April Fools’ Day 2026: the best and cringiest pranks

Welcome to the worst day on the internet! As Chaim Gartenberg pointed out years ago, brands and a holiday dedicated to hoaxes are rarely a winning combo. If you’re a company with any kind of social media, internet, or AI chatbot presence in 2026, you really, truly only have four options on April Fools’ Day: So far, we’ve seen some socks that even you can’t lose, Snapchat “Reals” took a shot at Instagram’s Xerox machine approach to product development, and the monitor accessory cats want the most. If you see anything that particularly sticks out for good, bad, or just unusual reasons, send it to us. I mean, it’s not technically April Fools’ since you can actually buy the artificial turf-covered skins, just like you could last year. But this year, they come with a free matching “Blue Sky” skin and the amusing video below. Check out what Owen thought of them in last year’s hands-on. The Oura Ring Pet isn’t real, but based on the Instagram comments, some people really want this. The best part about this review is that he plays it (mostly) straight. One of my favorite April Fools’ Day gags I’ve seen this year. Sega launched an entirely real “Sanic Collection” for April Fools’ Day, which