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Web content intended to entice users to click on a link
Clickbait (also known as link bait or linkbait) is a text or a thumbnail link that is designed to attract attention and to entice users to follow ("click")
Clickbait
American-Australian television series
Clickbait is a drama television miniseries, created by Tony Ayres and Christian White. Ayres serves as showrunner, while Brad Anderson, Emma Freeman,
Clickbait_(miniseries)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up clickbait in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Clickbait is web content intended to entice users to click on a link. Clickbait may also refer to:
Clickbait_(disambiguation)
2018 social satire horror film by Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein
Clickbait is a 2018 social satire horror film directed by Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein. The film is an exploration of the pressures on people
Clickbait_(film)
Australian actor
TV soap The Heights (2018–2019). He starred in the 2021 Netflix series Clickbait, and had a pivotal role in the 2023 Netflix series The Night Agent. Phoenix
Phoenix_Raei
Internet rage incitement technique
rage—planting seeds that cause angry responses to grow. It evolved from clickbait, a term used since c. 1999, which encompasses broader content designed
Rage-baiting
American actress (born 1983)
miniseries The Plot Against America (2020), and the Netflix miniseries Clickbait (2021). Kazan was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of screenwriters Nicholas
Zoe_Kazan
Season of American television series
role of Detective Joe Velasco at the conclusion of the episode. 577 4 "Clickbait" Norberto Barba Kevin Deiboldt October 16, 2025 (2025-10-16) 2704 3.55
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 27
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American actress (born 1981)
Unfriended: Dark Web (2018) and It Lives Inside (2023), and the miniseries Clickbait (2021). She also stars in the action film Upgrade (2018), the drama film
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2026 film by David Frankel
edition anymore and that the brand has been forced to embrace online clickbait and cheaply made short-form content to maintain profits and relationships
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American actor (born 1976)
Trash Fire (2016), and Marauders (2016), as well as the Netflix series Clickbait (2021). Grenier was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the son of Karesse Grenier
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Satirical website
ClickHole is a satirical website that parodies clickbait websites such as BuzzFeed and Upworthy. It was launched on June 12, 2014, by The Onion, in conjunction
ClickHole
American actor
actor and singer most known for his portrayal of Ben Park on Netflix's Clickbait and as Kenji Miyashiro on Amazon's The Boys. It was announced that Lim
Abraham_Lim_(actor)
Form of online advertising
webpages. This form of advertising is often associated with low quality clickbait links and articles. The term derives from the fishing practice of "chumming"
Chumbox
2025 TV series or program
and The i Paper's Gerard Gilbert criticised the title of the series as clickbait. Go Back to Where You Came From Benefits Street Conlan, Tara (2 February
Go Back to Where You Came From (British TV series)
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Cypriot YouTube channel and content farm
its unusual and potentially dangerous life hacks and its reliance on clickbait. 5-Minute Crafts' YouTube videos are compilations of videos previously
5-Minute_Crafts
American left-wing political Facebook page and website
corresponding website. Established in 2012, it publishes hyperpartisan content, clickbait, and false information. Occupy Democrats was established as a Facebook
Occupy_Democrats
English actor (born 1992)
Oxford Playhouse, Romeo and Juliet at London's Southwark Playhouse, and Clickbait at Theatre503. In 2016, D'Arcy played Tammy Frazier in Callisto: A Queer
Emma_D'Arcy
Australian actress and producer
Liano, the quirky small-town cop, in television series SeaChange and Clickbait. Lister was born in Melbourne. After she finished high school, she studied
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Montenegrin band
represent Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Clickbait", but later withdrew due to a controversy over having previously performed
Neonoen
Video-sharing platform
cracking down on clickbait". The Verge. Retrieved January 26, 2025. "New YouTube rules in India as platform bans videos with clickbait titles". India Today
YouTube
Iranian-Australian actress
roles in the 2019 sci-fi thriller The Mandela Effect; Neighbours (2020); Clickbait (2021); and as Anousha in the ABC series Mystery Road: Origin (2022).
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Life hack and D.I.Y YouTube channel
publications and YouTubers for their bizarre nature alongside their usage of "clickbait titles," and are widely parodied, especially on YouTube. As of 2023, the
Troom_Troom
British artist
developed various social media bots, including Clickbait Robot (@clickbaitrobot, which parodies clickbait, Swear Clock (@swearclock, which posts the time
Rob_Manuel
Low-quality AI-generated digital content
lacking in effort, quality, or meaning, and produced in high volume as clickbait to gain advantage in the attention economy, or earn money. It is a form
AI_slop
Techniques in which partisans create an image that favours their interests
likely to be skeptical rather than follow their own opinion and judgement. Clickbait refers to headlines of online news articles that are sensationalized or
Media_manipulation
American internet company
recommendation business that promotes paid content and is known for its clickbait headlines. Most sites that the company owns use the same infinite scroll
Static_Media
Facebook's Vice President of News Feed says the social media giant defines clickbait "as headlines that withhold significant amounts of information and mislead
Fake news websites in the United States
Fake_news_websites_in_the_United_States
American influencer and professional boxer (born 1997)
Paul told Stern, "You're arrogant. You're very arrogant", "you want clickbait", and "I've never even heard of you." The interview sparked condemnation
Jake_Paul
2019 studio album by Logic
podcast. Logic called out Charlamagne as "shameless" in the album's track "Clickbait." Confessions of a Dangerous Mind debuted at number one on the US Billboard
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (album)
Confessions_of_a_Dangerous_Mind_(album)
Financial and business news website
several awards, but has also been criticized for using factually incorrect clickbait headlines to attract viewership. In 2015, Axel Springer SE acquired 88%
Business_Insider
British tabloid newspaper
done brilliantly in this ad funded world, they've mastered the art of clickbait, they've mastered the art of hyped-up headlines. They've also mastered
Daily_Mail
Lithuanian website
site had flourished despite Facebook cracking down on attention-grabbing clickbait headlines, a change that had made controversial political news much more
Bored_Panda
Journalistic adage on questions in headlines
pseudonym "Boris Peon", which bore the title: "Is Hinchliffe's Rule True?". Clickbait – Web content intended to entice users to click on a link Headlinese –
Betteridge's_law_of_headlines
American YouTuber (born 1992)
of Doom, an event hosted by id Software. In 2017, she hosted the show Clickbait in which social media influencers competed in unusual challenges. The
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Country in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
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Soviet_Union
American comedian and actor (born 1984)
Georg (April 26, 2017). "MTV International to Debut Music-Themed Show 'Clickbait'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 28, 2023. Official website Akaash
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national final Montesong 2024 to select its entry for the contest. The song "Clickbait" performed by Neonoen won the national final, however, the band withdrew
Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025
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Musical artist
their voices muffled and mangled; images superimpose like poorly designed clickbait; the text is foreign and stuffed with symbols." The "Yabujin masterdoc"
Yabujin
American internet media company
professional content strategists. The platform has been reviewed as "Clickbait" by CNBC, as it is written by thousands of college students. The platform
Odyssey_(website)
2021 studio album by Exodus
2021, Exodus released the second single from Persona Non Grata, titled "Clickbait". On October 15, 2021, Exodus released the third single from Persona Non
Persona Non Grata (Exodus album)
Persona_Non_Grata_(Exodus_album)
Australian actor (born 1982/83)
brother turned vigilante, Simon Burton, in the Netflix limited series Clickbait (2021), opposite Zoe Kazan, Adrian Grenier and Phoenix Raei. In the film
Daniel_Henshall
Montenegrin singer (born 1985)
Contest 2025, with the song "Dobrodošli", finishing second to Neonoen with "Clickbait". However, Neonoen withdrew on 4 December 2024 due to having previously
Nina_Žižić
American mechanic, YouTuber, and television personality (born 1953)
products he uses as a mechanic. He has garnered controversy over the use of "clickbait" video titles. Kilmer, Scotty (14 November 2017) [1994]. Everyone's Guide
Scotty_Kilmer
Global media company based in Cyprus
on their channels, for being unusual and bizarre and its reliance on clickbait. TheSoul Publishing was launched by web developers Pavel Radaev and Marat
TheSoul_Group
Online media platform
Abraham Tekabo, 6ixBuzz is best known for sharing user-generated content, clickbait, and local news in a tabloid format. The company has been criticized for
6ixBuzz
American family YouTubers and influencers
they are giving away her puppy; a 2022 video whose title was maligned as clickbait that misled viewers to believe Posie had been diagnosed with cancer; and
LaBrant_family
Final season of television series The Boys
fans further alleged that the marketing posters were "misleading" and "clickbait" on social media. Speaking with Rolling Stone after the series finale's
The_Boys_season_5
American film director (born 1964)
directed the pilot episode of CBS's Zoo. Anderson directed episodes of Clickbait for Netflix. Anderson replaced Joseph Ruben as director of Bold Films
Brad_Anderson_(director)
American singer-songwriter (born 1946)
home in Antioch, Tennessee, for several years. Since the 2010s, many clickbait articles and videos claim Dean and Parton purchased their home in Brentwood
Dolly_Parton
American politician (born 1994)
2025. Holt, Jared (January 7, 2025). "How Rep. Brandon Gill Went from Clickbait to Congress". MSNBC. Archived from the original on January 7, 2025. Commander
Brandon_Gill
English YouTuber (born 1985)
Northampton Chronicle and Echo. 26 August 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2026. "Clickbait - The Midnight Beast, Daz Black, Soheila". Spotify. Retrieved 7 May 2026
Daz_Black
Posting online without necessary context
New York University, argued that vagueposting was done for purposes of clickbait or controversy by prompting other users to interact with any given post
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Personality construct
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2015 American film
The Daily Telegraph rated it 2 out of 5 stars and called it "cinematic clickbait that hides its weakest material behind spoilers, and hopes its audience
Return_to_Sender_(2015_film)
News app
of the voices of Snoop Dogg or Gwyneth Paltrow. AI also would rewrite clickbait headlines that users flagged. Artifact later expanded to a social network
Artifact_(app)
Pornography of the media franchise Pokémon
Spiel, Katta (2020). "Between pleasure and power: Game design patterns in clickbait ludoporn". DiGRA 2020: The 13th Digital Games Research Association Conference:
Pokémon_and_pornography
Video game and entertainment news website
Some internet personalities like Pokimane accuse Dexerto of producing clickbait content about them. Dexerto director Mike Kent won joint "Reporter of
Dexerto
American advertising and technology company
native advertising industry, including concerns about the promotion of clickbait articles. According to comments made to the BBC, Singolda has said "The
Taboola
American mockumentary sitcom series
Ned's plans, as she is content to fill the paper with wire articles and clickbait. Chelsea Frei as Mare Pritti, the paper's compositor; she is a former
The_Paper_(2025_TV_series)
Chinese British actress
The Vote at Donmar Warehouse, Hidden at the Royal Court Theatre, and Clickbait at Theatre503. Hewkin starred in the titular role of the 2016 stage adaptation
Alice_Hewkin
Former Fox News executive (born 1965)
partisan sites Conservative Edition News and Liberal Edition News which used clickbait content to drive traffic to fund LaCorte News. Since 2023, he has hosted
Ken_LaCorte
English actress (born 1990)
representatives refuted these reports; she later labelled the speculation as clickbait and attributed her relative public absence to continued social distancing
Emma_Watson
Immediate opinionated/controversial statement on news events
sense of an unpopular or controversial opinion outside of journalism. Clickbait Rage farming Troll (slang) Reeve, Elspeth (April 12, 2015). "A History
Hot_take
English film producer (born 1961)
Nancy (25 August 2019). "Netflix, Tony Ayres & David Heyman Team For Clickbait Thriller Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 6 August 2025. White,
David_Heyman
Finnish filmmaker and stunt performer (born 1979)
Retrieved 22 March 2016. Laasala, Jarno (28 September 2017). "My Cancer (NOT CLICKBAIT)". YouTube. Event occurs at 6:51. Retrieved 9 August 2025. "Ensimmäinen
Jarno_Laasala
American political website
PoliticusUSA is an American left-wing website that publishes hyperpartisan clickbait. Its content has been described by academic studies and journalistic reports
PoliticusUSA
Fact-checking feature on X
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Paid search engine
with a custom CSS editor, a video search tool which lets you replace clickbait thumbnails from videos with a screenshot of the actual video, a toggle
Kagi
2007 video game
Hannah Marder wrote for BuzzFeed that, though the game's title "seems like clickbait", it was "actually crazy hard" following the game's introductory levels
The_World's_Hardest_Game
American YouTuber and TikToker (born 1994)
receive snow in the coming winter. Some [who?] have criticized his use of clickbait and statements that present certainty in a prediction when traditional
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Phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance
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Championship (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match 2 (S1E2) "Clickbait" September 30, 2019 Atlanta, GA October 15, 2019 (2019-10-15) The fallout
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Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni dispute since 2024
to use Taylor Swift's name to draw public interest by creating tabloid clickbait instead of focusing on the facts of the case." On May 14, 2025, Baldoni's
It_Ends_with_Us_controversy
2018-08-08. Joshua Gillin (2017-10-04). "The more outrageous, the better: How clickbait ads make money for fake news sites". Politifact. Retrieved 2018-08-08
List of satirical news websites
List_of_satirical_news_websites
Far-right and fake news website, 2016–2021
culture Media manipulation Tactics Astroturfing Big Lie Circular reporting Clickbait Conspiracy theory List Culture war Deception Deepfake Disinformation playbook
True_Pundit
Jordanian fact-checking website
culture Media manipulation Tactics Astroturfing Big Lie Circular reporting Clickbait Conspiracy theory List Culture war Deception Deepfake Disinformation playbook
Misbar
American internet celebrity (born 1992)
his poor diet, and that he takes advantage of his low moments by using clickbait to encourage views to his videos. In December 2019, Perry was accused
Nikocado_Avocado
Process by which platform algorithms increase the reach of certain content
of clickbait headlines towards an industry-wide standard, with user interaction serving as a feedback signal. The relationship between clickbait and
Algorithmic_amplification
2023 Irish film
Great Alphonso (Ivan Kaye), the mime artist Pepe (Fionn Foley) and the clickbait writer Jenny (Amy De Bhrún). The film was written by the comedy troupe
Apocalypse_Clown
American documentary series
Anderson, John (January 14, 2025). "'An Update on Our Family' Review: Clickbait Parenting on HBO". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved January 19, 2025
An_Update_on_Our_Family
Bias confirming existing attitudes
economy Attention inequality Attention management Attention span Chumbox Clickbait Cognitive miser Low information voter Digital zombie Phubbing Doomscrolling
Confirmation_bias
English actress (born 1982)
because of the way I am misrepresented. I'm terrified of perpetuating that clickbait image of me." In 2019, Dormer was made the NSPCC ambassador for Childline
Natalie_Dormer
Coordinated dissemination of false information on a national scale
culture Media manipulation Tactics Astroturfing Big Lie Circular reporting Clickbait Conspiracy theory List Culture war Deception Deepfake Disinformation playbook
List of disinformation attacks by country
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Form of fraud
another. For example, rickrolling. AIDA (marketing) Choice architecture Clickbait Contract of sale Cross-selling Door-in-the-face technique Foot-in-the-door
Bait-and-switch
2024 European political affair
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Accusations of Russian interference in the 2024 Romanian presidential election
Accusations_of_Russian_interference_in_the_2024_Romanian_presidential_election
culture Media manipulation Tactics Astroturfing Big Lie Circular reporting Clickbait Conspiracy theory List Culture war Deception Deepfake Disinformation playbook
Soviet interference in the United States elections, 1960s-1980s
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Stalmaster. On July 1, 2020, it was announced that Reeves was producing Clickbait, a television series focusing on the 2016 United States presidential election;
Matt Reeves' unrealized projects
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Written work structured as a list
and attracting considerable media coverage in the process. Charticle Clickbait List song "listicle". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster
Listicle
Causes of cognitive abilities in animals
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2024 Turkish television series
The Chair (2021) Chicago Party Aunt (2021–2022) City of Ghosts (2021) Clickbait (2021) The Club (2021–2022) Colin in Black & White (2021) Coming Out Colton
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Topics referred to by the same term
teachers in order to post their reaction in online media Link bait, or clickbait, text or a thumbnail link to entice a "click", i.e., follow the link Pinoy
Bait_(disambiguation)
culture Media manipulation Tactics Astroturfing Big Lie Circular reporting Clickbait Conspiracy theory List Culture war Deception Deepfake Disinformation playbook
Counter_disinformation_unit
False or misleading information about abortion
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Misinformation related to abortion
Misinformation_related_to_abortion
German musician
Oomph! lyrics in question. On 27 October 2023, his first solo single Clickbait was released on Dependent Records. This was followed by the singles Resurrected
Dero_Goi
American filmmaker and writer
Monster Yes Yes Yes No Short film, co-produced with Richard Stringham 2019 Clickbait No No No Yes as Biology 433: Plant Taxonomy and Human Dissection student
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Practice of publishing poor-quality outsourced reports as local news
economy Attention inequality Attention management Attention span Chumbox Clickbait Cognitive miser Low information voter Digital zombie Phubbing Doomscrolling
Pink-slime_journalism
Bias towards individual narratives
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Narrative_bias
Compulsive consumption of negative online news
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