A Quarterly Analysis of Cultural Storylines

Trend Report: Trend Report™ — Q1 2026

Trend Report: Trend Report™ is a quarterly review of news, culture, and social media happenings.

This 60+ page analysis categorizes recent events, processing them through data mapping and essays to share learnings to help individuals and businesses across industries. Why? Because these times are weird — and you need help processing the present so you can anticipate the future.

An offshoot of Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick’s weekly newsletter, The Trend Report™, this entirely human-made and completely AI-less report is here to help. Ready to review? Explore a preview and options for downloading below, including individual and business options.

Learn more by clicking the options below:

Free Preview - Trend Report: Trend Report™ — Q1 2026
$0.00

Looking for a preview of Trend Report: Trend Report™? You came to the right place!

This preview lays out the methodology of the report, along with offering an initial mapping of events and a partial peek at an essay and its related findings.

The full Trend Report: Trend Report™ is a 60+ review of January through March 2026 that maps topical happenings by their popularity and import. To process this information and share learnings, the Report™ includes —

  • 9 essays

  • 14 pages of predictions and takeaways

  • 4 pages of talent, entertainers, and media properties to keep an eye on

Each purchase includes a complimentary paid-tier subscription to The Trend Report™ for three months ($15 value) and access to a live walkthrough and question/answer session about Q1, happening April 24. (If you cannot make the Q&A walkthrough, you’ll be able to access a recording of the session.)

For Individuals - Trend Report: Trend Report™ — Q1 2026
$20.00

Trend Report: Trend Report™ is a 60+ review of January through March 2026 that maps topical happenings by their popularity and import. To process this information and share learnings, the Report™ includes —

  • 9 essays

  • 14 pages of predictions and takeaways

  • 4 pages of talent, entertainers, and media properties to keep an eye on

Each purchase includes a complimentary paid-tier subscription to The Trend Report™ for three months ($15 value) and access to a live walkthrough and question/answer session about Q1, happening April 24. (If you cannot make the Q&A walkthrough, you’ll be able to access a recording of the session.)

Each purchased Report™ is a password-sensitive PDF. The PDF is password-protected to prevent sharing with others who have not paid. Why is that? This Report™ is the product of months of work completed by one person who is working freelance jobs and is not a corporation. You wouldn’t rob him and his family, would you?

For Businesses - Trend Report: Trend Report™ — Q1 2026
$500.00

Trend Report: Trend Report™ is a 60+ review of January through March 2026 that maps topical happenings by their popularity and import. To process this information and share learnings, the Report™ includes —

  • 9 essays

  • 14 pages of predictions and takeaways

  • 4 pages of talent, entertainers, and media properties to keep an eye on

The purchase of a Business-tier package includes —

  • A password-free copy of the Report™ intended for internal distribution

  • Access to The Trend Report™’s TR.BIZ for a quarter, for all supplied business emails

  • A personal hour walkthrough and question/answer session to review the quarter and brainstorm together

The Business-tier package seeks to help brands and businesses better understand this moment, while working together with The Trend Report™ to navigate a means to move forward.

Kyle Fitzpatrick — The Trend Report™

Trend Report™: Trend Report™ is made solely by Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick, a writer and trend analyst based between Los Angeles and Barcelona.

He is available for work in research, writing, and strategy along with lectures and workshops on trend spotting, writing craft, and culture now. He writes the weekly newsletter, The Trend Report™ and co-hosts the HIP REPLACEMENT podcast with Ben Dietz.