According to a study conducted between January 2021 and July 2022, links to video-hosting website YouTube were posted over 14 thousand times on the largest dedicated incel forum in the world, making it by far the most linked-to site on the platform. Reddit ranked second with over five thousand links on the incel website. Links to popular social media networks were also often uploaded, with 1,149 links to Twitter and 862 to TikTok, respectively.
Number of unique links to online platforms from the largest dedicated incel internet forum worldwide between January 2021 and July 2022, by platform
According to the source:"To avoid promoting the websites investigated in this report, we refrain from naming incel dedicated forums and websites to the best of our ability. The main forum we researched for this report is referred to as “the incel forum” or “the forum,” whilst adjacent forums and websites are described according to their main focus."
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Center for Countering Digital Hate. (September 23, 2022). Number of unique links to online platforms from the largest dedicated incel internet forum worldwide between January 2021 and July 2022, by platform [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1345861/links-to-sites-from-biggest-incel-forum-by-platform/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Center for Countering Digital Hate. "Number of unique links to online platforms from the largest dedicated incel internet forum worldwide between January 2021 and July 2022, by platform." Chart. September 23, 2022. Statista. Accessed February 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1345861/links-to-sites-from-biggest-incel-forum-by-platform/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Center for Countering Digital Hate. (2022). Number of unique links to online platforms from the largest dedicated incel internet forum worldwide between January 2021 and July 2022, by platform. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1345861/links-to-sites-from-biggest-incel-forum-by-platform/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Center for Countering Digital Hate. "Number of Unique Links to Online Platforms from The Largest Dedicated Incel Internet Forum Worldwide between January 2021 and July 2022, by Platform." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Sep 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1345861/links-to-sites-from-biggest-incel-forum-by-platform/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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