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.
basically if u dont know how iceberg tier memes work, the more well known / common knowledge stuff is at the top, and the deeper the image goes, the less known / more obscure stuff is.smile-files on Tumblr [1]
The idea behind this meme is listing things about a certain community or category from most commonly known to most obscure.steche on Tumblr [2]
Videos explaining fandom icebergs have also become popular -- particularly popular on Youtube???[3] in late 2020 and early 2021 -- 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.
Examples
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.
LOONA iceberg
- I finally completed it, the disturbing fanfics iceberg has finally been complete, Archived version by u/kokichikitty, 2021
- Someone made an iceberg chart of EEnE. The idea behind this meme is listing things about a certain community or category from most commonly known to most obscure., Archived version , submitted by steche, 2020 -- creator unknown -- EEne stands for Ed, Edd n Eddy
- https://www.tumblr.com/quantum-mechan1c/755548201873965056 example from 2024 -- fandom is Worm
Videos
- The Super Mario 64 Iceberg: explained (Jun 2020) by Mish Koz - A Mario 64 video that's credited with popularizing the Iceberg video on Youtube
- The Ultimate Undertale & Deltarune Iceberg Explained - It Goes DEEPER! (Sep 2021) by silentchatterbox52 - Undertale & Deltarune
- The DreamSMP Iceberg Explained (Feb 2021) by Screwave - Dream SMP
- Disturbing Website Iceberg Explained (GRAPHIC CONTENT) by YourEverydayTheorist, September 2021
Communities
Links
References
- ^ aight so I know iceberg tier memes have died down lately but! im very passionate abt bfb and have wanted to make my own bfb iceberg for a while so here’s my version!, Archived version, by its-time-for-cake-at-stake, 2020.
- ^ Post by steche and book-o-scams on Tumblr, Archived version , submitted by steche, 2020
- ^ What's the deal with all the iceberg videos?, Archived version post on r/OutOfTheLoop, posted 14 January 2021.