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What Exactly Is a Groyper?

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28.03.2026

Culture

What Exactly Is a Groyper?

Nick Fuentes and his followers compete to see who can be most offensive.

Stephanie Slade | From the April 2026 issue

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If the avatar of the alt-right movement was Pepe the Frog, its equivalent for today's far-right youths is a corpulent cartoon toad called Groyper. That character has become so associated with the antisemitic influencer Nick Fuentes and his legions of fanboys that its name now does double duty as a label for their online community.

In broad strokes, Groypers are aggrieved Gen Z men who spend too much time on the internet. Some self-identify as incels, short for involuntary celibates—those who despair of ever receiving the sexual attentions of a woman. Many claim........

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