4chan

4chan's legacy is being discussed as 'dead' but its toxic influence is seen everywhere from social media to global politics. Recent news highlights how 4chan users were instrumental in creating controversies like GamerGate.

About 4chan

4chan is an anonymous English-language imageboard website known for its diverse and often controversial content.

Insights

4chan sentiment is up 26.09% from the previous week.
4chan engagements is up 1011.79% from the previous week.
4chan posts created is up 1723.08% from the previous week.

Engagements: [---------] (24h)

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[--] Week: [----------] +1,012%
[--] Month: [-----------] +23%
[--] Months: [-----------] +33%
[--] Year: [-------------] +54%
1-Year High: [----------] on 2025-04-16
1-Year Low: [-------] on 2025-03-19

Engagements by network (24h): Reddit: [------] YouTube: [-------] Instagram: [---] News: [---] X: [---------] TikTok: [-------]

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Current Value: [-----]
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[--] Month: [-----] +221%
[--] Months: [------] +1,284%
1-Year High: [------] on 2025-09-12
1-Year Low: [---] on 2025-02-28

Mentions by network (24h): Reddit: [---] YouTube: [---] Instagram: [--] News: [--] X: [-----] TikTok: [---]

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[-----] unique social accounts have posts mentioning 4chan in the last [--] hours which is down 0.56% from [-----] in the previous [--] hours Daily Average: [-----]
[--] Month: [-----] +240%
[--] Months: [-----] +1,238%
1-Year High: [-----] on 2025-09-12
1-Year Low: [---] on 2025-04-04

The most influential creators that mention 4chan in the last [--] hours

Creator	Rank	Followers	Posts	Engagements
@StevieMac03	[--]	[---------]	[--]	[---]

Sentiment: 44%

Sentiment Line Chart
Sentiment 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data
Current Value: 44%
Daily Average: 50%
[--] Week: 58% +12%
[--] Month: 38% -21%
[--] Months: 38% no change
[--] Year: 38% -49%
1-Year High: 94% on 2025-10-31
1-Year Low: 11% on 2025-11-22

Most Supportive Themes:

Anime: (40%) Discussions and sharing of anime series, movies, and related art.
Gaming: (30%) Talk about video games, including new releases, strategies, and esports.
Technology: (20%) Sharing news and opinions on the latest gadgets, software, and tech trends.

Most Critical Themes:

Politics: (7.5%) Debates and news related to current political events and figures.
Current Events: (2.5%) Discussions on major global and national news stories.

Top 4chan News

Top news links shared on social in the last [--] hours

Showing a maximum of [--] news posts without a LunarCrush subscription.

"4chan Is Dead. Its Toxic Legacy Is Everywhere WIRED Its likely that there will never be a site like 4chan again. But everything nowfrom X and YouTube to global politicsseems to carry its toxic legacy"
News Link @WIRED 2025-04-22T14:45Z 9.1M followers, 498.7K engagements

"Absolutely everything you need to know to understand 4chan the Internets own bogeyman - The Washington Post A comprehensive no-nonsense guide to one of the Internet's most confusing and influential Web sites"
News Link @washingtonpost 2022-05-21T16:00Z 19.3M followers, 3.6M engagements

"Chat logs show how 4chan users created #GamerGate controversy I think all the sleeper cells are hard at work"
News Link @arstechnica 2014-09-10T21:29Z 1.2M followers, 261.7K engagements

Top 4chan Social Posts

Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

Showing a maximum of [--] top social posts without a LunarCrush subscription.

"RT @BasedTorba: 4chan: today's news three years ago"
X Link @b_belgian 2026-02-17T14:19Z [---] followers, 13K engagements

"3. Its OK to be white sometimes abbreviated as IOTBW was popularized on the notoriously racist message board 4chan in [----]. It was then adopted by neo-Nazis and white supremacists. Former KKK grand wizard David Duke a prominent white supremacist promoted the campaign"
X Link @JuddLegum 2026-02-17T13:43Z 508.2K followers, [----] engagements

"STOP THIS FUCKING SHIT STOP THE AI STOP EVERY FUCKING GREEDY INVESTMENT DOLLAR NO ONE ASKED FOR THIS FUCKING SHIT 4chan: today's news three years ago. https://t.co/8lcMA2PZJT 4chan: today's news three years ago. https://t.co/8lcMA2PZJT"
X Link @leadlagreport 2026-02-17T12:36Z 768.6K followers, 16.3K engagements

"Cheating Wife REGRETS Divorce After Plan B Dumps Her oh boy 4chan stories stories anonymous voiceover 4chan voice over green text green text stories 4chan story time 4chan top posts 4chanstories r/greentext r/greentext top posts r/greentext top posts of all time 4chan funny cheating scandal onlyfans kid baby mum court lying tinder bumble chad anon gym bro rekt workout dating love reddit reddit stories 4chan stories stories anonymous voiceover 4chan voice over green text green text stories 4chan story time 4chan top posts 4chanstories r/greentext r/greentext top posts r/greentext top posts of"
YouTube Link @4chandiaries 2026-02-17T12:30Z 33K followers, [----] engagements

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