| 100% | ENO | 3 | Brian ___, songwriter who popularized the term "generative music" |
| 60% | ENO | 3 | Brian who coined the term "ambient music" |
| 54% | TYRABANKS | 9 | Model who popularized the term "smizing" |
| 53% | ALCAPP | 6 | Cartoonist who popularized the term "double whammy" |
| 53% | EISNER | 6 | Cartoonist Will who popularized the term "graphic novel" |
| 49% | SPACESHIPEARTH | 14 | Amusement park attraction inspired by Buckminster Fuller, who popularized the term "geodesic dome" |
| 47% | ENO | 3 | Musician who coined the term "ambient music" |
| 47% | SATIE | 5 | Composer who coined the term furniture music |
| 44% | BRIANENO | 8 | Coiner of the term "generative music" |
| 40% | TRACYCHAPMAN | 12 | "Fast Car" songwriter who won Song of the Year at the 2023 Country Music Association Awards (2 wds.) |
| 40% | QUANT | 5 | Designer who popularized the miniskirt |
| 40% | LEAR | 4 | Edward who popularized the limerick |
| 40% | BORAT | 5 | Character who popularized the "mankini" |
| 39% | DESIARNAZ | 9 | Bandleader who popularized the conga line |
| 39% | GOETHE | 6 | Author who popularized the demon Mephistopheles |
| 39% | DRAKE | 5 | Canadian rapper who popularized the acronym "YOLO" |
| 39% | VICTORIA | 8 | Queen who popularized the Christmas tree tradition |
| 39% | ENO | 3 | Brian ___, who composed the 6 second start-up music for Windows 95 |
| 38% | NAMREDIPS | 9 | Who popularized the proverb "With great power comes great responsibility" |
| 38% | CONEHEADS | 9 | TV family that popularized the term "parental unit" |
| 38% | DREDAY | 6 | 1992 rap song that popularized the term "bootylicious" |
| 38% | THEOC | 5 | 2000s teen drama that popularized the term Chrismukkah |
| 38% | MOSS | 4 | 1990s supermodel Kate who popularized the waif look |
| 38% | BOL | 3 | Basketball player who popularized the phrase "My bad!" |
| 38% | DREWPEARSON | 11 | Wide receiver who popularized the term "Hail Mary pass" in a 1975 playoff game who is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | KATE | 4 | Feminist Millett who popularized the concept of the patriarchy |
| 38% | SOUSA | 5 | Bandmaster who popularized the use of a wraparound instrument |
| 37% | ENO | 3 | Brian ___ who pioneered ambient music |
| 37% | BRIANENO | 8 | Rock & Roll Hall of Famer who coined the term "ambient music" |
| 37% | POPMOMAND | 9 | Cartoonist who popularized the phrase "keeping up with the Joneses" |