QAnon

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Donald Trump wearing a dark suit with a red tie speaks at a podium with a microphone, gesturing with his hand during a rally with crowds of people in the background.

A protestor wearing a black leather vest with a large QAnon emblem on the back stands among a crowd at the Stop the Steal rally in Washington, D.C.

January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: CBS News - What is the QAnon conspiracy theory?	Grace Young	Oct 25, 2026
	Add new Web site: PBS - The Open Mind - The Cult of QAnon.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 01, 2026
	Add new Web site: Pew Research Center - 5 facts about the QAnon conspiracy theories.	Emily Rodriguez	May 04, 2026
	Add new Web site: Combating Terrorism Center at West Point - The QAnon Conspiracy Theory: A Security Threat in the Making?	Grace Young	Mar 28, 2026
	Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - What is QAnon, the conspiracy theory spreading throughout the US.	Emily Rodriguez	Jan 02, 2026
	Added cross-references.	René Ostberg	Sep 22, 2025
	Add new Web site: CNN - Born on the dark fringes of the internet, QAnon is now infiltrating mainstream American life and politics.	Grace Young	Aug 29, 2025
	Add new Web site: ABC listen - Overnights - QAnon.	Emily Rodriguez	Jun 16, 2025
	Updated for Donald Trump's pardon of January 6 attackers.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jan 21, 2025
	Add new Web site: The Guardian - QAnon explained: the antisemitic conspiracy theory gaining traction around the world.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 18, 2024
	Cross-reference to Britannica article “antifa” added.	Brian Duignan	Mar 01, 2024
	Add new Web site: Mapping Militants Project - QAnon.	Emily Rodriguez	Dec 26, 2023
	Add new Web site: Anti-Defamation League - QAnon.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 29, 2023
	Links added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jan 09, 2023
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Dec 15, 2022
	Add new Web site: BBC News - QAnon: What is it and where did it come from?	Gloria Lotha	Aug 22, 2022
	New article added.	Michael Ray Brian Holoyda	May 09, 2022