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Continuing to scroll through negative or anxiety-inducing content well past the point of any benefit, unable to stop despite feeling worse.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"It's 2am and I'm still doom scrolling news I can't do anything about."
LORE & ORIGIN
Standard, widely established internet term for the specific compulsive negative-content scrolling pattern first named around 2018.
FIRST SEEN
2018
PEAK POPULARITY
2018-2026 (Platform Behavior Era)
CURRENT STATUS
Mainstream Gen Alpha Slang
Related To:Doom ClickBrainrotVibe Debt
AURA IMPACT ⓘ
+0 AURA
TREND STATUS
↑ HIGH RISING FAST · HIGH
CULTURE CATEGORY
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RELATED TERMS
MENTIONS OVER TIME
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RELATED SEARCHES
TOP PLATFORMS
TikTok
68%
YouTube
15%
Twitter / X
9%
Reddit
5%
Others
3%
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