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superfan

American  
[soo-per-fan] / ˈsu pərˌfæn /

noun

  • superfans
    plural
  1. a particularly dedicated fan.


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The BBC's LA correspondent Shaimaa Khalil spoke to people there, with one superfan describing her as "the light" in a dark world.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Mala Wangzi has opened pop-up museums around the country, held more than 4,000 latiao-themed weddings for superfan couples, and sponsored e-sport events, music festivals, and animation conventions.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

“For most of the industry’s history, the superfan was real but hard to reach; that is changing,” the analysts said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

But Summerween is also driven by the forces of emotion and nostalgia, which is how Daisy, 44, a marketing professional and mother of two young children, found herself becoming a Summerween superfan.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026

“Colin’s a superfan, remember? He probably goes to all the Morpho events he can.”

From "A Monster of a Mystery (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #5)" by Franklin W. Dixon

It has been 37 years since he said that, and an Aardman exhibition at Bristol's MShed Museum was recently packed with Morph superfans.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

For a long time, he was the player who beat your favorite player, who spoiled the Sundays of the Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal superfans, and it gave him a certain notoriousness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

Twenty percent of U.S. fans qualify as superfans, the analysts found, up from 18% last year.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

Teenagers everywhere fell under the spell of Rice’s vampires in the mid-‘80s with an ardor that AMC’s “The Vampire Lestat” radiates through the devotion of his superfans.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

The streets around the Manhattan venue have become a rallying point for thousands of fans to cheer on their team, as celebrity superfans including Spike Lee, Timothee Chalamet and Ben Stiller applaud courtside.

From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026

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