Once a year Halloween rolls around, people get dressed up in costumes and are always confident that they have the best one. However, certain costumes can take the lead due to their popularity. These can be about current trends or viral moments, and quickly take over the Halloween scene, setting the tone for what everyone will be wearing that season

“I’ve seen a lot of the obvious, like witches and ghosts,” freshman Maddie Shultzs said. “And a lot of TV characters of the current moment.”

When you have a less popular costume, People might have more trouble knowing what you are for Halloween. If you are a famous character from a movie or a show people are more likely to have better knowledge of what you are versus if you are something that’s an inside joke with a friend. 

“I’m doing kiss, marry, kill it’s a group costume, and I’m being kiss,” Shultzs said. “But over the years I think it has been more popular in the past, but it was just a cute idea that we came up with this year.’’

In different countries, certain costumes can be super popular. But not very well known in the United States due to the cultural differences.

“Well, the most popular costume in Mexico was probably the Day of the Dead, the woman of the Day of the Dead, or Frida Kahlo,” freshman Ana Moser said.

Even if people don’t know your costume in person, due to the increase of social media people are starting to see more costumes that haven’t been super popular in the past years.

“My costume this year is Mia Thermopolis from The Princess Diaries. I don’t think it’s super popular but I’ve seen it on social media, but I’ve never seen people in actual real life wearing the costume,” freshman Claire Vaquera said.

At the end of the day, it doesn’t really matter what your costume is. The popularity of a costume shouldn’t determine what you would like your costume to be.

“Having a popular costume can be an advantage because people know what you are, but I think it’s better if nobody else is also dressed up like you,” Vaquera said.