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GitHub repository for websites utilized to document the popularity and influence of different conspiracy theories.

We note that since our initial collection of these websites (Summer 2021), several of these websites have moved to different domains or have shifted in content.

This dataset consists of 227 QAnon focused websites, 193 UFO/Aliens focused websites, 134 COVID-19 focused websites, 104 9/11 focused and 97 Flat-Earth focused websites.

For additional details about the collection method and analysis of these websites' connection with other misinformation-related websites as well as more reliable mainstream news websites, see our paper/analysis here:https://arxiv.org/pdf/2301.10880.pdf

If our lists of sites are useful for your own research, you can cite us with the following BibTex entry:

@article{10.1145/3610043,  author = {Hanley, Hans W. A. and Kumar, Deepak and Durumeric, Zakir},  title = {A Golden Age: Conspiracy Theories' Relationship with Misinformation Outlets, News Media, and the Wider Internet},  year = {2023},  issue_date = {October 2023},  publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},  address = {New York, NY, USA},  volume = {7},  number = {CSCW2},  url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3610043},  doi = {10.1145/3610043},  journal = {Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.},  month = {oct},  articleno = {252},  numpages = {33},  keywords = {disinformation, 9/11, COVID-19, aliens, misinformation, conspiracy theories, flat-earth, QAnon, social networks, UFO}}