Terrorism iceberg

Terrorism iceberg is an iceberg chart topic. On r/IcebergCharts, the highest-scoring available chart on it, "The DEFINITIVE Terrorism Iceberg", was posted by u/ExceptionalBadger on 11 September 2025 and had about 115 upvotes when it was collected. The subreddit has 2 other charts on the same or closely related topics; see Other versions. A text version, "The Terrorism Iceberg." by ExceptionalBadger, is hosted on IcebergThreads, where it had 776 views as of 29 October 2026.

The IcebergThreads author describes it as: "This is the fifth and newest version of the Terrorism iceberg. This is my personal project since at least 2023, this iceberg talks about terrorist acts, actions, plans and leaders from all parts of the world. From the most well known to the absolute obscure actions. This iceberg will be constantly expanding and sugestions are as always welcome, just remember to be respectful!"

Entries reflect the chart authors' choices and are not verified fact.

"The DEFINITIVE Terrorism Iceberg" by u/ExceptionalBadger (11 September 2025)

Tiers

Tiers and entries from the IcebergThreads version. Notes after a dash are shortened from the author's explanations.

Tier 1

• 9/11
• Paris Attacks
• 7/7
• Boston Marathon Bombing
• Iranian Embassy Siege
• Manchester Arena Bombing
• Charlie Hebdo Attack
• Al-Qaeda
• Osama Bin Laden
• US Embassy Bombings in Kenya and Tanzania
• Barcelona Attack
• Munich Massacre
• Islamic State
• London Bridge Attack
• Tokyo Sarin attack
• The Unabomber
• Berlin Attack (2017)
• Hamas
• October 7th Attacks in Israel
• Taliban
• The Troubles
• Houthis
• Madri Metro Bombing
• Brussels Attack (2017)
• Hezbollah
• Pulse Nightclub Attack
• Berlin Attack (2016)
• Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
• Attack in Nice
• Oklahoma City Bombing
• IRA
• Timothy McVeigh
• HTS
• Crocus City Hall Attack
• Westminster Attack
• Hassan Nasrallah
• World Trade Center Bombing (1993)
• Abu Bakr al-Bhagdadi
• 2012 Benghazi Attacks
• The Gunpowder Plot
• Boko Haram
• Bali Bombing (2002)
• Cártel de Sinaloa
• CJNG
• 2026 CJNG Attacks
• Los Zetas
• 2026 Austin Shooting
• 2026 Berlin Pride Attack
• Flydubai Flight 1073
• 2026 Riadh Airport Attacks
• Trappes and La Verrière shootings
• 2026 Karak church shooting

Tier 2

• Stolckholm Attack
• Kerman Attack
• Nord-Ost Siege
• Easter Attacks
• Christchurch Shooting
• Atlanta Bombing (1996)
• Pan-Am 103 (Lockerbie Disaster)
• 2011 Norway Attacks
• PFLP
• Air France 8969
• USS Cole Attack
• Ku Klux Klan
• Anders Brevik
• Las Vegas Shooting
• Stephen Paddock
• Mumbai Attacks
• New York Attack (2017)
• FARC
• Pan-Am Flight 73
• Al Aqsa
• Atatürk Airport Attack
• Washington Snipers
• Action Directe
• San Bernardino Massacre
• Mar Elias Church Attack
• Pahalgham Attack
• Porte de Vicennes Hostage Crisis (2015)
• MS-13
• Al-Shabaab
• Nairobi Hotel Attack
• El Culiacanazo
• Kabul Airport Attack (2021)
• 2026 Maiduguri bombings
• Juba the Sniper
• 2010 Times Square Bombing Attemp
• Fatah
• 2026 Kudrinskaya Square Bombing
• Bondi Beach Shooting
• 2026 Quetta Train Bombing
• Tren de Aragua
• American Airlines Flight 63
• CPI-Maoist
• 2026 Islamabad Mosque Bombing

Tier 3

• Air India Flight 182
• Peshawar Bombing
• Westgate Shopping Attack
• Black September
• Dublin & Monaghan Bombings
• PKK
• Air Korea Flight 858
• Omagh Bombing
• Gavrilo Princip
• Istambul Nightclub Shooting
• ETA
• Sharm El Sheik Attacks
• Gumsuri Kidnappings
• AMIA Bombing
• Yazidi Communities Bombings
• Abu Nidal Organization
• Vienna Attack (2020)
• Sadr Bombing
• Avianca Flight 203
• Anni di Piombo (The Lead Years)
• Turku Attack (2017)
• Bologna Attack
• Jihadi John
• Garissa College Attack
• UVF
• Majid-Al-Haram Incident
• Manoel Marulanda
• Mogadishu Bombings (2017)
• ELN
• Tikrit Massacre
• AUC
• Charleston Church Massacre
• Camp Speicher Massacre
• Brigate Rosse
• 2026 Kabul Restaurant Bombing
• Grey Wolves
• Balochistan Liberation Army
• 2020 Attack on US Power Stations
• Ankara Bombings (2015)
• 2026 Bannu Attack
• Daegu Subway Fire – .
• 2026 Cauca Bombing
• 2026 New York City protest bombing attempt

Tier 4

• Mumbai Train Bombings
• Achile Lauro Highjacking
• Gamboru-Ngala Massacre
• Casablanca Attack
• Karrada Bombings
• Carlos The Jackal
• EgyptAir Flight 648
• RAF
• Plateau Massacre (2023)
• August 2015 Attack in Kabul
• Abu Sayyaf
• PCC
• US Embassy Attack in Saigon (1965)
• Luxor Massacre
• 2003 Istambul Bombings
• M-19
• Hipercor Bombing
• LaGuardia Airport Attack
• DAS Headquarters Bombing
• Jolo Cathedral Attack
• Aum Shinrikyo
• Magdeburg Attack
• Atomwaffen Division
• King David Hotel Bombing
• Davao City Attack
• Shamil Basayev
• Nuclei Armani Rivoluzionari
• Superferry 14
• Israeli Embassy Bombing in Argentina
• Red Command
• Mother's Day Attack
• Al-Rawdah Mosque Attack
• Lashkar-e-tayyba
• Glasgow Airport Attempted Attack
• LTTE
• Lido Beach Attack
• Fenian Bombing Campaign
• Clerkenwell explosion
• Tehran Attacks (2017)
• Matsumoto Incident
• New Orleans Attack
• Swissair Flight 330
• Kampala Bombings
• Cali Bombing (2025)
• Front de libération du Québec
• City Of Poros Ship Attack
• El Halconazo
• Attack on The Royal Dutch Family
• Haqqani Network
• Saint Petersburg Metro Bombing

Tier 5

• Metrojet 9268
• 1996 Dehiwala train bombing
• Xitaxi Massacre
• Beirut Barracks Bombings
• Yecheng Attack
• VAR-Palmares
• Yugoslavian Airlines 364
• Rome & Vienna Airport Attacks
• Quetta Bombings
• Khan Bani Saad Bombing
• Baga Massacre
• Revolutionäre Zellen
• Christmas Massacre (2008)
• Assam Bombings
• Ansar Allah
• John O'Neill
• Soweto Bombings
• August & December Attacks in Iraq (2011)
• Attack on King Louis Philippe I
• Soviet Embassy in Albania Bombing
• Damaturu Attack
• Brasilia Suicide Bombing
• Palace of Justice Siege
• RHC
• Gulf Air 771
• Domodedrovo Airport Attack
• Tupamaros
• Grand-Bassam Shooting
• PCMI
• Bogotá Attack (2019)
• Plaza de Toros Attack
• JRA
• Tartus & Jabala Attacks
• Attack on Iranian Supreme Court Judges
• Jack van Tongeren
• Los Angeles Times Bombing
• Khobar Towers Bombing
• Bishnoi Gang
• 1986 Damascus bombings
• Ghouta Chemical Attack
• 2016 Dhaka Attack
• Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia
• 2022 Buffalo Shooting
• Sonnenkrieg Division
• Aitzaz Hasan
• 1994 World Cup Massacre – .
• Palm Sunday Church bombings
• Bombing of Plaza de Mayo

Tier 6

• Riocentro Bombing
• Japanese Embassy Siege
• Cyprus Airlines 284
• Oshakati Bombing
• Nevsk Express Attack
• Tianmen Square Attack
• Vasp 375
• 1996 Cairo shooting
• Burgas Airport Attack
• Tianjin Airlines 7554
• Kumanovo Crisis
• Tarata Bombing
• Sendero Luminoso
• Volnovakha Attack
• Daallo Airlines Flight 159
• UTA Flight 772
• Grosny Bombing (2002)
• FALZW
• Chinese Consulate Attack in Karachi
• Lima Bombing
• Jaffar Express Attack
• Kasanga Massacre
• Istambul Bombings (2003)
• Acteal Massacre
• EOKA
• Rome Airport Attack and Kidnapping
• Rajneesh Moviment
• Afar Tourist Attack
• Martyrs Brigade
• Battle of La Tablada
• Lod Airport Attack
• Gimpo Airport Bombing
• Kunming Attack
• Oktoberfest Attack
• Kobanî Massacre
• Lehi
• FPMR
• El Descanso Bombing
• Piazza Fontana Bombing
• Patrick Crusius
• Symbionese Liberation Army
• 2025 Ferndale and Cedar Point Plot
• Azanian People's Liberation Army
• Political Violence in Turkey (1976–1980)
• Nuevo Laredo Massacres
• Black Sea Hostage Crisis
• Weatherman Underground
• Mustansiriyah University Bombing
• Nakhon Ratchasima Massacre
• Haitian Massacre of The Elders – .
• The Gay Gang Murders – .
• 2003 DHL Attempted Shootdown

Tier 7

• MV Dara
• El Nogal Club Bombing
• Rais Massacre
• Urumqi Attack
• Ben Yehuda Street Bombings
• APLA
• Sri Lanka Cricket Team Attack
• Morral Affair
• Train 904 Bombing
• Saint James Church Massacre
• Air Rodesia Flights 827 & 825
• British Embassy Attack (1946)
• Minsk Metro Bombing
• The Covenant, The Sword, and The Arm of The Lord
• Air India Flight 300
• Nong Bua Lamphu Massacre
• FNLC
• Andijan Massacre
• 2015 Beirut bombings
• Colombo Central Bank Bombing
• 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
• Wannacry (2017)
• Combat 18
• Pervomayskoye Hostage Crisis
• Hanau shootings
• Narodnaya Volya
• MRTA
• Denis Cuspert
• Pondujevo Attack
• Liceu Theater Bombing
• GIA
• Dutch Train Kidnapping (1977)
• 1995 Attacks in France
• Operation Gladio
• NotPetya
• Air Vietnam Flight 706
• INLA
• Khobar Massacre (2004)
• Antioquia Kidnappings
• Dawson's Field hijackings
• 1961 Luanda Attacks
• Reyhanlı Car Bombings
• 2015 Hawija Raid
• Sydney Yugoslav General Trade Bombing
• 2013 Yemeni Ministry of Defense attack
• EPB
• 1981 Muñiz ANG Base Attack
• Dean Harvey Hicks
• Millennium Attack Plots
• Semana Trágica
• Madrid Airline Office Attacks
• Jewish Defense League
• 2006 German Train Bombing attempts
• 27 July 1996 Incident
• Weliveriya Bombing
• 1990 Cairo Bus Attack
• Invasion Day Protest Bombing Attempt

Tier 8

• Machuca Massacre
• Carmaux-Bons-Enfants Bombing
• Zona Rosa Attack
• Budionovsk Hospital Hostage Crisis
• ETLO
• Malasian Airline System 653
• Bolgrad Palace Attack
• Monterrey Casino Attack
• Badarmude Attack
• Barshalogo Massacre
• Shindo Renmei
• Jean Charles de Menezes
• Air France 406
• JCAG
• Morelia Attack (2008)
• Organization Armeé Secrète
• ¡Alfaro Vive, Carajo!
• Beledweyne Bombing
• Vitry-le-François Train Bombing
• Colonial Pipeline Attack
• Lavon Affair
• NSU
• Tsuyama massacre
• Luis Posada Carilles
• PCA
• Tashkent Attack
• Irgun
• Hezbollah & Cartels Connetion
• FALNP
• Zahedan bombings
• South Korea Cyberattack (2013)
• Dharba Valley Ambush
• Operation Cyclone
• Zamboanga Attack (1994)
• St. Nedelya Cathedral Attack
• Transatlantic Plan
• Cave of The Patriarchs Massacre
• The May Attacks (2006)
• Rangoon Attack
• Kizlar Hospital Siege
• January 2015 Sanaa bombing
• Riyadh Compound Bombings
• Cyprus Airways Flight 284
• 17N
• 1996 Cairo shooting
• 1896 Corpus Christi Procession Bombing
• Iguala Mass Kidnapping
• 2010 Baghdad Church Siege
• Opération Satanique
• Colombo Central Bus Station bombing
• Ansar Dine
• Krylya Festival Bombing
• Mubi Suicide Bombings
• Assault of Ayacucho Prison
• Wieambilla shootings

Tier 9

• Nepal Attacks (1985)
• Boatmen of Tessaloniki
• Mumbai Attacks (1993)
• White Wolves
• London Nail Bombings
• William Unek
• Rote Zora
• Massacre at Oscar Romero's Funeral
• Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
• Russian Aircraft Bombings (2004)
• Al-Badr
• Mejicanos Massacre
• Ukraine Power Grid Hacks (2015/16)
• Cubana De Aviación Flight 455
• Residencias Tequendama Attack
• ELF
• Ozamiz Ferry Bombing
• Operation Labrador
• ALF
• Angola Train Attack (2001)
• New Year's Eve Bombing in Moscow (2011)
• Khuzdar School Bus Attack
• William Sampson
• The Dogs of Deng Xiaoping :(
• PAGAD
• Strasbourg Cathedral Plot
• Mounaineer Militia
• Jobar Chemical Attacks
• Zviadists
• Sharia4Belgium (& Holland)
• Kidnapping of Tourists in Kashmir (1995)
• Vic Bombing
• IM
• 2016 Hurriyah Bombing Hoax
• Chlorine Bombings in Iraq
• 2016 Yerevan hostage crisis
• Babbar Khalsa
• Narita Airport Bombing (1985)
• Wisconsin Sikh Temple Shooting
• 2009 Pishin bombing
• Iraqi Airways Flight 163
• EAAJAF
• 1974 Mitsubishi Bombing
• Darya Trepova
• Badush Prison Massacre
• 1991 Punjab killings
• Toulouse and Montauban shootings
• March 2022 Somalia attacks
• Resistência Galega
• Change Healthcare Cyberattack
• Sect of Revolutionaries
• Dapchi Schoolgirls Kidnapping
• 1974 Tamil Conference Incident
• 2024 Iranian Plots in Australia
• Owo Church Attack

Tier 10

• Estonia Cyberatacks (2007)
• Tian Mingjian Incident
• Ouvéa Cave Hostage Crisis
• Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901
• Angry Brigade
• Viv Ansanm
• Pelindaba Incident
• Anarchist Attacks in Chile (2000-10's)
• Hindawi Affair
• Kotlyakovskoya Cemetery bombing
• Togo Football Team Attack
• Cordinadora Arauco-Malleco
• Strijdom Square Massacre
• PMU
• Kankala MI-26 Crash
• 1998 World Cup Terror Plot
• Baku Metro Bombing
• Comando Sabino Navarro
• Cherkizovo Market Attack
• CARI-PGG
• Wanganui Attack
• Richard Gutjahr
• ARSA
• Para-Sar Affair
• Family Court of Australia Attacks
• The Barin Clashes
• 1990 Assault on the East Kiran Base
• Ara Civil Court bombing
• Kahane Chai
• 1996 Sitra Attack
• Kiryat Shmona Massacre
• May 2014 Assam violence
• William Morales
• 2007 TransAVIAexport Shotdown over Mogadishu
• Taiwan McDonald's Bombings
• 2010 Kampala World Cup Bombings

Tier 11

• Viv Ansanm
• Centrs Store Bombing
• Oleg Khinsagov
• TNLA
• Battle of Broken Hill
• Minatitlán Massacre
• Mountain Meadows Massacre
• Omega-7
• Shijiazhuang Bombing
• Orange Volunteers
• Sri Lankan Embassies DDoS Attacks
• West Berlin Discotheque Bombing
• Attack Against Cyclists in Tajikstan
• Superphénix Nuclear Power Plant Attack
• Fighting Vanguard
• Palo Verde Derailment
• California Medfly Attack
• Bamako Radisson Hotel Hostage Crisis
• Nogai Battalion
• José Padilla (Abdullah al-Muhajir)
• Terror Against Terror
• 2015 New Year's attack plots
• Letzte Verteidigungswelle
• Torreón Massacre
• Nouakchott Bombing Plot
• Yangquan Theatre Bombing
• 2024 Romenian Hospital Hacking
• Teves Group
• 1988 Cannes and Nice Attacks
• Aceh New Year's Eve Bombing
• 1961 AT&T Microwave Relay Towers Bombings
• Mozdok Truck Bombing

Tier 12

• Aid Organization of the Ulema
• Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
• 2011 San Fernando Massacre
• Osbat al-Ansar
• Corona de Aragón Hotel Fire
• Smiley Face Bomber
• 2011 Alexandria Bombing
• Wimpy Bar Bombings
• TAM Flight 283
• 2009 Yemen Hostage Crisis
• New York Landmarks Bomb Plot
• Rafiganj Train Wreck
• Durango Massacre
• Jihad Jane
• The Revolt
• Tyler Poison Gas Plot
• 2015 Aksu colliery attack
• Boat People SOS
• Cinema Rex Fire
• 1997 Cuban Hotel Bombings
• Qitaihe Bombing
• The Oruro Explosions
• Blessed July
• SS Patria Bombing
• Panda Café Attack
• Bražuolė Bridge Bombing
• 1997 Colombo World Trade Centre Bombing and Siege

Tier 13

• 2009 New York City Subway and United Kingdom plot
• GTA Gang
• Myyrmanni Bombing
• Tblisi-Aghdam Bus Bombing
• Silk Way Airlines
• 2011 Syrian Professor Murders
• TWA Flight 840
• Order of Assasins
• 1917 Milwaukee Bombing
• Kingdom of Israel Group
• Djiguibombo massacre
• Operation Crystal
• Shajian Village Wedding Bombing
• Kourakou and Tondobi Attacks
• Abduction and Execution of Foreign Engineers in Chechnya (1998)
• Society of the Revival of Islamic Heritage
• Mexican Chamber of Deputies bombing attempt
• Sociedade Secreta Silvestre
• Franz Fuchs
• Dolphinarium Discotheque Massacre

Tier 14

• ISIS Red Mercury Scheme
• Isani Flat Siege
• 2020 Peshawar School Bombing
• Zizians
• Mpondwe School Massacre
• Project 7
• Yahyakhel Suicide Bombing
• Sicarii
• Lopota Valley Incident
• 2014 Peshawar School Massacre
• Rabaa Massacre
• Operation Gladio B
• Mong Kok Acid Attacks
• Kharijites
• Reichsburger Movement
• Order of Nine Angles
• Ma'alot Massacre
• 2021 Kabul school bombing
• Beslan Tragedy
• Operation Cast Thy Bread

Tier 15

• Russian Apartment Bombings
• Individualistas Tendiendo a lo Savaje
• Nova Iguaçu Terrorist
• Maxim Lazovsky
• Moscow Metro Bombing (1977)
• Beirut Bombing (1985)
• 2014 ISIS Uranium Theft
• Italian Unabomber
• 764
• Bojinka Plot
• 2003 Al-Qaeda Dirty Bomb
• Argun Dirty Bomb
• Izmailovsky Park Dirty Bomb
• Operation Northwoods

Tier 16

• Saudi-Israeli Strike Detonated a Small Hamas Nuclear Bomb in Yemen

Other versions

Other charts from r/IcebergCharts grouped under this topic, ordered by score:

• The Definitive Terrorism Iceberg [in portuguese] by u/ExceptionalBadger, 13 July 2025 (15 upvotes)
• The DEFINITIVE Terrorism Iceberg. by u/ExceptionalBadger, 26 July 2025 (4 upvotes) (image no longer available)

See also

• Iceberg chart
• R/IcebergCharts
• Islamist organizations and groups iceberg
• 9/11 iceberg

Sources

• Featured Reddit chart: u/ExceptionalBadger. The DEFINITIVE Terrorism Iceberg. Reddit (r/IcebergCharts). 11 September 2025. Retrieved 29 October 2026.
• IcebergThreads version: ExceptionalBadger. The Terrorism Iceberg.. IcebergThreads. 22 January 2026. Retrieved 29 October 2026.