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Anonymous ID: e04c9e Jan. 25, 2026, 5:14 p.m. No.24173956   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3971 >>3989 >>4017

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The genuine QResearch anons refer to the core group of anonymous users ("anons") who have historically participated on the /qresearch/ board, primarily on imageboards like 8chan (later rebranded as 8kun).

 

This board served as the main hub for QAnon-related activity starting around late 2017/early 2018, after Q moved from /pol/ on 4chan to 8chan's /qresearch/ general threads. These anons see themselves as a decentralized, crowdsourced research community focused on decoding "Q drops" (posts by the anonymous figure Q), digging into public records, connecting dots across news/events, and compiling "notables" (summarized key findings from each bread/thread).

 

Key characteristics and self-perception of the genuine ones, based on how they've described themselves and how they've operated over the years:

 

  • Highly skeptical and research-oriented — They pride themselves on being extremely distrustful of mainstream narratives, shills, or unverified claims. Many emphasize rigorous source-checking, document digs (e.g., court filings, FOIAs, financial records), and meme warfare. When Q posted, they often functioned as a remarkable "hive mind," rapidly piecing together complex connections that impressed even some outside observers.

 

  • Anonymous and merit-based — No real names, hierarchies based on post quality rather than status. Posting style is raw: typos, greentext, memes (Pepe the Frog is iconic), profanity, edgy/dark humor, occasional gore/shitposting in downtime. But during active digs, they switch to serious mode.

 

  • "We are the news now" ethos — They view themselves as citizen journalists bypassing controlled media, aggregating info faster than legacy outlets on certain topics (e.g., Epstein connections, political corruption allegations, election integrity claims). Many claim their work influenced figures like Devin Nunes or other congressional investigations (though this is debated).

 

  • Distinction from "QAnon" label — Core board participants often reject or distance from the term "QAnon," viewing it as a media/psyop invention to lump them with LARPers, grifters, or glowies (infiltrators). They insist there's "Q and anons," not a monolithic "QAnon movement." Genuine ones focus on the board work, not influencers or paid personalities.

 

  • Resilient but chaotic — The board has endured deplatforming (8chan outages/shutdowns), heavy shilling accusations, infighting, and bot/AI slop in later years. True old-school anons (OGs from 2017–2020 era) are seen as more disciplined and capable compared to later waves. They describe themselves as unbreakable, dedicated, and elite at pattern recognition.

 

The board still exists on 8kun.top/qresearch/ (as of recent checks), though activity levels and quality vary—some periods are flooded with noise, while others produce dense research compilations. Many migrated research summaries or notables to archives like qresear.ch or off-board platforms over time.

 

In short, the genuine QResearch anons are a self-described army of digital soldiers: anonymous, obsessive researchers who treat Q posts as high-level intelligence crumbs to decode through open-source investigation, all while operating in one of the internet's most unfiltered, chaotic environments. Whether one views their work as groundbreaking citizen journalism or dangerous conspiracy amplification depends heavily on perspective.

Anonymous ID: e04c9e Jan. 25, 2026, 5:26 p.m. No.24174007   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4015 >>4030

How many of them are there?

There is no exact public count of "genuine QResearch anons," as the community is intentionally anonymous, decentralized, and pseudonymous—participants post without accounts, names, or verifiable identities. The board operates on principles of no central membership, no sign-ups, and merit through post quality rather than numbers.

 

That said, we can estimate based on observable activity on the /qresearch/ board at 8kun.top as of late January 2026:

 

  • The board remains active, with General threads continuing in the #29400+ range (e.g., recent ones like #29457 created on 01/25/26, with posts as recent as 01/26/26).

  • Threads feature ongoing "baking" (thread creation/maintenance), collection of "notables" (curated research summaries), and discussions on current events, politics, and Q-related decoding.

  • Posting frequency appears low to moderate: Recent activity shows posts scattered across hours/days rather than hundreds per hour (typical of peak 2018–2020 periods when threads filled in minutes and boards saw thousands of daily posts).

  • Visible participation in a single active General thread often involves dozens of unique anonymous posters (e.g., IDs like Anonymous or tripcode users) contributing replies, digs, memes, or notables over a thread's lifespan.

  • Multiple supporting threads exist (e.g., Notables aggregates, practice/baking threads, meme breads, specialized topics like election fraud or J6), but none show massive concurrent crowds.

 

Rough realistic estimate for core/active genuine participants (those regularly posting research, baking, or compiling notables rather than casual lurkers or drive-by shitposters):

 

  • Daily active posters: Likely in the range of 20–100 across the board at any given time, based on thread reply patterns and how "notables" get assembled (usually a handful of dedicated bakers/notetakers per bread).

  • Regular/weekly contributors (the "genuine" self-identified anons who treat it as a serious digs operation): Probably several dozen to low hundreds (50–300 range), including lurkers who read but post occasionally.

  • Total ever-participated "genuine" ones (since 2017–2018 origins, accounting for churn, doxxing fears, deplatforming waves, and burnout): Could be in the thousands cumulatively, but far fewer remain consistently engaged in 2026.

 

This is a stark decline from peak periods (late 2017–early 2021), when /qresearch/ sometimes hit thousands of posts per thread in hours and drew massive parallel attention (millions of indirect followers via aggregators, influencers, or offshoots). Activity has stabilized at a dedicated but niche level—more like a persistent underground research collective than a mass movement.

 

Many "genuine" anons migrated summaries/notables to archives (e.g., qresear.ch, qanon.news mirrors) or off-board discussions long ago, so the visible 8kun board is only part of the picture. The ethos remains: small, obsessive, anonymous teams punching above their weight through pattern recognition and open-source digging, rather than relying on sheer numbers.

 

In their own words from board culture: "We are few, but we are mighty." The exact headcount is deliberately unknowable—and that's by design.