Everyday Carry

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Everyday Carry (EDC) refers to items carried on someone's person each day, typically including keys, flashlights, knives, pens, notebooks, smartphones and wallets. Online, photographs and videos of various EDC collections are often shared in communities on Reddit, 4chan and YouTube.

Origin

While the exact origin of the phrase "everyday carry" is unclear, the earliest known archived thread dedicated to sharing EDC items was submitted by BladeForums^[6] member UnknownVT in a thread titled "EDC – What's in Your Pocket(s)?" on March 16th, 2003.

Spread

On January 27th, 2005, the website EveryDayCarry.com^[4] was launched, highlighting various products and items commonly found in EDC collections. On December 15th, 2006, Urban Dictionary^[3] user Elbios submitted an entry for EDC, defining it as "items you carry with you every day." On December 21st, 2009, the /r/EDC^[1] subreddit was launched for photographs of EDC items. Within eight years, the community gathered upwards of 148,000 subscribers. On March 28th, 2013, the Tested YouTube channel uploaded a video showcasing Adam Savage's EDC (shown below, left). Within four years, the video gained over 2.2 million views and 3,000 comments.

On December 27th, 2015, Redditor burnerzero submitted a photograph of various children's toys in a post titled "3 and 3/4 / M / Unemployed" to /r/EDC,^[2] where it received upwards of 3,800 points (88% upvoted) and 120 comments prior to being archived.

On September 6th, 2017, YouTuber DemolitionRanch uploaded a video displaying his EDC items (shown below). Over the next month, the video gathered upwards of 1.7 million views and 12,500 comments. The same day, YouTuber alpha m. uploaded a video showcasing his EDC items (shown below, right).

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