Internet Culture

Vox's coverage of the latest memes, social media controversies, YouTube drama, and more.

Keanu Reeves, explained

By Aja Romano March 24

The rise of the TikTok scold

By Anna North March 24

Hailey Bieber, Selena Gomez, and the Easter egg-ification of the Hollywood feud

By Alex Abad-Santos March 24

What YouTube hustle gurus are really selling you

By Rebecca Jennings March 15

The Delphi murders were a local tragedy. Then they became “true crime.”

By Aja Romano March 6

Alex Murdaugh sentenced to two life terms for murdering his wife and son

By Aja Romano March 3

How the Great Recession paved the way for influencers to inherit the earth

By Rebecca Jennings March 1

Social media used to be free. Not anymore.

By Shirin Ghaffary February 21

How the Harry Potter video game became an ethical minefield

By Rebecca Jennings February 15

Lucky girl syndrome and the endless rebranding of “The Secret”

By Rebecca Jennings February 1

The horrifying revelations of the Idaho student murders

By Aja Romano January 18

“Hater” doesn’t have to be a dirty word

By Rebecca Jennings January 18

The arrest of misogynist influencer Andrew Tate, explained

By Rebecca Jennings January 4

Sleazeballs are hot again

By Rebecca Jennings January 4

The irresistible voyeurism of “day in my life” videos

By Rebecca Jennings December 21, 2022

But where will we tweet?

By Rebecca Jennings November 9, 2022

Quitting Elon

By Whizy Kim October 28, 2022

Everybody wants to be a LinkedInfluencer

By Rebecca Jennings October 26, 2022

The Try Guys have broken our brains

By Rebecca Jennings October 12, 2022

A new Supreme Court case could fundamentally change the internet

By Ian Millhiser October 6, 2022

Cheating scandals hit different right now

By Aja Romano October 4, 2022

The racist backlash to The Little Mermaid and Lord of The Rings is exhausting and extremely predictable

By Aja Romano September 17, 2022

The sex worker teaching TikTok about legal brothels

By Rebecca Jennings September 7, 2022

So your kid wants to be an influencer

By Rebecca Jennings August 31, 2022

“Scary easy. Sketchy as hell.”: How startups are pushing Adderall on TikTok

By Sara Morrison August 29, 2022

You can ignore Andrew Tate

By Rebecca Jennings August 24, 2022

Games of Thrones season 8

This Targaryen family tree explains Jon Snow’s parentage — and sets up House of the Dragon

By Aja Romano August 19, 2022

The “Dark Brandon” meme — and why it’s so confusing — explained

By Aja Romano August 11, 2022

Tacky is back!

By Rebecca Jennings July 13, 2022

The nontoxic social media app that tells you your toxic traits

By Rebecca Jennings June 29, 2022

Our submissions to the queer canon

By Aja Romano, Alissa Wilkinson, and 3 more June 27, 2022

How Catholicism became a meme

By Rebecca Jennings June 15, 2022

What the deepfake controversy about this Chinese actor says about conspiratorial thinking

By Aja Romano June 6, 2022

How the internet gets people to plagiarize each other

By Rebecca Jennings May 24, 2022

Why the Depp-Heard trial is so much worse than you realize

By Aja Romano May 20, 2022

Twitter trolling with Chapo Trap House’s Felix Biederman

By Rebecca Jennings May 17, 2022

Are we ever authentically ourselves on the internet?

By Terry Nguyen May 17, 2022

What is a trend anymore?

By Terry Nguyen May 11, 2022

The YouTubers are not okay

By Rebecca Jennings May 10, 2022

Just admit that you loooove Twitter

By Rebecca Jennings May 3, 2022