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End of the world predictions — upcoming doomsday dates and failed apocalypse predictions

A chronological record of predictions, prophecies, rumors, interpretations, and dates that have attracted public attention. Some entries are well documented. Others are disputed, loosely sourced, or wandering the internet without adult supervision. The labels describe the strength of the attribution — not whether the world is likely to end.

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Still pending, apparently · 11

Manifest · upcoming
  1. 11–13 September 2026
    2026-09-11
    Religious Interpretation
    Still pending

    Feast of Trumpets 2026 — a rapture window proposed for 11–13 September

    Religious predictionSOURCE · Documented
    Claimant
    Several independent Christian commentators, most visibly Dr Barry Awe and Ron Goodman (Religious reading)
    Predicted
    That the Rapture may occur during the Feast of Trumpets, which in 2026 falls across 11–13 September; some of the same voices name later September or October dates instead.
    First circulated
    Long-form YouTube teachings and prophecy blogs through August 2026, building on a much older reading of the Feast of Trumpets
    Why it spread
    The Feast of Trumpets is read by some interpreters as the festival the Rapture would fulfil, and the 2026 observance happens to open on 11 September — a date the internet was always going to find significant on its own.
    Current status
    Upcoming. The calendar dates are correct; the claims about them are individual readings, stated by their authors at varying and mostly cautious levels of confidence.
    On the sourcing
    Each named claimant published the claim themselves, on the record, which documents that it was made — and documents nothing about whether the event will occur. Those are separate questions. The individual authors state different dates and mostly decline certainty; the merged 'September 11 rapture prediction' circulating in reposts is not a claim any of them made in that form.

    Several interpreters have circled 11–13 September 2026 — Rosh Hashanah 5787, associated with the Feast of Trumpets — as a possible rapture window. Their reasoning is not identical and most stop short of certainty, which has not prevented the claims from being merged online into one prediction.

    SourcesDr Barry Awe — 'Is RAPTURE at Feast of Trumpets… Is it this year 2026?' (22 August 2026)Ron Goodman — 'Feast of Trumpets, Rapture 2026: A Speculative Bible-Based Timeline' (August 2026)Christianity Not Churchianity — 'Feast of Trumpets 2026' (a dissenting reading of the same date)Hebcal — Rosh Hashana 2026 / 5787 datesEncyclopædia Britannica — Rosh HashanaREVIEWED 2026-09-01
  2. By end of 2026
    2026-12-31
    Unconfirmed Claim
    Still pending

    'Rasputin' end-of-world claim for 2026

    Internet rumorSOURCE · Origin unclear
    Claimant
    Grigori Rasputin (attributed) (Rumor / popular framing)
    Predicted
    A prophecy attributed to Rasputin describes a storm and fire destroying life on Earth by the end of 2026.
    First circulated
    Circulating online since at least the 2010s
    Why it spread
    The Rasputin name carries mystique in popular history; the quote circulates on social media without a verifiable primary source.
    Current status
    Attribution is contested. No verified primary document supports the quote.
    On the sourcing
    Widely repeated as a Rasputin prophecy, though no contemporaneous source containing it has been located. The claim is well travelled. Its paperwork is not.

    A prophecy widely attributed to Rasputin claims a storm and fire will destroy life on Earth by the end of 2026. No verified primary source exists; the attribution is contested by historians.

    SourcesWikipedia — List of dates predicted for apocalyptic eventsREVIEWED 2026-09-01
  3. 2028
    2028-06-30
    Religious Interpretation
    Still pending

    Kent Hovind — 2028 candidate year

    Religious predictionSOURCE · Reasonably supported
    Claimant
    Kent Hovind (Individual)
    Predicted
    That 2028 is a candidate year for the end of the current age, based on a young-earth reading of biblical chronology.
    First circulated
    Stated in Hovind's lectures and interviews
    Why it spread
    Hovind's long-running video and podcast output has an established audience among young-earth creationist viewers.
    Current status
    Upcoming; mainstream Christian denominations do not endorse the reading.
    On the sourcing
    Hovind has floated the year in his own talks, though his wording varies between recordings and he has framed it as a candidate rather than a fixed date.

    Young-earth creationist Kent Hovind has proposed 2028 as a candidate year for the end of the current age, based on his reading of biblical chronology.

    SourcesWikipedia — List of dates predicted for apocalyptic eventsREVIEWED 2026-09-01
  4. Friday, April 13, 2029
    2029-04-13
    Mostly a Meme
    Still pending

    Asteroid 99942 Apophis close approach — 13 April 2029

    Asteroid or astronomical eventSOURCE · Documented
    Claimant
    NASA / ESA (event) vs. viral discourse (framing) (Scientific institution)
    Predicted
    That asteroid 99942 Apophis will pass within roughly 32,000 km of Earth on 13 April 2029 — closer than geostationary satellites.
    First circulated
    Discovery announced 2004; impact ruled out by 2021
    Why it spread
    The event is genuine and well-documented; social media reliably re-frames the close approach as an impact each time it resurfaces.
    Current status
    Close approach only. NASA has ruled out any impact for the 2029 pass and for the next 100+ years.
    On the sourcing
    Orbit and close-approach distance are published by NASA/JPL. The astronomy is documented; only the doom framing around it is folk material.

    Apophis will pass within about 32,000 km of Earth on 13 April 2029 — closer than geostationary satellites. NASA has ruled out impact for this and future passes; the 'end-of-world' framing is internet folklore.

    SourcesNASA — ApophisESA — Apophis close approachNASA JPL — Earth safe from Apophis for 100+ yearsREVIEWED 2026-09-01
  5. Around 2033
    2033-04-14
    Religious Interpretation
    Still pending

    2000-year anniversary of the Crucifixion

    Historical prophecySOURCE · Unverified
    Claimant
    Various millennialist readings (Religious reading)
    Predicted
    That the two-millennia anniversary of the traditional date of the Crucifixion marks the end of the current age.
    First circulated
    Recurring in millennial Christian writing
    Why it spread
    Round-number anniversaries recur in millennialist writing; 2033 aligns with a widely-cited traditional dating of the Crucifixion at 33 CE.
    Current status
    Upcoming; no official denomination endorses it as a prediction.
    On the sourcing
    An anniversary-based expectation with many independent proponents and no single originator. Included because it recurs, not because anyone owns it.

    Several Christian eschatological writers point to 2033 as a symbolically significant year marking two millennia since the traditional date of the Crucifixion. No official denomination endorses this as a prediction.

    SourcesWikipedia — List of dates predicted for apocalyptic eventsREVIEWED 2026-09-01
  6. Sunday, April 13, 2036
    2036-04-13
    Mostly a Meme
    Still pending

    Apophis — second close approach in 2036

    Internet rumorSOURCE · Disputed
    Claimant
    Viral discourse (not NASA) (Internet folklore)
    Predicted
    That the 2036 return of Apophis will impact Earth.
    First circulated
    Mid-2000s, before later observations closed the keyhole
    Why it spread
    The 2036 encounter was flagged in early risk tables before more observations refined the orbit; those early figures still recirculate.
    Current status
    Impact ruled out. The 2036 encounter has been removed from every current impact risk list.
    On the sourcing
    The 2036 scenario was a genuine early possibility that observations have since eliminated. Posts still circulating it are reproducing a retired figure.

    The 2036 follow-up Apophis encounter was studied extensively after its 2029 flyby entered the record. Impact was ruled out by NASA JPL and continues to appear in doomsday roundups regardless.

    SourcesNASA — Apophis risk removedREVIEWED 2026-09-01
  7. 2040
    2040-01-01
    Religious Interpretation
    Still pending

    Jehovah's Witnesses — reported unofficial expectation

    Religious predictionSOURCE · Disputed
    Claimant
    Unofficial community interpretation (Religious reading)
    Predicted
    That the end of the current system may fall around 2040, based on informal community reading.
    First circulated
    Reported in secondary coverage of member discussion
    Why it spread
    Round-number expectations recirculate periodically within the community; the Watch Tower Society has published no such date.
    Current status
    Upcoming; not an official Watch Tower Society prediction.
    On the sourcing
    Not an official position of the organization, which has publicly discouraged date-setting. Reported chiefly through secondary accounts of member discussion.

    Reported as an unofficial expectation in some Jehovah's Witnesses community discussion; not an official Watch Tower Society publication or prediction.

    SourcesWikipedia — List of dates predicted for apocalyptic eventsREVIEWED 2026-09-01
  8. 2050
    2050-01-01
    General Existential Dread
    Still pending

    '2050' climate tipping-point framing

    MisinterpretationSOURCE · Reasonably supported
    Claimant
    Popular discourse (misreads IPCC) (Rumor / popular framing)
    Predicted
    That 2050 is a doomsday year at which climate change makes the planet uninhabitable.
    First circulated
    Popular framing built on net-zero target years
    Why it spread
    2050 is the most common target year for net-zero policy scenarios and appears in headlines constantly, which social media compresses into 'the deadline'.
    Current status
    The IPCC does not describe 2050 as an end date. It is a policy target year, not an extinction year.
    On the sourcing
    The underlying 2050 target dates are documented in policy literature. The 'deadline for the world' reading is a popular compression of them, not a scientific claim.

    '2050' circulates online as a doomsday year. The IPCC does not describe 2050 as an end date — it is a common target year for net-zero policy scenarios. The vibes are heavy; the science is more specific.

    SourcesIPCC AR6 Synthesis ReportREVIEWED 2026-09-01
  9. 2060
    2060-01-01
    Religious Interpretation
    Still pending

    Isaac Newton's 2060 note

    Historical prophecySOURCE · Documented
    Claimant
    Isaac Newton (1704 manuscript) (Individual)
    Predicted
    That the world would not end before 2060 — a lower bound Newton set to discourage date-setting, not a prediction that it will end that year.
    First circulated
    Written circa 1704; publicised after 2003
    Why it spread
    Newton's name carries enormous cultural weight; the note is regularly misreported as a firm 2060 prediction.
    Current status
    Frequently misquoted. Newton's own text explicitly warns against reading it as a fixed date.
    On the sourcing
    The manuscript is held and reproduced by the National Library of Israel. Newton's own caveat — that he wrote it to curb speculation, not to encourage it — is usually the part left out of the headline.

    In a 1704 manuscript, Newton calculated that the world would not end before 2060 — often misreported as a prediction that it will end in 2060. He explicitly wrote the note to discourage date-setting.

    SourcesBBC — Newton's 2060 predictionNational Library of Israel — Newton papersREVIEWED 2026-09-01
  10. By 2129
    2129-01-01
    Religious Interpretation
    Still pending

    Said Nursî — end within roughly a century

    Religious predictionSOURCE · Reasonably supported
    Claimant
    Reading of Said Nursî (Religious reading)
    Predicted
    A rough end-of-world window around 2129 extracted from Nursî's writings.
    First circulated
    Early-twentieth-century writings, read through later commentary
    Why it spread
    Nursî is influential in modern Turkish Islamic thought; the window is derived by later readers, not stated as a firm date by Nursî himself.
    Current status
    Upcoming; Nursî cautioned against precise date-setting.
    On the sourcing
    The reading comes from commentary on Nursî's writing rather than a plain statement of a date; other readers of the same passages disagree.

    Some readers of the 20th-century Turkish theologian Said Nursî extract a rough end-of-world window around 2129 from his writings. Nursî himself cautioned against precise date-setting.

    SourcesWikipedia — List of dates predicted for apocalyptic eventsREVIEWED 2026-09-01
  11. Around 2280
    2280-01-01
    Religious Interpretation
    Still pending

    Rashad Khalifa — 'code 19' end date

    Religious predictionSOURCE · Documented
    Claimant
    Rashad Khalifa (Individual)
    Predicted
    That the world will end around 2280, derived from a numerological 'code 19' reading of the Qur'an.
    First circulated
    Published in Khalifa's 'code 19' writings from the 1980s
    Why it spread
    Khalifa's writing has a small but persistent online following; the specific date recirculates in doomsday roundups.
    Current status
    Upcoming; the underlying methodology is rejected by mainstream Islamic scholarship.
    On the sourcing
    Khalifa published the calculation himself. The methodology is rejected by mainstream Islamic scholarship — a separate matter from whether he said it.

    Biochemist Rashad Khalifa proposed 2280 as the end of the world based on his numerological 'code 19' reading of the Qur'an. The methodology is rejected by mainstream Islamic scholarship.

    SourcesWikipedia — List of dates predicted for apocalyptic eventsREVIEWED 2026-09-01

Dates that came and went · 7

Manifest · historical

Predicted dates that arrived on schedule and left again without the promised finale. Kept on file so the record survives the date.

  1. Wednesday, August 12, 2026
    2026-08-12
    Unconfirmed Claim
    Date passed

    'Project Anchor' — claim that gravity switches off on 12 August 2026

    Internet rumorSOURCE · Unverified
    Claimant
    Anonymous social-media accounts citing an unpublished 'NASA document' (Rumor / popular framing)
    Predicted
    That at 14:33 UTC on 12 August 2026, intersecting gravitational waves will switch off Earth's gravity for seven seconds, per a secret NASA program called 'Project Anchor'.
    First circulated
    An Instagram video of 31 December 2025 presenting an alleged 'Project Anchor' document
    Why it spread
    The claim arrives with institutional furniture — a codename, an $89 billion budget, a 94.7 percent probability, and a time to the minute — none of which has a document behind it.
    Outcome
    Date passed without the predicted event. Gravity performed normally throughout 12 August 2026, and the Project Anchor document has still not been produced.
    On the sourcing
    Every element of the claim is attributed to a document nobody has produced. NASA denied it by name and date, which is rarer than the claim deserved.

    A viral rumor that Earth's gravity would stop for seven seconds on 12 August 2026. NASA said plainly that it would not, and on the day it did not. Gravity is produced by Earth's mass, which stayed where it was.

    SourcesNewsNation — NASA denies claim that Earth will lose gravity for 7 seconds in August 2026BBC Bitesize — Is gravity going to 'switch off' for seven seconds this summer?Tempo Fact Check — Will Earth lose gravity for 7 seconds on August 12, 2026?Popular Mechanics — a physicist on the gravity-shutdown theoryREVIEWED 2026-09-01
  2. Tuesday, September 23, 2025
    2025-09-23
    Religious Interpretation
    Date passed

    The 'RaptureTok' prediction of 23 September 2025

    Religious predictionSOURCE · Documented
    Claimant
    Joshua Mhlakela, amplified on TikTok (Religious reading)
    Predicted
    That the Rapture would occur on 23–24 September 2025, following a South African pastor's account of a vision of Christ's return.
    First circulated
    A filmed interview, clipped and amplified under #RaptureTok from mid-2025
    Why it spread
    A YouTube interview was clipped and re-shared under the #RaptureTok hashtag, where date-specific countdown videos, farewell posts, and reaction content pushed it far beyond its original audience.
    Outcome
    Passed without the predicted event. Attention transferred within days to an unrelated 2026 comet prophecy.
    On the sourcing
    The interview and its viral spread are documented in wire and broadcast reporting. What was claimed is clear; what supported it was one person's account.

    A TikTok-amplified Rapture date for 23 September 2025. The date passed without the predicted event; much of the audience had moved to the next prediction by the end of the week.

    SourcesAssociated Press — A doomsday prediction about the Rapture is spreading on TikTokNPR — The rapture was a bust, but it still feels like doomsdayREVIEWED 2026-08-04
  3. Friday, December 21, 2012
    2012-12-21
    Mostly a Meme
    Date passed

    'Mayan' 2012 prophecy — end of the b'ak'tun

    MisinterpretationSOURCE · Documented
    Claimant
    New Age and pop-culture reinterpretations (Rumor / popular framing)
    Predicted
    That the end of a Maya Long Count b'ak'tun on 21 December 2012 would trigger a cosmic event ending the world.
    First circulated
    1970s New Age writing; viral from roughly 2006
    Why it spread
    The 2009 film 2012, dozens of trade books, and a wave of documentary programming amplified an idea that Maya scholars themselves consistently rejected.
    Outcome
    Date passed without incident. Maya calendrical scholarship had said all along that a b'ak'tun ending is a rollover, not an ending.
    On the sourcing
    The calendar mechanics are documented by Mayanists. The doomsday reading was a Western addition, not a Maya one — which is why it is filed as a misinterpretation rather than a prophecy.

    The 2012 phenomenon claimed that a Maya Long Count cycle ending on 21 December 2012 marked the end of the world. Working Maya scholars and NASA repeatedly rebutted the framing; the day passed uneventfully.

    SourcesNASA — Beyond 2012: Why the world didn't endSmithsonian Magazine — The Real Story Behind 2012REVIEWED 2026-09-01
  4. Saturday, May 21, 2011
    2011-05-21
    Religious Interpretation
    Date passed

    Harold Camping — 21 May 2011 Rapture prediction

    Religious predictionSOURCE · Documented
    Claimant
    Harold Camping (Family Radio) (Individual)
    Predicted
    That the Rapture would occur on 21 May 2011 and be followed by the destruction of the world on 21 October 2011.
    First circulated
    1992, revised and heavily promoted from 2009
    Why it spread
    Camping's radio network broadcast the date across the US in multiple languages, backed by billboards, RV caravans, and reported multi-million-dollar advertising spend.
    Outcome
    Passed without the predicted event. The date was moved to 21 October 2011, which also passed; Camping later described his date-setting as sinful.
    On the sourcing
    Camping broadcast the prediction himself on Family Radio, and later retracted it on the record. Both ends are documented.

    The evangelical broadcaster Harold Camping used Family Radio and a large billboard campaign to predict a 21 May 2011 Rapture. The day passed without event; a rescheduled October 2011 date also passed. Camping later apologized for date-setting.

    SourcesBBC — Preacher Harold Camping apologisesReuters — Believers left disappointed after RaptureREVIEWED 2026-09-01
  5. Saturday, January 1, 2000
    2000-01-01
    Verified Event
    Date passed

    Y2K — the year-2000 computer collapse

    Scientific concernSOURCE · Documented
    Claimant
    Popular press, IT commentators, survivalist media (Rumor / popular framing)
    Predicted
    That two-digit date fields in legacy computer systems would fail at midnight on 1 January 2000 and cause cascading infrastructure collapse.
    First circulated
    Late 1980s in computing literature; mainstream by 1997
    Why it spread
    The underlying bug was real and widely reported; a large, well-funded remediation effort by governments and industry primed the public to expect systemic risk on rollover night.
    Outcome
    Date passed with scattered minor faults and no systemic collapse, after several years of large-scale remediation work. Whether the calm proved the fix or the fear is still argued.
    On the sourcing
    Government and industry remediation programs are documented in primary records. The apocalyptic framing around them was mostly popular, not technical.

    The Y2K bug was a genuine software issue that governments and industry spent an estimated hundreds of billions of dollars remediating in the 1990s. Rollover night saw scattered, minor failures — not the infrastructure collapse popularly forecast.

    SourcesUS GAO — Year 2000 Computing Challenge (retrospective)BBC — Y2K bug: 20 years onREVIEWED 2026-09-01
  6. Wednesday, March 26, 1997
    1997-03-26
    Unconfirmed Claim
    Date passed

    Heaven's Gate — Hale–Bopp 'departure' of 1997

    Religious predictionSOURCE · Documented
    Claimant
    Heaven's Gate group (Marshall Applewhite) (Group)
    Predicted
    That a spacecraft trailing Comet Hale–Bopp would collect group members' souls as Earth was 'recycled'.
    First circulated
    1975 onward; the Hale–Bopp framing dated to late 1996
    Why it spread
    A small, tightly-controlled group combined UFO belief with millenarian Christian imagery; the comet's unusual brightness provided a public focal point that talk radio and early internet amplified.
    Outcome
    No object accompanying the comet was ever detected. Thirty-nine group members died. The date is recorded factually and without commentary.
    On the sourcing
    The group's own website, videotaped statements, and extensive contemporary reporting document the claim directly.

    In March 1997 the Heaven's Gate group claimed a spacecraft was following Comet Hale–Bopp and that Earth would soon be 'recycled'. No such object existed. The episode ended in a mass suicide and is documented as one of the most harmful modern doomsday claims.

    SourcesEncyclopædia Britannica — Heaven's GateNew York Times — Death in a Cult (1997)REVIEWED 2026-09-01
  7. Tuesday, October 22, 1844
    1844-10-22
    Religious Interpretation
    Date passed

    The Great Disappointment — Millerite prediction of 1844

    Religious predictionSOURCE · Documented
    Claimant
    William Miller and the Millerite movement (Religious reading)
    Predicted
    That Jesus Christ would return and the world as it stood would end on 22 October 1844.
    First circulated
    1831–1844, in Miller's published chronology and the Signs of the Times
    Why it spread
    Miller's decade of published biblical chronology, tent-meeting revivals, and a large periodical network primed tens of thousands of American Christians to expect a specific date.
    Outcome
    Passed without the predicted event. The movement fragmented; the day is recorded in religious history as the Great Disappointment.
    On the sourcing
    Miller's own printed chronology survives, as does contemporary press coverage. The attribution is not in doubt; the arithmetic was.

    The Millerite movement predicted Christ's return on 22 October 1844. The day passed without event and is remembered as the Great Disappointment; several later denominations trace their origins to the reaction.

    SourcesEncyclopædia Britannica — MilleriteWikipedia — Great DisappointmentREVIEWED 2026-09-01

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Entries kept because they are culturally notable, not because the attribution is settled. The claims are widely repeated. Their original sources have been less cooperative.

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Method
  • The calendar records claims. It does not endorse them, and inclusion is not a forecast.
  • Some entries rest on primary sources — a sermon, a manuscript, a broadcast. Others rest on secondary reporting, and a few are here purely because they became culturally prominent.
  • Two labels sit on every entry: what kind of claim it is, and how strong the attribution is. They are separate on purpose. A failed prediction can be perfectly well documented.
  • Preferred sources, in order: the claimant's own material, archived originals, institutional records, academic references, credible journalism, well-maintained specialist works, then general reference material. Weak sourcing is labeled, not hidden.
  • Entries are not deleted for being religious, fringe, folkloric, or awkward to source. Uncertainty is stated instead.
  • Nothing here is emergency guidance. Predictions are documented for historical interest, not scheduling purposes.

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