8kun Zoo May 2026

The zoo maintains an external wiki (hosted on Tor) that catalogs "legendary meltdowns." These are video clips of public figures, ranging from obscure cam girls to former reality TV stars, experiencing their lowest moments. For the zoo, this is their library of Alexandria. For victims, it is a permanent digital prison of humiliation.

Perhaps the most infamous activity originating from the /zoo/ board is the "livestream raid." Users will identify a small, vulnerable streamer on platforms like Twitch, YouTube, or DLive—usually someone who is drunk, high, or emotionally unstable. The zoo will then coordinate a raid: hundreds of anonymous users flooding the chat with inside jokes, triggering phrases, and death threats. The goal is to cause the streamer to "break character"—to cry, scream, or log off. This is called "making the animal squeal." 8kun zoo

The term originated sometime around 2019, during the mass exodus from 8chan after the Cloudflare ban. When the site returned as 8kun (under the stewardship of Jim Watkins and Ron Watkins), users noticed a fragmentation of content. The "Zoo" is not a single board (like /b/ or /pol/), but rather a meta-label for several key containment zones: The zoo maintains an external wiki (hosted on