As of March 23, 2021, 66 QAnon followers have committed ideologically-motivated crimes in the United States. This includes two offenders who were inspired by the PizzaGate conspiracy, a precursor to QAnon, who committed crimes in 2016, and 34 individuals who participated in the Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021. The offenders come from 30 states, including 9 from California, 4 from Arizona, and 4 from New Jersey. Using auxiliary data from the Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS) project, these infographics provide information on the characteristics of U.S. QAnon offenders and their crimes.
Publication Information
Jensen, Michael and Sheehan Kane. 2021. "QAnon Offenders in the United States," College Park, MD. March.
