‘Inside the Manosphere’ Is Meant to Be Shocking. My Son Thought It Was Boring. - The Boston Globe

The Manosphere Is Too Online for Louis Theroux

Louis Theroux’s job used to be a lot easier. The British-American documentarian made a career with offbeat TV series, specials, and features that embedded him deep inside various subcultures. On the BBC’s Weird Weekends, which ran from 1998 to 2000, he met porn stars, Las Vegas hypnotists and pickup artists, backwoods survivalists, UFOlogists, and born-again Christian televangelists, who had never heard of him. Affecting a kind of wide-eyed curi…

‘Inside the Manosphere’ is meant to be shocking. My son thought it was boring. - The Boston Globe

Louis Theroux’s documentary doesn’t grasp why millions of young men find meaning in online masculinity.

Louis Theroux's Inside The Manosphere Should Be Mandatory Viewing For Young Men And Their Parents

Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere explores the growing culture behind influencers promoting masculinity and talks about the real message they're sending.

These Men Escaped The 'Manosphere'; Here's What They Learnt

Louis Theroux’s recent documentary Inside the Manosphere, alongside Netflix’s 2025 hit drama Adolescence, has driven a spike in public discussion about the “manosphere”. The term refers to a loose ecosystem of anti-feminist online communities and influencers that promote male dominance and hostility toward women. Much of the public conversation about the manosphere focuses on how boys and young men fall into these spaces. A new study by the Aust…

Inside the Manosphere: The Hidden Wellness Crisis Affecting Young Men

The other day, I watched Louis Theroux’s new documentary, Inside the Manosphere, with skepticism. I thought I already understood the online ‘red pill’ world shaped by infamous figures like Andrew Tate and amplified by followers who “circle jerk”, echoing his message. Instead of just exposing extreme internet personalities, Inside the Manosphere takes a more unsettling approach. It traces how ordinary young men aren’t inherently misogynistic; the…

Is therapy culture to blame for the manosphere?

There’s a moment in Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere where Theroux asks one of Andrew Tate’s protégés a simple question: why doesn’t he just try being a good person? Harrison Sullivan, known as HS, pauses. For the first time in the documentary, he’s thinking, not performing. ‘It’s a good question,’ he says. ‘If I’d just done