As 2015 draws to a close, it’s time to reveal our annual most popular diets list! We use your searches* to determine which diets, programs, books, and supplements are the most talked about, researched, and used for the year and we have to say, there were a few surprises!
1. Ideal Protein
2. Plexus Slim
3. 17 Day Diet
4. Omnitrition
5. Skinny Fiber
6. Dr. Phil’s 20/20 Diet
7. Contrave
8. Medifast
9. Optifast
10. Weight Watchers
11. The Dukan Diet
12. Tapeworm Diet
13. Flabs 2 Abs
14. Cabbage Soup Diet
15. Tone It Up Fat Burning System
16. hCG Diet
17. Sacred Heart Diet
18. Slim Fast 321
19. The Thrive Diet
20. Cambridge Diet
21. Joel Fuhr Eat to Live Diet
22. Scarsdale Diet
23. Quick Weight Loss Centers
24. Nutrisystem
25. Diet to Go
Ideal Protein claimed the number one spot this year, jumping from it’s #13 position in 2014. Not only is this just the fourth brand to hold the coveted spot but it’s the first time ever for a supplement product. Supplements were big all around for 2015, with Skinny Fiber, Plexus Slim and Omnitrition drops rounding out the top 5, alongside The 17 Day Diet still holding strong at the top since its successful release in late 2010.
Perhaps even more surprising is who didn’t make claim a top spot this year. This is the first time since we started the list in 2008 that Jillian Michaels does not make an appearance anywhere. It’s also the first time Weight Watchers has fallen out of the top 5, now coming in at #10, but with the recent announcement that Oprah will be their new spokesperson in 2016, we foresee them making a comeback next year. Nutrisystem also took a tumble, dropping from #4 last year, all the way down to #24, just barely making the list.
Our list also shows that restrictive “fad diets” are making a comeback with the appearance of the Tapeworm Diet and Cabbage Soup Diet at #12 and #14 respectively, although we sincerely hope you read our reviews thoroughly before trying.
*All rankings determined by traffic to each diet review page on DietsInReview.com 1/1/15 – 11/30/15
Read more at Diets in Review: The 25 most popular diets of 2015
