TY - JOUR AU - Horta Ribeiro, Manoel AU - Blackburn, Jeremy AU - Bradlyn, Barry AU - De Cristofaro, Emiliano AU - Stringhini, Gianluca AU - Long, Summer AU - Greenberg, Stephanie AU - Zannettou, Savvas PY - 2021/05/22 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Evolution of the Manosphere across the Web JF - Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media JA - ICWSM VL - 15 IS - 1 SE - Full Papers DO - 10.1609/icwsm.v15i1.18053 UR - https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/ICWSM/article/view/18053 SP - 196-207 AB - We present a large-scale characterization of the Manosphere, a conglomerate of Web-based misogynist movements focused on men's issues, which has prospered online. Analyzing 28.8M posts from 6 forums and 51 subreddits, we paint a comprehensive picture of its evolution across the Web, showing the links between its different communities over the years. We find that milder and older communities, such as Pick Up Artists and Men's Rights Activists, are giving way to more extreme ones like Incels and Men Going Their Own Way, with a substantial migration of active users. Moreover, our analysis suggests that these newer communities are more toxic and misogynistic than the older ones. ER -