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       Autumn didn’t officially begin until Sept. 23, but for TikToker Chasitey Pounds, it started in June. Pounds, 26, is one of many content creators who cultivate followings with comforting autumn visuals like pumpkin-spice lattes, candles, and chunky sweaters. The online niche has __16__ major traction, with hashtags like #autumnaesthetic and #fallaesthetic collectively gaining over 7 billion views on TikTok. “I want to create stuff that __17__ the feeling of coziness and brings people some comfort in everyday life,” she says.

       Fall has been Pounds’ favorite season since she was a child. Now, sharing seasonal videos has enabled her to leave her day job. The internet and its fall enthusiasts have played a big role in the __18__ of the season: NielsenIQ data shows all things pumpkin-spice-market produced more than $8oo million from July 2022 to July 2023. If Christmas stores can do business yearround, the North Carolina-based creator sees no reason to limit autumn to the three-month bracket of a calendar. She’s realized that the internet is interested in cozy content in any season.

      The internet’s love of __19__ content started long before the emergence of TikTok, in the early days of Pinterest and Tumblr, and on platforms like Instagram, where influencers used “fall presets” and filter apps like VSCO, whose colors __20__ their images with the feeling of fall year-round. Lifestyle YouTuber Bethany Mota became the face of the video platform thanks to her seasonal content, in particular a 2013 video with 17 million views in which she shares a fall morning routine: making tea, applying plum-__21__ makeup, heading to Starbucks for a Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino.

       One TikTok user recently referred to it as the “fall vibes big bang theory.” Today, no one __22__ the internet’s love for the season more than Caitlin Covington, a blogger who became the subject of the “Christian Girl Autumn” meme after her annual Vermont photo shoot went viral in 2019. Covington, 33, has embraced the meme, even if it’s sometimes couched in a derisive tone, __23__ a certain type of perfectly coiffed white woman in a wide-brimmed hat and riding boots. It has no doubt brought attention, which in turn helps monetize her content, including recipes and outhit photos with affiliate links. Covington says that around 2013 or 2014, she noticed her autumn content was a star performer. “There was a very clear distinction in engagement when I was standing next to a beautiful fall tree, or there were fall leaves on the ground,” she says.

       For Pounds and Covington, the appeal of fall boils down to the sense of inherent comfort that __24__ through the phone screen. “I deal with a lot of anxiety, and life is stressful and so busy,” says Covington. “Fall is all about embracing moments of comfort, whether a hot coffee, a really soft __25__, or a new book. Everybody can relate to that.” She adds, “The world does this crazy thing where all the leaves turn from green to these beautiful vibrant colors. I think everyone can appreciate the beauty in that.” Even on a sweltering day in June.