| 100% | DREDAY | 6 | 1992 rap song that popularized the term "bootylicious" |
| 49% | CONEHEADS | 9 | TV family that popularized the term "parental unit" |
| 49% | THEOC | 5 | 2000s teen drama that popularized the term Chrismukkah |
| 47% | BABY | 4 | With 30- and 31-Across, 1992 rap song that "Anaconda" samples extensively |
| 46% | ALABAMAJUBILEE | 14 | 1915 song that popularized the phrase "Hail! Hail! The gang's all here" |
| 39% | RAPGOD | 6 | 37-Across song that was nominated for the 2015 Best Rap Performance Grammy Award (2 wds.) |
| 39% | DREDAY | 6 | 1993 rap hit in which Snoop Doggy Dogg popularized the term "bootylicious" |
| 39% | LOSEYOURSELF | 12 | 2002 Eminem rap song that topped the Hot 100 for a record-tying 12 weeks: 2 wds. |
| 37% | TYRABANKS | 9 | Model who popularized the term "smizing" |
| 37% | COLD | 4 | ___ open, term and scene that is shown before the title song of a TV show |
| 37% | SEEYOUAGAIN | 11 | 2015 Wiz Khalifa rap song that topped the Hot 100 for a record-tying 12 weeks: 3 wds. |
| 37% | ALCAPP | 6 | Cartoonist who popularized the term "double whammy" |
| 37% | ALS | 3 | Disease that popularized the Ice Bucket Challenge |
| 36% | EISNER | 6 | Cartoonist Will who popularized the term "graphic novel" |
| 36% | ENO | 3 | Brian ___, songwriter who popularized the term "generative music" |
| 36% | MAD | 3 | Magazine that popularized the phrase "What, me worry?" |
| 36% | HIT | 3 | Song that rockets up the charts |
| 35% | IROBOT | 6 | Classic work of fiction that popularized the Three Laws |
| 35% | THEARTOFTHEDEAL | 15 | Book that popularized the phrase “truthful hyperbole,” in 1987 |
| 35% | UPWORTHY | 8 | Viral-content site that popularized the two-clause headline |
| 35% | CLUELESS | 8 | 1995 teen comedy that popularized the phrase "As if!" |
| 35% | THEOC | 5 | Two-thousands teen drama that popularized the portmanteau “Chrismukkah” |
| 35% | HIT | 3 | Song that does well on the charts |
| 35% | HIT | 3 | Song that's high on the charts |
| 35% | BOOMBOOMPOW | 11 | 2009 Black Eyed Peas rap song that topped the Hot 100 for a record-tying 12 weeks: 3 wds. |
| 35% | ABIEBABY | 8 | Song that quotes the Gettysburg Address in "Hair" |
| 35% | OLDIE | 5 | Song that is a blast from the past |
| 35% | OLDIE | 5 | Song that was popular back in the day |
| 35% | OLDIE | 5 | Song that's a blast from the past |
| 34% | HITS | 4 | Like songs that are topping the charts |