Iceberg Tiers

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Iceberg Tiers, also called Iceberg Charts, are used both in and out of fandom to explain the lore, events, items, memes, explanations, theories, and other content of a niche topic. As you go down the iceberg, the points raised become more and more obscure, starting off with popular or well known facts or theories, such as the existence of Daleks, Darth Vader being Luke's father, or Superman's real name being Clark Kent, and ending with facts only discovered by fans at the furthest depths of the metaphorical ocean of knowledge for that fandom.

Videos explaining fandom icebergs have also become popular, and usually involve fans going through an iceberg point by point, adding in their own thoughts about placement and occasionally showing confusion themselves if the point is unknown or obscure even to them.

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Doctor Who Iceberg - A little difficult to read but also one of the more well known Icebergs in the fandom.
Definitive Hello Neighbor Iceberg - one of many Iceberg Charts made on IcebergCharts.com.
Heres my total drama fandom iceberg lol (Mar 2021) by unironicduncanstan, for the Total Drama fandom.