r/collapse is a subreddit with 569k members. The community frequently discusses worst, struggling, collapse, energy, and tired, and they frequently recommend/review recommendations for books, and the most common flair used is climate, casual friday, ecological, society, and economic.
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 Topics in r/collapse
#1
Worst
14 posts
#2
Struggling
8 posts
#3
Collapse
7 posts
#4
Energy
5 posts
#5
Tired
5 posts
#6
Climate
4 posts
#7
Lecture
3 posts
#8
Climate Change
3 posts
#9
America
3 posts
#10
Covid
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"
16 posts
#2
Casual Friday
: "The real reason they want to change the name of AI to “Super Intelligence”"
7 posts
#3
Ecological
: "I live in Manaus, in the middle of the Amazon. For days, my city's air sensors have read "hazardous", up to 16x the WHO limit. Here is the data from the last 3 weeks."
6 posts
#4
Society
: "America is sliding into a dystopia – complete with TV executions"
5 posts
#5
Economic
: "Attacks on Riyadh threaten Saudi confidence"
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
Coping
: "Thanks for the support. Now I need ideas."
3 posts
#9
Conflict
: "Bus driver supporting student protest in Brasília"
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 14, 2026