Most dark web activity revolves around a handful of topics (opens in new tab)

Dark web activity often becomes visible during marketplace seizures, major data leaks, or sudden spikes in criminal activity. Those events can create an impression of an ecosystem where attention shifts quickly and new trends regularly replace old ones. A six-year dataset covering more than 25,000 dark web sites tracked what people discussed in underground forums and marketplaces and how those discussions changed over time. The work drew from more than 11 million archived snapshots collected ...