Tasirin bandwagon yana nufin wani al'amari inda mutane suka ɗauki wasu akidu, ɗabi'u, ko ɗabi'a kawai saboda wasu da yawa da ke kewaye da su suna yin haka, ba tare da la'akari da imaninsu ko ƙimar su ba. A wasu kalmomi, mutane na iya yin daidai da ayyuka ko ra'ayoyin babban rukuni saboda suna jin matsin lamba don shiga ciki ko kuma suna tsoron kada a bar su. Ana iya lura da wannan tasirin a fannoni daban-daban, kamar zaɓen siyasa, salon salon salo, kafofin watsa labarun, da yaƙin neman zaɓe.