This Halloween costume is more popular in Indiana than superheroes, witches and princesses

John Tufts, Indianapolis Star
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Your chances of seeing someone dressed in a Barbie costume this Halloween are spooky high, according to search trend data.

Google's Frightgeist recently released its rankings of the most popular Halloween costumes searched by people around the country, and with results in cities around Indiana (Hint: it's going to be a very pink Halloween).

According to search trends, you should see shades of pink, red, and black this year as trick-or-treaters and Halloween revelers don Barbie, Spider-Man or Wednesday Addams costumes.

Here's a look at Frightgeist's list of most popular costumes in 2023.

Top 10 Halloween costumes 2023

  1. Barbie

  2. Princess

  3. Spider-Man

  4. Witch

  5. Fairy

  6. Wednesday Addams

  7. Dinosaur

  8. Cowboy

  9. Ninja

  10. Bunny

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Top Halloween costumes in Indiana

Here are some of the top Halloween costumes searched in various Indiana cities (What movies were people in Lafayette watching? No reason. Just asking):

  • Evansville — Barbie

  • Fort Wayne — Barbie

  • Indianapolis — Barbie

  • Lafayette — Cop

  • South Bend/Elkhart — Barbie

  • Terre Haute — Barbie

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Homemade, DIY Halloween costumes

Google's Frightgeist offers a costume wizard to help come up with a costume idea for Halloween. All you have to do is pull it off.

Visit frightgeist.withgoogle.com and click on "Costume Wizard" to use a few toggles that will allow you select the scariness, style, trendiness and uniqueness of your costume.

You can even choose to share your costume option with others.

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Here's a list of tips to help keep your Halloween safe courtesy of safekids.org:

Kids Halloween jokes

While you're passing out candy, here's a few classic dad jokes to share with the trick-or-treaters this Halloween:

  • Question: What kind of candy do you give a trick-or-treating cowboy? Answer: Jolly Ranchers.

  • Question: Why didn't the skeleton cross the road? Answer: He didn't have the guts.

  • Question: What monster makes the best dancer? Answer: The boogeyman.

  • Question: Did you know people saying, "Boo," to their friends increased 85% in the last year? Answer: That's a frightening statistic.

  • Question: What do vegetarian zombies eat? Answer: Grains.

  • Question: Why does no one want to be friends with Dracula? Answer: He's a pain in the neck.

  • Question: Who helps the little pumpkins cross the street? Answer: The pumpkin gourd.

  • Question: Why are skeletons so calm? Answer: Nothing can get under their skin.

  • Question: What do you get when you cross a vampire with a snowman? Answer: Frostbite.

  • Question: Why did the pumpkin take the long way home? Answer: To avoid the seedy part of town.

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Chris Sims contributed to this article.

John Tufts covers evening breaking and trending news for the Indianapolis Star. Send him a news tip at JTufts@Gannett.com.

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