bandwagon effect
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Call it the bandwagon effect that happens when one person after another comes to the same conclusion and recognition that someone is going to be very successful.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
It’s called the bandwagon effect — the tendency to do what other people are doing without pausing to figure out whether those others are right.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2024
A 2015 study found that the bandwagon effect makes people spend more on luxury goods.
From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2023
Throughout millions of years of evolution, these principles have been coded into the human brain in the form of cognitive biases that come with names like familiarity, mere exposure and bandwagon effect.
From Scientific American • Oct. 7, 2021
In other words, we found that the number of likes has a strong "bandwagon effect" in reducing reactance.
From Salon • Sep. 17, 2021
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