Aesthetics Wiki is the place to keep tabs on cottagecore and other popular visually-driven trends. We told you how cottagecore was the defining aesthetic of 2020, but since it blew up, it has mutated into other niche trends. On Aesthetics Wiki, an online encyclopedia of “visual schema,” contributors have kept track of the many subgenres that have stemmed from it, including “bloomcore,” “honeycore,” “Southwest cottagecore,” “cottagegore,” and “cottagegoth.” Usage of the Fandom-owned platform has grown in the last year: In 2020, traffic grew by 9,974%—and by 2021, their pages were viewed “close to 4 million times” with most users 18-24-years-old. However, cottagecore and its offshoots are only “one corner” of the platform. Organized by suffix, Aesthetics Wiki’s “Wave” has 17 main pages, “Goth” has 14, and “Core” has 125. And there are also 27 pages dedicated to other subgenres, like “academia,” which can be dark, light, or romantic. (The Atlantic)
