From Labubu's global takeover to the TikTok "goodbye," 2025 was a never-ending loop of shocking (sometimes peculiar) news and social media trends.
Remembering what happened yesterday, much less at the start of the year, could prove difficult. So, a recap might be in order.
In an effort to remind you of some of those big moments, we've rounded them up and recapped them. See some of the moments that perfectly capture the zeitgeist of 2025.
Before TikTok "went dark" for 12 hours in January, some of its American users had already prepared for the worst, issuing last goodbyes and posting heartfelt tributes in case they would never see the social media platform again.
The federal legislation that required ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, to divest the app's U.S. assets was designed to assuage national security concerns, as lawmakers feared that the Beijing-based company was sharing U.S. user data with China.
