A power bank, a pen, and a picture frame.
A power bank, a pen, and a picture frame.

Wirecutter’s 100 Most Popular Picks of August 2025

As a wise singer-songwriter observed, August slips away, and our readers must have felt that as they enjoyed the last of summer, celebrating tomato season and discovering great olive oils, as well as giving summer hosts stellar gifts. Readers picked up little luxuries, including demure diamond earrings and a cleansing balm we love.

But for many people, August was all about going back to school: Readers stocked up on some of our best school supplies, including lunch boxes, mechanical pencils, and even laptops and earbuds.

As summer winds down and routines pick back up, take inspiration from this list of the 100 products our readers clicked on the most this month.

Continue reading to learn more, written by the Wirecutter Staff.

Menciones en los medios de comunicación

Streams, waterfalls, and rivers can quench your thirst in the wild, but they may carry dirt and impurities.

Dinal Jain
Escritor

Menciones en los medios de comunicación

The baby wrap method has been tested in only this one trial, but it cut malaria cases by a greater margin that the vaccines have in some studies.

Stephanie Nolen
Escritor

Menciones en los medios de comunicación

In future, I’ll use gravity when I can, and squeeze when I have to.

Richard, aka "LowRange
Senderista