HYPE DETECTIVE · Mainstream

Croffle: how much more did the hype cost?

Only the search curve is collected so far; prices and stores will be added once sourced.

Pre-hype priceNot collected
Peak priceNot collected
Current priceNot collected
Cost floorNot collected
Peak ÷ cost floorNot collected
Hype half-life679 days
Operating stores vs observed peakNot collected
Spike → big retailNot collected

“Not collected” means no sourced number yet; gaps are never filled from memory.

Search curve only

Only the search curve is collected so far; prices and stores will be added once sourced.

PRICE TIMELINE

How the price moved

Not collected

ESTIMATED COST FLOOR

What it takes at minimum

Not enough public price and recipe data to estimate yet.

STORES

How stores grew and shrank

Not collected

SEARCH INTEREST

When search took off and cooled

050100half20192020202120222023
Google search interest (South Korea, weekly, peak = 100) · bold line is the 4-week average · 2019-06-01 2023-12-31
Show weekly values

2020-03-22 25 · 2020-05-03 16 · 2020-05-24 19 · 2020-05-31 20 · 2020-06-14 31 · 2020-06-21 17 · 2020-06-28 19 · 2020-07-05 23 · 2020-07-12 36 · 2020-07-19 48 · 2020-07-26 59 · 2020-08-02 55 · 2020-08-09 76 · 2020-08-16 66 · 2020-08-23 82 · 2020-08-30 71 · 2020-09-06 71 · 2020-09-13 68 · 2020-09-20 52 · 2020-09-27 53 · 2020-10-04 76 · 2020-10-11 62 · 2020-10-18 81 · 2020-10-25 68 · 2020-11-01 88 · 2020-11-08 75 · 2020-11-15 80 · 2020-11-22 67 · 2020-11-29 58 · 2020-12-06 82 · 2020-12-13 68 · 2020-12-20 70 · 2020-12-27 75 · 2021-01-03 68 · 2021-01-10 73 · 2021-01-17 71 · 2021-01-24 66 · 2021-01-31 79 · 2021-02-07 71 · 2021-02-14 51 · 2021-02-21 72 · 2021-02-28 63 · 2021-03-07 86 · 2021-03-14 68 · 2021-03-21 82 · 2021-03-28 50 · 2021-04-04 53 · 2021-04-11 73 · 2021-04-18 91 · 2021-04-25 61 · 2021-05-02 55 · 2021-05-09 74 · 2021-05-16 61 · 2021-05-23 55 · 2021-05-30 59 · 2021-06-06 61 · 2021-06-13 54 · 2021-06-20 63 · 2021-06-27 59 · 2021-07-04 53 · 2021-07-11 54 · 2021-07-18 54 · 2021-07-25 33 · 2021-08-01 56 · 2021-08-08 68 · 2021-08-15 58 · 2021-08-22 53 · 2021-08-29 57 · 2021-09-05 42 · 2021-09-12 50 · 2021-09-19 55 · 2021-09-26 80 · 2021-10-03 47 · 2021-10-10 37 · 2021-10-17 48 · 2021-10-24 35 · 2021-10-31 43 · 2021-11-07 34 · 2021-11-14 50 · 2021-11-21 33 · 2021-11-28 41 · 2021-12-05 46 · 2021-12-12 43 · 2021-12-19 52 · 2021-12-26 48 · 2022-01-02 39 · 2022-01-09 56 · 2022-01-16 56 · 2022-01-23 52 · 2022-01-30 55 · 2022-02-06 49 · 2022-02-13 66 · 2022-02-20 78 · 2022-02-27 100 · 2022-03-06 63 · 2022-03-13 57 · 2022-03-20 57 · 2022-03-27 54 · 2022-04-03 46 · 2022-04-10 61 · 2022-04-17 55 · 2022-04-24 48 · 2022-05-01 55 · 2022-05-08 53 · 2022-05-15 62 · 2022-05-22 42 · 2022-05-29 66 · 2022-06-05 57 · 2022-06-12 45 · 2022-06-19 35 · 2022-06-26 46 · 2022-07-03 52 · 2022-07-10 48 · 2022-07-17 47 · 2022-07-24 64 · 2022-07-31 50 · 2022-08-07 41 · 2022-08-14 50 · 2022-08-21 52 · 2022-08-28 41 · 2022-09-04 48 · 2022-09-11 30 · 2022-09-18 35 · 2022-09-25 51 · 2022-10-02 54 · 2022-10-09 39 · 2022-10-16 34 · 2022-10-23 46 · 2022-10-30 37 · 2022-11-06 19 · 2022-11-13 47 · 2022-11-20 47 · 2022-11-27 45 · 2022-12-04 45 · 2022-12-11 44 · 2022-12-18 39 · 2022-12-25 39 · 2023-01-01 40 · 2023-01-08 39 · 2023-01-15 35 · 2023-01-22 46 · 2023-01-29 50 · 2023-02-05 45 · 2023-02-12 30 · 2023-02-19 43 · 2023-02-26 32 · 2023-03-05 23 · 2023-03-12 39 · 2023-03-19 31 · 2023-03-26 43 · 2023-04-02 28 · 2023-04-09 38 · 2023-04-16 38 · 2023-04-23 35 · 2023-04-30 31 · 2023-05-07 39 · 2023-05-14 15 · 2023-05-21 23 · 2023-05-28 38 · 2023-06-04 32 · 2023-06-11 20 · 2023-06-18 25 · 2023-06-25 27 · 2023-07-02 29 · 2023-07-09 30 · 2023-07-16 23 · 2023-07-23 22 · 2023-07-30 25 · 2023-08-06 33 · 2023-08-13 22 · 2023-08-20 16 · 2023-08-27 16 · 2023-09-03 25 · 2023-09-10 34 · 2023-09-17 28 · 2023-09-24 29 · 2023-10-01 22 · 2023-10-08 29 · 2023-10-15 27 · 2023-10-22 31 · 2023-10-29 25 · 2023-11-05 12 · 2023-11-12 29 · 2023-11-19 24 · 2023-11-26 37 · 2023-12-03 26 · 2023-12-10 28 · 2023-12-17 23 · 2023-12-24 25 · 2023-12-31 23

Take-off (25% of peak)
2020-03-22
Peak (4-week average)
2020-11-08 · single-week high 2022-02-27
Hype half-life
679 days (half of peak by 2022-09-18)
Latest
2023-12-31 · 23/100

HYPE LIFECYCLE

Lifecycle and timeline

  1. 1. Discovery
  2. 2. Early viral
  3. 3. Search explosion
  4. 4. Price premium
  5. 5. Store expansion
  6. 6. Large retail entry
  7. 7. Peak
  8. 8. Saturation
  9. 9. Decline
  10. 10. Survival / disappearance

Now: Survival / disappearance · Mainstream · Partially retained — Search interest stayed high through 2020–22 then eased

Organic, paid or sponsored spread is shown only when public records confirm it; no business is said to have engineered a fad.

WHO CAPTURED THE HYPE PREMIUM

Who captured the hype premium?

Not collected

Only published figures count as confirmed; a clear mechanism without amounts is “likely”. No made-up scores.

REPORT A PRICE

What did you pay back then?

Many pre-hype and peak prices are missing. Reports with receipts or photos are reviewed and shown separately as user reports.

SOURCES

Sources

Last checked 2026-10-02

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