The Psychology of Stan Culture (Patreon)

Crying, screaming, throwing up! Mother is feeding us! If my faves break up, I'll stop believing in love!

For a while now I've wanted to look into stan culture and see what research and psych speculation is around it! So join for me this episode where we break down what a stan is, the types of stans that exist, which standoms are the craziest, and why stan culture is so ripe in 2024 - at the perfect crossroads of social media, a loneliness epidemic, and more.

2:12 Definition of Stan and doxxing 

9:01 Parasocial relationships

20:45 Who is drawn to Stan culture?

23:10 History of celebrity worship (a fun peek into the gladiators) 

28:00 How social media changed everything for celebrities

35:35 The definition of loneliness 

42:50 Who is most targeted by Stans?

47:45 Stans “must be blind and damn near delusional”

51:50 Do celebrities like their Stans?

59:10 What physically happens to Stans when they see their fave

1:00:25 Why Stan culture is rising