The sum of examples of populist leadership in the post-socialist part of Europe allows us to draw conclusions not only about its genesis but also to indicate possible trends for the future. Available methods of forecasting social phenomena allow us to outline a scenario whose axis is the question of whether populist leadership will return from the mainstream to the fringes of politics, or whether changed liberal democracies will learn to manage it. As we know, leadership requires the existence of both a leader and followers. The question about the future of populism is therefore also a question about the directions of transformation of the attitudes and preferences of the citizens of those countries who voted in power to populists.