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This is a list of political parties in the United States, listed by the amount of members each party has. This list does not include independents.

Major parties

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PartyIdeologyYear
founded
Membership
[1]
Presidential vote[2]Senators
[3]
Representatives[4]Governors
[5]
State
legislators
[5]
Legislatures
[5]
Trifectas
[5]
ElectoralPopularVotingNonvoting
Democratic PartyModern liberalism182847,194,492
306 / 538
81,284,778
(51.27%)
48 / 100
[A]
221 / 435
4 / 6
26 / 55
3,266 / 7,383
17 / 49
14 / 49
Republican PartyConservatism185435,723,389
232 / 538
74,224,501
(46.82%)
50 / 100
212 / 435
2 / 6
28 / 55
3,980 / 7,383
30 / 49
23 / 49

Third parties

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Represented in government

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The following party has at least one representative in the federal government or at least one state government.

PartyBallot access (2022)IdeologyYear
founded
Membership[1]Presidential
vote (2020)
[2]
State
legislators
[5]
Libertarian PartySee also the list of affiliates
AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, HI, ID, IN, KS, LA, MD, MI, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NC, OH, OK, OR, SC, SD, TX, UT, VT, WV, WY + D.C.[6][7]
Libertarianism[8]1971[9]727,776[1]1,865,917 (1.18%)
1 / 7,383[10]

Not represented in government

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Third Parties (single-state)

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Represented in the legislature of the unincorporated territory of Puerto Rico

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The following third parties are represented in the Puerto Rican Legislature.

PartyIdeologyYear
founded
PresidentGubernatorial vote[16]Senators[17]Representatives[17]Mayors[18]
New Progressive Party
Partido Nuevo Progresista
Puerto Rico statehood1967[19]Thomas Rivera Schatz[20]427,016 (33.24%)
10 / 27
21 / 51
37 / 78
Popular Democratic Party
Partido Popular Democrático
Pro-Commonwealth
Liberalism
Social liberalism
1938[21]Aníbal José Torres[22]407,817 (31.75%)
12 / 27
26 / 51
41 / 78
Citizens' Victory Movement
Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana
Anti-imperialism
Anti-neoliberalism
Progressivism
2019Ana Irma Rivera Lassén179,265 (13.95%)
2 / 27
2 / 51
0 / 78
Puerto Rican Independence Party
Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño
Puerto Rico independence
Social democracy
1946[19]Rubén Berríos175,402 (13.58%)
1 / 27
1 / 51
0 / 78
Project Dignity
Proyecto Dignidad
Christian democracy
Anti-corruption
2019César Váquez Muñiz87,379 (6.80%)
1 / 27
1 / 51
0 / 78

Parties with ballot access for Congress, state legislatures, or territorial legislatures

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The following third parties have ballot access in at least one state and are not represented in a national office, state legislature, or territorial legislature.[23]

Multi-state or territory
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PartyBallot access[23] [24]IdeologyYear
founded
Membership (2021)[25]Presidential vote (2020)[2]
Green PartyCA, CO, CT, DE, FL, HI, LA, ME, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, OR, PA, SC, TX, WV + DCEnvironmentalism
Eco-socialism[26][27]
2001[28]246,377404,090 (0.255%)
Constitution PartyCO, FL, HI, ID, MI, MO, NV, OR, SC, UT, WI, WYPaleoconservatism[29]1992[30]118,08860,066 (0.038%)
Working Families PartyCT, NM, NY, OR, SCSocial democracy[31]1998[32]50,532386,010 (0.243%)[B]
Alliance PartyCT, MN, SCCentrism[33]2019[34]Unknown88,238 (0.056%)
Reform PartyFL, MSRadical centrism[35]19956,6655,966 (0.004%)[B]
Working Class PartyMD, MI2016Unknown
Party for Socialism and LiberationFloridaMarxism–Leninism[36]2004[30]606 (FL)85,488 (0.054%)
American Independent PartyCaliforniaPaleoconservatism[37]1967600,220 (CA)60,160 (0.038%)[B]
Peace and Freedom PartyCaliforniaSocialism[38]196794,01651,037 (0.032%)[B]
Legal Marijuana Now PartyMN, NEMarijuana legalization[39]1998Unknown10,033 (0.006%)[B]
Unity PartyCO, FLCentrism[40]20041,657 (CO)6,647 (0.004%)
Natural Law PartyMichiganTranscendental Meditation[41]19926,657 (NJ)2,986 (0.002%)[B]
Approval Voting PartyColoradoElectoral reform[42]20161,149 (CO)409 (0.0003%)
Justice PartyMississippiProgressivism[43]2011Unknown
People's Party (2017)Florida2017Unknown
Single state or territory
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PartyBallot access[23]IdeologyYear
founded
Membership (2021)[25]Presidential vote (2020)[2]
Conservative Party of New York StateNew YorkConservatism[44]1962147,606295,657 (0.186%)[B]
Libertarian Party of New Mexico[7]New Mexico[7]Libertarianism[8]1972[45]12,79812,585 (0.008%)
Oregon Progressive PartyOregonProgressivism[46]20072,2925,404 (0.003%)
Green Mountain Peace and Justice PartyVermontDemocratic socialism[47]1970Unknown166 (0.0001%)[B]
Alaskan Independence PartyAlaskaAlaskan nationalism[48]1978[49]17,213
Independent Party of DelawareDelaware20009,844[50]
United Utah PartyUtahCentrism[51]20171,690
Ecology Party of FloridaFlorida2008[52]125[52]
Independent Party of FloridaFlorida1993Unknown
Aloha ʻĀina PartyHawaiiHawaiian sovereignty[53]2015Unknown
Grassroots—Legalize Cannabis PartyMinnesotaMarijuana legalization[54]2014Unknown
Labor PartySouth CarolinaSocial democracy1996Unknown
United Citizens PartySouth Carolina1969Unknown
Independent Citizens MovementU.S. Virgin Islands1968Unknown
Sovereign Union Movement
Movimiento Unión Soberanista
Puerto Rico2010Unknown

Active parties without ballot access

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The following parties have been active in the past 4 years, but as of December 2021 did not have official ballot access in any state.[23]

Multi-state or territory
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PartyIdeologyYear
founded
Membership[25]Presidential vote (2020)[2]Year lost accessSeeking access
American Solidarity PartyChristian democracy[55]2011[55]Unknown38,614 (0.024%)
Forward PartyHuman-centered capitalism
Radical centrism
Populism
2022UnknownN/AIn Minnesota
Socialist Workers PartyCommunism
Castroism
1938298 (DE/KY)6,791 (0.004%)
Prohibition PartyTemperance
Christian democracy
Social conservatism
186936[56]4,856 (0.003%)
Socialist Equality PartyTrotskyism

Communism

Revolutionary socialism

1966Unknown351 (0.0002%)
Socialist Party USASocialism
Anti-capitalism
Eco-socialism
Socialist feminism
1973[30]8,215 (ME/MA/NJ)[C]
Communist Party USACommunism
Marxism-Leninism
Bill of Rights socialism
1919
Socialist AlternativeMarxism

Revolutionary socialism
Trotskyism

1986Unknown[C]
United States Pirate PartyPirate politics

Civil libertarianism

Direct democracy

20063,000
Workers World PartyCommunism

Marxism-Leninism

Anti-Imperialism

1959Unknown
Freedom Socialist PartyTrotskyism

Revolutionary socialism
Socialist feminism

1966Unknown
American Freedom PartyAmerican nationalism

Paleoconservatism
Right-wing populism
White nationalism

Anti-immigration

2009[57]Unknown
Socialist ActionTrotskyism[58]1983Unknown
Transhumanist PartyLibertarian transhumanism
Extropianism
Technogaianism
2014Unknown
Single state or territory
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PartyStateIdeologyYear
founded
Membership[25]Presidential vote (2020)[2]Year lost accessSeeking access
Libertarian Association of Massachusetts[7]MassachusettsLibertarianism[8]197219,09747,013 (0.030%)2020[59]Regained in 2022, recognition pending[60]
Green Party of AlaskaAlaskaGreen politics[61]1990Unknown3,284 (0.002%)As of May 2022[62]
California National PartyCaliforniaCalifornian nationalism[63]2015413
Independence Party of New YorkNew YorkCentrism[64]1991483,87022,656 (0.0143%)[65][66]
Liberal Party of New YorkNew YorkLiberalism[67]1944Unknown
Moderate Party of Rhode IslandRhode IslandCentrism[68]2007Unknown
Green Party of Rhode IslandRhode IslandGreen politics[69]1992Unknown
Independent Greens of VirginiaVirginia2005Unknown
Washington Progressive PartyWashingtonProgressivism[70]2002Unknown
Progressive DaneWisconsinProgressivism[71]1992Unknown
Keystone Party of PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaSyncretic politics[72]2022UnknownNever hadBased on voter registration
A Connecticut PartyConnecticutCenter-Right[73]2021UnknownNever had

Historical parties

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Held national office or elected to Congress

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PartyYears in national officeOther namesIdeologyMergers/SplitsCreatedDisbanded
Federalist Party1789–1825Classical conservatism[74]17891824
Anti-Administration party1789–1792Anti-Federalism[75]Merged into: Democratic-Republican Party in 179217891792
Democratic-Republican Party1792–1825Republican Party, Democratic PartyJeffersonianism[76]Split into: Democratic Party and National Republican Party17921825
National Republican Party1825–1837Anti-Jacksonian PartyClassical conservatism[77]Merged into: Whig Party18251837
Anti-Masonic Party1829–1839Anti-Masonry[78]Merged into: Whig Party18281838
Nullifier Party1831–1839Nullification[79]18281839
Whig Party1837–1857Traditionalist conservatism[80]18331854
Law and Order Party of Rhode Island1843–1845CharteritesAnti-Dorr Rebellion[81]Merged into: Whig Party18401848
Liberty Party1845–1849Abolitionism[82]Merged into: Free Soil Party and Republican Party18401848
American Party (1844)1845–1860Know NothingsNativism[83]Merged into: Constitutional Union Party (South) and Republican Party (North)18441860
Free Soil Party1849–1857Abolitionism[84]Merged into: Republican Party18481855
Unionist Party1851–1853American unionism[85]Merged into: National Union Party18521861
Opposition Party (Northern)1855–1857Abolitionism[86]Merged into: Republican Party18541858
Opposition Party (Southern)1859–1860Pro-slavery[87]Merged into: Constitutional Union Party18581860
Constitutional Union Party1860Unionist PartySouthern unionism[88]Merged into: Unconditional Union Party18601860
Unconditional Union Party1860–1866Unionist PartyAmerican unionism[89]Merged into:National Union Party18611866
Liberal Republican Party1871–1875Classical liberalism[90]Merged into: Republican Party and Democratic Party18711875
Anti-Monopoly Party1873–1881Progressivism[91]Merged into: People's Party (1892)18741886
Greenback Party1879–1889Currency reform[92]Merged into: People's Party (1892)18741884
Readjuster Party1881–1889Left-wing populism[93]18701885
Labor Party1887–1891
People's Party (1892)1892–1903Populist PartyPopulism[94]Merged into: Democratic Party18921908
Silver Party1893–1902Bimetalism[95]Merged into: Democratic Party18921902
Silver Republican Party1897–1900Bimetalism[96]Merged into: Republican Party18961900
Socialist Party of America1911–1913
1915-1919
1921-1929
Democratic socialism[97]Splinter parties: Nonpartisan League (1915)
National Party (1917)
Communist Party USA (1919)
Proletarian Party of America (1920)
American Labor Party (1936)
Social Democratic Federation (1936)
Final Split: (1972-1973) Socialist Party USA, Social Democrats, USA, and Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee
19011972
Progressive Party (1912)1913–1919Bull Moose PartyProgressivism[98]Merged into: Republican Party19121920
Farmer–Labor Party1919–1921
1923-1945
Social democracy[99]19201936
Wisconsin Progressive Party1935–194619341946
American Labor Party (1936)1939–1951Social democracy[100]19361956

Multi-State political parties

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PartyOther namesIdeologyMergers/SplitsCreatedDisbanded
American Republican Party (1843)Nativism[101]Merged into: American Party (1844)18431854
Democratic-Republican Party (1844)Texas annexation[102]Merged into: Democratic Party18441844
Southern Rights Party1850s?1850s?
National Union PartyUnionist PartyAmerican unionism[103]Merged into: Republican Party18641868
Radical Democracy PartyAbolitionism[104]Merged into: Republican Party18641864
Socialist Labor Party of AmericaWorkingmen's Party of the United StatesDe Leonism[105]18762011
National Democratic PartyGold DemocratsGold standard[106]Merged into: Democratic Party18961900
Social Democracy of AmericaUtopian socialism[107]Merged into: Social Democratic Party18971900
United Christian Party18971928
Social Democratic PartyDemocratic socialism[108]Merged into: Socialist Party of America18981901
Independence PartyIndependence LeagueProgressivism[109]19061914
Single Tax PartyLand Value Tax Party, Commonwealth Land PartyGeorgism[110]19101920s
National Woman's Party19131930
Nonpartisan LeagueAgrarianism[111]Splits from: Socialist Party of America
Merged into: North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party
19151956
National PartySplits from: Socialist Party of America19171910s
Labor Party of the United StatesSocial democracy[112]Merged into: Farmer–Labor Party19191920
Proletarian Party of AmericaCommunism[113]Splits from: Socialist Party of America19201971
Workers Party of AmericaCommunist Party USAMarxism–Leninism19211929
American Party (1924)Nativism[114]19241924
Progressive Party (1924)Progressivism[115]Merged into:Wisconsin Progressive Party19241924
Communist League of AmericaTrotskyism[116]Split from: Communist Party USA19281934
American Labor Party (1932)De Leonism[117]Split from: Industrial Union Party19321935
Industrial Union PartySplit from: Socialist Labor Party of America19321950
American Workers PartyTrotskyism[118]Merged into: Workers Party of the United States19331934
Workers Party of the United StatesTrotskyism[119]Merged into: Socialist Party of America19341938
Union PartyDistributism[120]19361936
America First Party (1943)Isolationism[121]19441947
American Vegetarian Party19471967
States' Rights Democratic PartyDixiecratsSegregationism[122]Split from: Democratic Party19481948
Progressive Party (1948)Progressivism[123]Split from: Democratic Party19481955
Constitution Party (1952)Christian Nationalist PartyPaleoconservatism[124]19521970s
National States' Rights PartyNeo-fascism19581987
American Party (1969)Paleoconservatism[125]19692008
Raza Unida PartyChicanismo[126]19702012
People's Party (1971)Democratic socialism[127]19711976
U.S. Labor PartyLaRouchism[128]19751979
Citizens PartyProgressivism[129]19791984
New Alliance PartyLeft-wing populism[130]19791992
Populist Party (1984)White nationalism[131]19841994
Grassroots PartyMarijuana legalization19862012
Greens/Green Party USAGreen Committees of CorrespondenceEcopolitics[132]19912019
Labor PartySocial democracy[133]19962007
Southern PartySouthern nationalism[134]19992003
Boston Tea PartyLibertarianism[135]20062012
Independence Party of AmericaCentrism[136]20072013
Modern Whig PartyConservative liberalism[137]Merged into: Alliance Party[138]2008[138]2019[138]
U.S. Marijuana Party20022016?
Rent Is Too Damn High Party20052015
Serve America MovementBig tent[139]Merged into: Forward Party[140]20172022

Single state political parties

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PartyStateOther namesIdeologyMergers/SplitsCreatedDisbanded
Toleration PartyConnecticutAmerican PartySecularism[141]Merged into: Democratic Party18161828
Working Men's PartyNew YorkOwenism[142]Merged into: Locofoco faction of the Democratic Party18291831
Anti-Mormon PartyIllinois18411844
Independent Anti-Mormon Party of Oneida CountyIdaho1870s1880s
People's PartyUtahMormonism[143]18701891
Liberal PartyUtahAnti-clericalism[144]18701893
Independent Reform PartyIllinois18741874
Independent PartyFlorida18841884
Home Rule Party of HawaiiHawaiiHawaiian nationalism[145]Merged into: Republican Party19001912
American Party (1904)Utah19041911
American Party (1914)New YorkSplit from: Democratic Party19141916
Minnesota Farmer–Labor PartyMinnesotaPopulism[146]Merged into: Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party19181944
Progressive Democratic PartySouth CarolinaProgressivism[147]Split from: Democratic Party19441948
Women's Equality PartyNew YorkFeminism[148]20142018
Mississippi Freedom Democratic PartyMississippiDesegregation[149]Merged into: Democratic Party19641964
Labor–Farm Party of WisconsinWisconsinLeft-wing populism[150]19821987
Illinois Solidarity PartyIllinoisAnti-LaRouchism[151]Split from: Democratic Party19862007
Republican Moderate Party of AlaskaAlaskaCentrism[152]19862011
A Connecticut PartyConnecticutLiberalism[153]Split from: Republican Party19901998
New Jersey Conservative PartyNew JerseyConservatism[154]19922009
Independent Grassroots PartyMinnesotaMarijuana legalizationSplit from: Grassroots Party19961998
Marijuana Reform PartyNew YorkMarijuana legalization[155]19982002
Independence Party of FloridaFlorida19992017
Personal Choice PartyUtahLibertarianism[156]20042006
American Party of FloridaFlorida20062011
Florida Whig PartyFloridaFiscal Conservatism[157]20062012
Connecticut for LiebermanConnecticutCentrism[158]Split from: Democratic Party20062013
Taxpayers Party of New YorkNew YorkConservatism[159]20102011
Freedom Party of New YorkNew YorkProgressivism[160]20102011
United Independent PartyMassachusettsLiberalism[161]20142017
Bread and Roses PartyMaryland20182021
Libertarian Party of VirginiaVirginiaLibertarianism[8]19742022[7]
Tea Party of NevadaNevadaTea Party movementSplit from: Republican Party20102010

Political parties in the unincorporated territories

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PartyTerritoryOther namesIdeologyMergers/SplitsCreatedDisbanded
Puerto Rican Nationalist PartyPuerto RicoPuerto Rican nationalism[162]19221965
Puerto Rican Socialist PartyPuerto RicoPuerto Rican nationalism[163]19591993
Covenant PartyNorthern Mariana IslandsPopulismMerged into: Republican Party20012013[164]
Working People's PartyPuerto RicoPartido del Pueblo Trabajador20102016
Popular PartyGuamCommercial PartyMerged into: Democratic Party19491964

Non-electoral organizations

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Active

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These organizations generally do not nominate candidates for election, but some of them have in the past; they otherwise function similarly to political parties.

Political partyYear foundedFormer namesIdeologyMergers/SplitsInternational affiliations
African People's Socialist Party1972Merger of: Junta of Militant Organizations
Black Rights Fighters
Black Study Group
Uhuru Movement
American Party of Labor2008International Conference of Marxist–Leninist Parties and Organizations (Unity & Struggle)
Black Riders Liberation Party1996[165]
Charter Committee1924
Christian Liberty Party2000
Citizens Party of the United States2004
Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism1991
Communist Party USA (Provisional)unknownCommunism
Democratic Socialists of America1982Democratic socialismMerger of: Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee + New American MovementFormerly Socialist International, not a member as of August 2017.
Freedom Road Socialist Organization1985International Communist Seminar
National Socialist Movement1974World Union of National Socialists
New Afrikan Black Panther Party2005
New Black Panther Party1989
National Justice Party2020White nationalism
News and Letters Committees[citation needed]1955
New York State Right to Life1970
Progressive Labor Party1961Progressive Labor Movement
Revolutionary Black Panther Party1992
Revolutionary Communist Party, USA1975Revolutionary Union
Social Democrats, USA1972
Solidarity1986
Spartacist League[citation needed]1966International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist)
World Socialist Party of the United States1916Socialist Party of the United States
Socialist Educational Society
Workers' Socialist Party
SocialismSplit from: Socialist Party of AmericaWorld Socialist Movement

Historical

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These historical organizations did not officially nominate candidates for election, but may have endorsed or supported campaigns; they otherwise functioned similarly to political parties.

PartyOther namesIdeologyMergers/SplitsCreatedDisbanded
National Renaissance PartyNeo-Nazism19491981
American Nazi PartyWorld Union of Free Enterprise National Socialists, National Socialist White People's Party, New Order (Successor Organization)Neo-NazismSplit into: National Socialist Party of America, National Alliance, National Socialist Movement, and New Order.19591983
Patriot PartySocialism[166]Split from: Young Patriots Organization19601980
Black Panther PartyBlack nationalism[167]19661982
Youth International PartyYippiesAnarcho-socialism[168]19671967
Marxist–Leninist Party, USAMarxism–Leninism[169]19671993
Red Guard PartyMaoism19691973
Communist Workers PartyMaoism[170]19691985
National Socialist Party of AmericaNeo-NazismSplit from: American Nazi Party19701981
National AllianceNeo-NazismSplit from: American Nazi Party19742013
New Union PartyDe Leonism[171]19742005
International Socialist OrganizationTrotskyism[172]19772019
White Patriot PartyCarolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
Confederate Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
White supremacy19801987
New PartyProgressivism[173]19921998
Traditionalist Worker PartyNeo-Nazism[174]20132018

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Notes

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Notes
  1. ^ Additionally, the two independent Senators both caucus with the Democratic Party.[3]
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Votes counted in a fusion ticket.
  3. ^ a b Nominated a candidate associated with a different party.
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  • Nash, Howard P. Jr.; Schnapper, M. B. (1959). Third Parties in American Politics.
  • Ness, Immanuel; Ciment, James (2000). The Encyclopedia of Third Parties in America. Armonk, NY: Sharpe Reference. ISBN 0-7656-8020-3.
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The Backrooms is an urban legend and creepypasta describing an endless maze of randomly generated office rooms and other environments. It is characterized by the smell of moist carpet, walls with a monochromatic tone of yellow, and buzzing fluorescent lights. Internet users have expanded upon this concept by creating different "levels" of the Backrooms and "entities" which inhabit them.

The original version came from a two-paragraph 4chan comment on a post asking for "unsettling images", where an anonymous user invented a story based on one of the photos. The Backrooms drew comparisons to various other horror trends and media, including the photography of liminal spaces, the SCP Foundation collaborative fiction project, and the six-hour-long album series Everywhere at the End of Time.

Since its original creation, The Backrooms has been expanded into various other forms of media and Internet culture, including video games, collaborative fiction wikis, and YouTube videos.

Origin and description

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The Backrooms originated from a thread posted on the /x/ board of 4chan on 12 May 2019, where an anonymous user asked for others to "post disquieting images that just feel 'off'." There, the first photo depicting the Backrooms was uploaded, presenting a slightly tilted image of a yellow-colored hallway. Another anonymous user commented on the photo with the first story about the Backrooms, claiming that one enters the Backrooms when they "noclip out of reality in the wrong areas", which is a video game-related term originating from Doom for when a player passes through a physical boundary that would otherwise block their way.[1][2]

After the 4chan post gained fame, several Internet users wrote horror stories relating to The Backrooms. Many memes were created and shared across social media, further popularizing the creepypasta.[2] Some have stated they had seen that image somewhere before; in the opinion of Manning Patston from Happy Mag, these comments were "existential, hollow, and terrified".[2] Patston commented on the use of the term "noclip", interpreting it as "glitches in which the walls of reality are torn down", such as the existence of doppelgängers.[2] Comparing the location to the level design of the Resident Evil franchise, Kaitlyn Kubrick of Somag News called the Backrooms "the terrifying creepypasta of cursed dreams".[3]

The location of the original Backrooms photo is unknown. Although a number of locations have been proposed, it is possible that the image is a procedurally generated digital composition.[4] The creepypasta has also been associated with the concept of kenopsia, first coined in The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: "the eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that's usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet".[4][5]

Levels

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The Backrooms' original concept has been expanded by Internet users, who have created different "levels" of the location. There are thousands of levels found within fan made Wikis of the Backrooms, featuring different photos and "safety classes" in a format influenced by the SCP wiki. One canon is that there are three distinct levels.[2] The levels specified in this canon include:

  • Level 0: This is the level depicted in the original Backrooms photo, featuring all of the creepypasta's most well-known characteristics – moldy carpet, yellow walls, and buzzing fluorescent lights. One of the entities created by users for this level are "hounds", described as disfigured and manic humanoid beings. Another feature of this level is a "noclip zone", which can bring wanderers back to Earth's dimension, return them to the starting point of Level 0, or to another level with different hostile organisms.[2]
  • Level 1: A level reached when one chooses not to enter a noclip zone and instead wanders around Level 0 for days.[2] It is darker than Level 0 and features a more industrial architecture, with mechanical-like sounds being heard through the place. The level appears to be a dark, dingy warehouse with low-lying fog and puddles of water which randomly appear. In contrast to Level 0, the fluorescent lights begin to flicker more frequently, occasionally shutting down completely – "This is when the beings come out".[2]
  • Level 2: The third level of the Backrooms, according to the three-level interpretation.[2] It is one of the darkest levels, containing more industrial-like architecture. This level appears as long service tunnels with pipes lining the walls. It is described as being reached when one simply wanders around Level 1 for a long enough period of time, and featuring a much higher temperature than other levels. "Survivors" of the Backrooms claim that the only way to escape the level is to remain calm, stating that "Only when the backrooms have become your home can you depart."[2]

Reception

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The Backrooms' popularity was inspired by the Internet trend of liminal spaces: "images of eerie and uninhabited spaces",[6] such as this empty high school hallway.

The Backrooms soon became popular from writers and Internet users, most of which commented on its uncannyness. The creepypasta has also been cited as the origin and most-well known example of the liminal spaces Internet trend, which are photos that evoke "a sense of nostalgia, lostness, and uncertainty";[7] the '#liminalspaces' tag has amassed nearly 100 million views on the social media platform TikTok.[6] When a woman named Claire Scheulin found an abandoned mall below her Airbnb, Internet commentators compared her photos of the place to the original Backrooms image.[8][9]

The horror aspects of The Backrooms drew comparisons to the conspiracy theories of UFOs in Area 51, filmmaker Stanley Kubrick's work The Shining, the Minecraft urban legend of Herobrine, and the 2019 film Us.[2] Its ambiguous rooms have also been noted as featuring similarities to horror stories of the SCP Foundation, especially SCP-3008 (a branch of IKEA that contains an infinite interior space within a pocket dimension), and to the vague buildings of Control (2019).[10] Dazed called the Backrooms an example of "internet folklore".[6]

Impact and popularity

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Film

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In January 2022, a short horror film titled The Backrooms (Found Footage) was uploaded to the YouTube channel of then 16-year-old director Kane Parsons (Kane Pixels on YouTube). It is presented as a 1996 recording of a young cameraman who accidentally enters the location, running from entities and entering other levels.[11] The film employs both live-action footage and 3D Blender renderings, as well as other techniques to create effects such as camera shake and a VHS filter.[12] Categorized by some as "analog horror",[13] the short received acclaim: WPST contributor Erica Russell called it "the scariest video on the Internet",[14] while Dread Central's Mary Beth McAndrews compared it to the 2019 video game Control and "watched it 10 times".[15][16]

Some were surprised by what Parsons did with what he had: Jai Alexis of website PopHorror was surprised by the director's age,[17] while The Awesomer noted that Backrooms "shows how to create tension without a budget".[18] Boing Boing's Rob Beschizza hypothesized that the creepypasta will eventually "end up in a slick but dismal 2-hour Hollywood movie", likening this prediction to the Slender Man creepypasta and its 2018 film adaptation.[19] When describing a meme of the Backrooms, GameRant's Tanner Fox called the short "a paralyzing watch which packs quite a bit of terror into its short runtime."[20]

Parsons has since uploaded twelve other videos relating to the Backrooms in non-chronological order as of 23 June 2024: The Third Test, First Contact, Missing Persons, Informational Video, Autopsy Report, Motion Detected, Prototype, Pitfalls, Report, Presentation, Found Footage #2, and I Remember.[10][21] They revolve around the fictional Async Foundation finding and exploring the Backrooms in order to solve "all current and future storage and residential needs",[22] with Informational Video referring to the location as Project KV31.[23] There are also five unlisted Backrooms videos uploaded by Kane, one of which references the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.[24][25] The plot of this series is not influenced by other works such as the Wikis.

The Backrooms was an influence for AppleTV+'s Severance.[26]

Video games

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On 12 February 2022, a Reddit user showcased a Minecraft map based on the Backrooms' concept. As of 23 June 2024, the mod is still under development, with Screen Rant's Thomas McNulty claiming that "entities" will also be present on the map.[27]

The Backrooms has also been the basis for a horror game of the same name, released in 2019 by indie game studio Pie on a Plate Productions.[28][29] It was praised for its form of horror, with Bloody Disgusting writer Michael L Sandal comparing it to the works of writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman.[30] Author Sigma Klim of Guru Gamer felt the game is something unique amidst what he called the "cliché and overused motifs" of most horror content, comparing it to 2004's Yume Nikki,[31] while PCMag listed it as a "honorable mention" among a ranking of the "best free Steam games" due to its "unnerving" and "maddening" atmosphere "despite being an incredibly short title."[32]

Other released games based on the Backrooms include The Backrooms Simulator and Enter the Backrooms, released in 2019 and 2021 respectively.[33][34]

See also

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References

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