# Rare Aesthetic Posting Rare Aesthetic Posting is a TikTok and Twitter trend from early 2020 where users compile photos or short clips to define hyper-specific, often invented lifestyle aesthetics under the #rareaesthetic hashtag. It started as sincere spotlights on real niche subcultures like retro-futurism and witch house before pivoting into a comedy format built around jokingly precise archetypes. ## Overview Rare Aesthetic Posting is a TikTok and Twitter trend where users define hyper-specific lifestyle "aesthetics" by stitching together images or short clips that only a small audience can identify with[4]. TikTok examples usually ride on a snippet of "crimewave" by Crystal Castles and travel under the #rareaesthetic hashtag[1]. Twitter versions stick to grid-style photo sets, arranged the way Starter Packs collect visual shorthand for a subculture[2]. The trend runs in two flavors that overlap. Early posts sincerely spotlighted lesser-known real aesthetics like retro-futurism, witch house, dark academia, and cottage core[1]. Later posts dropped the sincerity and started inventing "aesthetics" for random archetypes or oddly specific memories, which is when Rare Aesthetic Posting turned into a full comedy format[4]. ## How It Spread The comedic pivot showed up by mid-March 2020. TikToker savsilby posted a video on March 16th, 2020 that treated an everyday situation as its own "aesthetic," collecting around 233,000 views over the next seven months[1]. Twitter picked up the format at nearly the same time. draintard shared an early Rare Aesthetic image grid on March 2nd, 2020[2], and 2manynathans posted one on March 15th, 2020[3]. Activity spiked in September 2020. On September 5th, swagner365 published a parody about "the Spanish teacher" aesthetic that pulled about 1.9 million views in under two months[1]. On September 22nd, bucketheadd started an "aesthetic A-Z" series that racked up more than 807,000 views in roughly a month[1]. During the week of October 26th, 2020, #rareaesthetic began trending on TikTok, and by October 29th, 2020, videos under the hashtag had drawn more than 122 million combined views[1]. ## How to Use A Rare Aesthetic post typically pairs a short caption naming the "aesthetic" with a small set of matching images or clips, often three to six visuals sharing a color palette, decade, or overall vibe. TikTok versions commonly use the crimewave audio and tag #rareaesthetic[1], while Twitter versions lean on grid photo sets in the style of Starter Packs[2]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Rare Aesthetic Posting? Rare Aesthetic Posting is a TikTok and Twitter trend where users compile images or clips to define very specific lifestyle "aesthetics" that few people can identify with, usually shared under the #rareaesthetic hashtag[1]. ### Where did Rare Aesthetic Posting come from? The format took shape on TikTok in mid-February 2020, with early sincere aesthetic explainers from accounts like moonlitdxze on February 16th and rissaduh on February 18th, 2020[4]. ### What does Rare Aesthetic Posting mean? It refers to posts that name and illustrate a niche or joke "aesthetic," usually built as a photo set or short video collage that recalls a Starter Pack[2]. ### How do you use Rare Aesthetic Posting? You pick an oddly specific vibe, name it in the caption, and pair it with three to six matching images or clips, on TikTok often set to the crimewave audio and tagged #rareaesthetic[1]. ### Is Rare Aesthetic Posting still popular? The trend peaked in autumn 2020, when #rareaesthetic trended on TikTok and videos under the tag drew more than 122 million combined views by October 29th, 2020[1]. ## References 1. [https://www.tiktok.com/tag/rareaesthetic]() 2. [https://twitter.com/draintard]() 3. [https://twitter.com/2manynathans]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/rare-aesthetic-posting]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/rare-aesthetic-posting Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library