trend or Saying "Pumpkin" But Each Time It Gets Louder is a TikTok trend in which students repeatedly say "pumpkin" in the school library, saying it louder each time. The trend is inspired by a viral video of a man yelling 'pumpkin.' It was popularized on TikTok in late October 2024 and continued to spread throughout November.

Origin

On October 29th, 2024, TikToker^[1] @johnspinaa posted a video in which he and a friend take turns saying "pumpkin" while in their university's library, saying the word louder each time, garnering over 23.3 million views in two weeks. This is the earliest known example of the trend.

The trend is based on a viral video of a disabled man yelling "pumpkin" during a YouTube video when asked what his favorite vegetable is.

Spread

On October 30th, 2024, TikToker^[2] @nikas.jits posted a video playing the game, garnering over 4.2 million views in two weeks. On October 31s,TikToker^[3] @notsophiasouzas posted a version of the trend that gained over 9.2 million views in the same rough span of time.

On November 4th, TikToker^[4] @johnspinaa, who started the trend, posted a video recording the same university library, captioned, "what our library sounds like now that we started the pumpkin trend." In the video, several people can be heard in the background taking part in the pumpkin trend. The video gained over 4.6 million views in a week.

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Related Memes

Pumpkin Guy

Pumpkin Guy, also known as Guy Yelling Pumpkin, is a viral video and catchphrase of a disabled man shouting the word "pumpkin" during a YouTube video when asked what his favorite vegetable is. The force at which he says the word, combined with his pitch and facial expression, led to it being used as a meme that would spike in popularity every Halloween and Spooktober since it began appearing in early 2021. Its usage has fluctuated between being used as a jumpscare inside other memes, as well as just having the phrase edited to be faster or slower in YouTube edits.

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