[ SLANG ][ SCROLLING_BEHAVIOR ][ NOUN ]
Compulsively clicking into distressing or upsetting content one after another, extending doomscrolling's passive consumption into active, deliberate clicking toward worse news.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"Started with one bad headline and doomclicked for two hours straight before realizing what happened."
LORE & ORIGIN
Extends 'doom-scroll' from passive scrolling into a more deliberate, click-driven variant once feeds started surfacing distressing content behind explicit taps rather than just endless scroll.
FIRST SEEN
2024
PEAK POPULARITY
2024-2026 (Active)
CURRENT STATUS
Mainstream Slang
Related To:Doom ScrollFeed Fatigue
EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES
δΈζ zh-CNηΎιΎε·ε±SIMILARdescriptive rendering - doomclicking itself is a fairly recent English coinage without confirmed independent Chinese slang uptake yet
ζ₯ζ¬θͺ ja-JPγγ₯γΌγ γ―γͺγγ―BORROWEDloose transliteration, not yet a confirmed established term in Japanese internet slang
νκ΅μ΄ ko-KRλ ν΄λ¦BORROWEDloose transliteration, not yet a confirmed established term in Korean internet slang
AURA IMPACT β
+10 AURA
TREND STATUS
β HIGH RISING FAST Β· MODERATE
CULTURE CATEGORY
[ SLANG ][ SCROLLING_BEHAVIOR ][ NOUN ]
RELATED TERMS
MENTIONS OVER TIME
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RELATED SEARCHES
TOP PLATFORMS
TikTok
52%
YouTube
20%
Twitter / X
14%
Reddit
9%
Others
5%
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