Posted 19 hours agoPeople On Reddit Are Predicting The Biggest Events Of 2026, And Now I'm A Little ScaredI wish I could unread some of these.by Arsheen Kaur SahniBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink Now that we're nearly through the last month of the year, I've already started thinking about next year, what might go right and what could go horribly wrong. So, naturally, I went to Reddit to see what others are predicting for 2026. That's when I came across a Redditor asking a simple question: What do you expect 2026's major event will be? Let me just say, the range of answers is wild. 1. "The AI bubble bursts. They sell all our data. People who used it as therapy or as a way to act out sexual fantasies may lose their jobs, homes, and marriages. No one will be held accountable." Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF ESZ Giphy World / Via giphy.com - ojismyheroin"A big shift in how people trust technology and information." - hjf25 2. "I'm predicting a Kim Kardashian pregnancy." - pawn_gundam 3. "My expectations for the Epstein files coming out are pretty low. I'm expecting them to be heavily redacted. But in 2026, I hope someone at the FBI grows a spine and releases the unredacted documents. That's when all hell will really break loose." - Mschultz24 4. "Taylor Swift announces her retirement." Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Giphy / Via giphy.com - Excellent_Regret4141 5. "J.D. Vance becoming the 48th POTUS." - ItsRedditThyme 6. "A really bad piece of visual evidence will come to light against a powerful person. They'll wave it away by saying, "It's AI." Not everyone will believe it, but it will be enough. They'll get away with it. And at that point, humanity will never be the same again, because truth will be entirely gone." - AllPurposeOfficial 7. "Luigi is exonerated. He runs for office and wins by a landslide. We get national health care. I can dream." Pool / Getty Images / Via gettyimages.in - lauraerie 8. "Honestly, I think we'll see the first data center attacks-either through bombings or vehicles. I mean a few at once, coordinated to happen at the same hour." - wickedwitchell 9. "The entirely preventable collapse of the U.S. economy, leading to a global depression." - Tight_Win_6945"Not to be a downer, but I think Bitcoin is going to crash first. Then the stock market 📉 will drop 20-30%, followed by an 8-10% decline in the housing market. It'll create a lot of discomfort, and for those who are already financially vulnerable, it will increase their exposure. There will also be plenty of opportunities for people with cash and liquid assets to invest at the bottom of the market."- BiologicalResilience 10. "Harry and Meghan get divorced." Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Giphy / Via giphy.com - amusableblue 11. "A U.S. attack on Venezuela could give China a window to take Taiwan and Putin a window to expand into Europe." - aspirations27 12. "I honestly expect we'll see either the end of NATO or the start of World War III. Russia will stage a limited ground invasion of a NATO country-Poland or Finland-and if the United States decides to do nothing, Putin will likely frame it as proof that NATO is dead. Alternatively, someone responds, and it's all over." - munkijunk 13. "The event-whether medical, legal, honorable, or nefarious-that removes Donald J. Trump from office. That's not a political statement in support of either party; it's simply an acknowledgment that the current state of division in this country cannot be sustained, and that the current president, right or wrong, cannot bring it back together." Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Giphy / Via giphy.com - bluecheetos"I'm seriously expecting Trump's health problems to catch up with him and take him out of office. His two asshat sons will try to stage a coup, because Vance was never supposed to be president. Once Vance realizes MAGA doesn't love him and that he won't win reelection, he'll have the Epstein files finally released."- zombiez8mybrain"A major death, followed by a bit of celebration."- royal_city_centre 14. "I think we're going to see massive voter fraud in the upcoming midterm elections. Either an "emergency" will be declared, pausing the elections, or there will be widespread fraud through our voting infrastructure. Despite the low approval ratings of this administration, I'd bet we still see blowouts, with Republicans winning exactly as many seats as needed to stay in power. Districts that have historically voted Democrat will somehow flip. Redistricting along racial lines is already happening." - potatoboat"The president of the United States will declare martial law in the 10 largest cities and deploy armed, active-duty troops to block access to polling stations just as early voting begins."- fusionsofwonder 15. "Cars will be hacked and start doing strange things on the road. Very dangerous." - PauseSuitable2247 16. "Putin dies-nothing dramatic, maybe a heart attack. The power vacuum it creates in Russia will be chaotic." Tap to play GIF Tap to