Modern Retail Basket (Google Trends)
Stacked-area of 4 post-2020 retail terms ('memecoin', 'crypto airdrop', 'phantom wallet', 'metamask'). Tracks current-cycle retail behavior vs the 2017 ICO era — different terms, different cohorts.
What is it?
Stacked-area of 4 terms defining the current-cycle retail behavior : 'memecoin', 'crypto airdrop', 'phantom wallet', 'metamask'. These terms emerged in 2020-2024 and capture today's degen retail.
How to read
Each color band = one term's contribution. Total height = current-cycle retail engagement. Compare the shape vs the 2017 basket to identify which cycle vocabulary is dominant. If 'memecoin' and 'phantom wallet' dominate, Solana-narrative is leading. If 'metamask' and 'crypto airdrop' dominate, Ethereum-narrative is leading.
Key zones
Total basket sum (top-4) above ~75 historically marks modern degen retail in full swing. Sub-25 = current-cycle retail dormant. The basket has been historically more responsive than the 2017 basket — modern retail accelerates faster but also fades faster. (Note : Google Trends normalizes each term 0-100, so the stack sum scales with the number of active terms.)
What to observe
Watch for asymmetric rotation : if 'phantom wallet' breaks out before 'metamask', Solana ecosystem is leading the speculative phase. If both rise together, broad altseason is in play. A spike in 'crypto airdrop' typically marks the speculative-farming late-bull phase.
Historical context
'Metamask' first reached significant search interest in 2020 (DeFi summer). 'Memecoin' became a meaningful query only in 2021. 'Phantom wallet' (Solana) emerged in 2021 and re-accelerated in 2023-2024 with the Solana memecoin season.
Expert notes
The modern basket has shorter half-lives than 2017 terms. 'Memecoin' attention can peak in 4-8 weeks vs 'ICO' which sustained for 6+ months. This reflects faster narrative cycles in the current market structure (algorithmic distribution, social-media-native cohort).
Common mistakes to avoid
Do not equate this basket with the 2017 basket on a 1-to-1 magnitude basis — different cohorts use different vocabulary. The presence of high modern-basket readings combined with low 2017-basket readings does NOT mean cycle is younger; it means cycle is structurally different.
Programmatic access
REST API
curl -sS \
'https://api.trinityinsights.io/api/v1/narrative-intelligence/narrative-modern-retail-basket/history?days=90' \
-H 'X-API-Key: $TRINITY_API_KEY'MCP server
{
"tool": "get_chart_value",
"metric_id": "narrative-modern-retail-basket",
"timeframe": "1y"
}Required tier: pro. See the pricing grid for the tier list and the MCP documentation for multi-client configuration.
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Trinity Insights is an educational and analytical tool. The metric above does not constitute investment advice. Trinity Insights is not a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) registered under MiCA Regulation (EU) 2023/1114. See the full disclaimer.