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This article summarizes the events of the modern therianthropy community, mostly over the Internet and other online sources, though some events involve in-person interactions and meetings.
Late 20th century (1992-1999)[]
1992[]
- November 16th - Alt.Horror.Werewolves was created
1993[]
- November 7th - members of Alt.Horror.Werewolves began to talk about identifyng as were creatures
- November 29th - the word 'phenotype' is first used
- December 1st - the first discussion of shifts on AHWW
1994[]
- November 19th/20th - the first howl was hosted by Smash Greywolf at Valley Lake Campground in Ohio
- December 13th - the word 'therianthropy' was first suggested as a replacement term for 'lycanthropy' on AHWW
1995[]
- April 14th to 16th (Easter weekend) - the first Spring Thaw Howl was held on a farm near Coshocton, Ohio, by AHWW member, Firewolf
- November - the 2nd Harvest Howl was held (adding more later)
1996[]
- March 18th - the idea of a 'day for us to howl' was brought up on AHWW. This is now celebrated as therianthropy day
- March 29th to April 1st - the 2nd Spring Thaw Howl was held near Taylorsville, Kentucky, and was hosted by MoonShadow
- June 8th - the term 'polywere' was first used by the AHWW, the term is now defunct and has been replaced with the term polytherian
- July 25th - the term 'theriomythic' was first used by the AHWW
1997[]
- January 19th - the term 'contherian' was created by Joshua Lion Templin in a four-part essay posted to AHWW
- January 25th - the term 'paleotherianthrope' was first used by a member of AHWW
1999[]
- August 17th - BleuLynx announces Weresymbol contest through AHWW, sprouting the eventual creation of the Theta-Delta symbol
- November - Kamatu announces voting for Weresymbol contest
Early 21st century (2000-2025)[]
2000[]
2003[]
- Theta-Delta symbol created on early version of Werelist forums
- Term Cladotherianthropy was coined by Mokele.
- May 23rd - V.O.E.N (Vampires of Eternal Night) was created, which would later become known as Trueform Within (now defunct).
2005[]
- Community coined the term Vacillant Therianthropy (may have been earlier in 2004).
- April 18th - WordWolf coined the term Suntherianthropy.
2007[]
- April 20th - A Field Guide to Otherkin, written by Lupa, has been published.
2009[]
- This Therian Wiki was created by Sherlawk Dragon.
- The term Animal-hearted came into use to distinguish between identify "with" and identifying "as".
2010[]
- May 23rd - Therian Guide forum created.
2012[]
- May 2012 - Swanblood began Therianthropy Education and Therapeutic Alliance (now defunct)
2015[]
- September 2015 - The term Copinglink coined by Who-Is-Page on Tumblr.
2016[]
- Tumblr and Amino become popular social platforms across the therian community.
- Introduction of quadrobics and roleplay videos spread across Youtube and Instagram.
2017-2019[]
- “Therian vs. Otherkin” discussions intensify, with growing identity overlap and debate.
- Discord becomes a major hub for community interaction.
- Rise of “TikTok Therians” in niche communities, though still relatively small.
2020[]
- COVID-19 lockdowns push more people online, causing a resurgence in introspective identity discovery.
- First noticeable wave of therians on TikTok begins.
2021-2022[]
- Quadrobics and howling videos gain traction, sparking both support and backlash online.
- The term “therian gear” becomes widely used among TikTok therians.
2023[]
- The therian community is starting to be quite well known online
- Finnish Therian Wiki was created
2024[]
- The "Therian" hashtag on TikTok reaches 1M uses.
- A large spike in the number of people realising they're therians.
2025[]
- April 19th 11:02 am UTC - Opal/5tinky.cat becomes the first therian creator to reach 1 million followers