Fidget spinners are supposed to be calming and fun, especially for students struggling to focus. But after some dangerous incidents involving the popular gizmos, the US Consumer Product Safety ...

Fidget spinners, it seems, have become this year’s leading toy fad. I’m a sociologist who has studied fads, and the rapid popularity, media attention and concerns over a new toy craze are a ...

In the first 12 days of June, there were 9.9 fidget spinner videos in the top trending list on average, up from 7.5 videos on an average day in May and 1.4 videos on an average day in April.

Fidget spinners are everywhere these days. Classrooms. Subways. Broadway audiences. (Shout-out to the teenager in the audience of a performance of Dear Evan Hansen on April 15. I saw you, dude ...

You’ve seen fidget spinners, although you probably hadn’t just a year ago. You woke up one recent day, backpack stuffed with pogs, only to walk outside and see that the times have passed you ...

Fidget spinners emerged this spring, seemingly from out of nowhere, as a must-have gadget. Before December 2016, Google searches for the words "fidget spinner" were basically nonexistent.

Therefore, the fidget spinner's price premium ($15 on Amazon) over other common fidget objects such as pens, pencils, balls and coins probably isn't due to massive research and development costs.

All fidget spinners are different, there are colored ones, metal ones, small ones, cheap ones. But most of them have one thing in common — a detachable piece that some kids are choking on.

Fidget Spinner Emerges As Must-Have Toy Of The Year Toys R Us has literally scrambled the jets trying to meet the demand of this year's break-out toy, handheld whirligig known as a "fidget spinner." ...

The fidget spinner is small, cheap and relatively quiet. Boys and girls seem to be interested in it (boys more so), and when kids are playing it, they’re not looking at their phone or iPad.

Fidget spinners are supposed to be calming and fun, especially for students struggling to focus. But after some dangerous incidents involving the popular gizmos, the US Consumer Product Safety ...

Fidget spinners, it seems, have become this year’s leading toy fad. I’m a sociologist who has studied fads, and the rapid popularity, media attention and concerns over a new toy craze are a ...