QAnon followers flocked to a major four-day conference in Dallas, Texas over Memorial Day weekend to hear speeches from prominent QAnon supporter Michael Flynn and the biggest names spreading disinformation about the 2020 election, including former Trump attorney Sidney Powell. 

The event was a stark reminder that QAnon has not disappeared since Donald Trump's election defeat. Its followers have simply adapted, changing tactics to avoid getting kicked off mainstream social media platforms. 

However, the language usually employed by QAnon followers, who believe that the levers of power are controlled by a shadowy cabal of Satanist pedophiles, is becoming less common online, according to new research from the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFR Lab).

Jared Holt is a resident fellow at the DFR Lab, where he oversees research on domestic extremism. He’s the co-author of a new study, which analyzed more than 40 million appearances of QAnon catchphrases online from January 1, 2020 to April 1, 2021.