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Grade B23 sourcesHIS-00149

EPIK AI Yearbook

App & software · 2023 · Notable

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EPIK’s AI yearbook portraits took the app to number 1 on the U.S. App Store.

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How I wish this was my college yearbook creative photos 😅 #photodumps #yearbookAIphotos #AI #epikapp #yearbooktrend #fyp #viral
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SNOW’s AI Yearbook promotional image showing generated yearbook portraits.
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AI Yearbook Trend: Der neue KI-Trend auf Instagram & TikTok
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Spread Score

How it works
ReachNo data yetContagion45Breadth80Velocity63Longevity1753

Numbers

CORQ-reported #AIyearbook Instagram posts (undated)
49K
Instagram · Self-reported · CORQ
Peak date
Week of Oct 6, 2023
Sep 18 ’23 to Week of Oct 6, 2023
Platforms
8
Started on App stores
Origin
Seeded
Technology

Mechanics

  • Shareable outputPrimary
  • Challenge
  • Platform jump
  • Press loop
  • Controversy
  • Dupe economy

How it spread

Trace the origin

SNOW released AI Yearbook in September. K-pop idols and TikTok users shared portraits, followed by Keke Palmer on Instagram. EPIK topped the U.S. App Store, strained its servers and drew competing yearbook features.

Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.

Google searchesSep ’23OctNovDecJan ’24FebPeakApp storesInstagramTikTokPressXYouTubeOpen webRetail
App storesInstagramTikTokPressXYouTubeOpen webRetail

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Timeline (16)

  1. September 2023

    SNOW Corporation seed · Sep 18 ’23

    SNOW released the AI Yearbook feature in EPIK.[1][2]

    Open the first post ↗

  2. EPIK users commercial · Sep 19 ’23

    EPIK began gaining downloads, according to Apptopia.[3]

  3. Sooyoung and Jeongyeon platform jump · Sep 27 ’23

    K-pop idols helped popularize AI Yearbook on social media around this date.[4]

Changelogupdated Oct 12 ’26
  1. 2026-10-12Added: 16 events, 20 sources · Score 47
Origin
Seeded
Sector
Technology
Region
KR
CORQ-reported #AIyearbook Instagram posts (undated)
49K
Instagram · Self-reported · CORQ
Evidence
Grade B

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Google searchesSep ’23OctNovDecJan ’24FebPeakApp storesInstagramTikTokPressXYouTubeOpen webRetail
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  1. September 2023

    SNOW Corporation seed · Sep 18 ’23

    SNOW released the AI Yearbook feature in EPIK.[1][2]

    Open the first post ↗

  2. EPIK users commercial · Sep 19 ’23

    EPIK began gaining downloads, according to Apptopia.[3]

  3. Sooyoung and Jeongyeon platform jump · Sep 27 ’23

    K-pop idols helped popularize AI Yearbook on social media around this date.[4]

  1. platform jump · Sep 30 ’23

  2. commercial · Oct 2 ’23

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