r/collapse is a subreddit with 570k members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses worst, hard time, collapse, struggling, and climate, and they frequently recommend/review recommendations for books.
Discussion regarding the potential collapse of global civilization, defined as a significant decrease in human population and/or political/economic/social complexity over a considerable area, for an extended time. We seek to deepen our understanding of collapse while providing mutual support, not to document every detail of our demise.
Popular Themes in r/collapse
#1
News
: "The War in Ukraine Is Spiraling Out of Control"
22 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "All the Climate Canaries Are Dead! Professor Eliot Jacobson Says No Metaphor Can Capture How Fucked Everything Is"
7 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "Everyone in this subreddit needs to go watch Digger right now"
3 posts
Popular Topics in r/collapse
#1
Worst
20 posts
#2
Hard Time
9 posts
#3
Collapse
: "Why Civilizations Collapse (And Why We Are Next)"
8 posts
#4
Struggling
8 posts
#5
Climate
: "What should a Climate activist do now?"
8 posts
#6
Future
7 posts
#7
Energy
5 posts
#8
Tired
5 posts
#9
Lecture
3 posts
#10
Climate Change
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/collapse
Recommendations For Books
1 review
#1
John Michael Greer
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/collapse
#1
Climate
: "All the Climate Canaries Are Dead! Professor Eliot Jacobson Says No Metaphor Can Capture How Fucked Everything Is"
14 posts
#2
Ecological
: "World's largest penguin colony suffers rapid decline as nearly 63% of population lost to starvation"
6 posts
#3
Economic
: "Attacks on Riyadh threaten Saudi confidence"
6 posts
#4
Society
: "The sign of spreading awareness"
5 posts
#5
Casual Friday
: "Climate media censorship?"
5 posts
#6
Energy
: "Global Oil Tanker Shortage is Getting Worse By the Day"
4 posts
#7
Systemic
: "Why Beef Is Bad for Climate Change | "A whopping 77% of global farmland goes to raise livestock""
4 posts
#8
Adaptation
: "Mainstream media just casually admits nearly half a million will die of heat this year"
3 posts
#9
Pollution
: "Microplastics are chemically active and could cause biological harm"
3 posts
#10
AI
: "AI models may be capable of self-replicating without access to a datacenter \ Anthropic"
3 posts
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Last updated: October 15, 2026