And now, fidget spinners have begun to take over the beauty market as well. ... consisting of a gradient from blue to purple speech bubble with the word “bravo” in white lowercase letters.

In the first 12 days of June, there were 9.9 fidget spinner videos in the top trending list on average, up from 7.5 videos on an average day in May and 1.4 videos on an average day in April.

Fidget spinners are everywhere these days. Classrooms. Subways. Broadway audiences. (Shout-out to the teenager in the audience of a performance of Dear Evan Hansen on April 15. I saw you, dude ...

A consumer watchdog group has just called fidget spinners one of the 10 most dangerous toys available this summer. One reason: Fly-by-night companies have evaded the required toy safety warnings ...

The anxiety-reducing handheld spinners are so ubiquitous that dozens of developers are trying to cash in on the phenomenon with fidget-spinner themed mobile apps. People are into it, apparently.

Fidget spinners emerged this spring, seemingly from out of nowhere, as a must-have gadget. Before December 2016, Google searches for the words "fidget spinner" were basically nonexistent.