4chan

4chan is an English-language imageboard founded in 2003, organised into topical boards (for example /v/ video games, /mu/ music, /x/ paranormal). Most users post anonymously.

Iceberg charts on 4chan

During the 2010s, several boards circulated parody iceberg charts that ranked increasingly obscure scene knowledge. Know Your Meme describes 4chan parodies collected by May 2015 and further /mu/ and /v/ examples by December 2015. Some "conspiracy" or paranormal icebergs associated with /x/ mixed jokes with unverified claims; this wiki covers that as format history, not as endorsement of chart contents.

Editorial boundaries

Articles here stay with cultural and internet-history framing. Do not dump conspiracy lists; attribute and contextualise.

See also

• Imageboard
• Iceberg chart
• Internet folklore

Further reading

• Know Your Meme, "Iceberg Charts" (4chan parody wave notes).
• Public histories of 4chan as an imageboard platform.