Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this article contained an incorrect figure regarding the growth of Active Clubs since 2025, stating that the number of clubs had increased by 28%. The correct increase is 18%. The error has been corrected, and the article now reflects the accurate figure.
Since 2025, the number of neo-Nazi Active Clubs has increased by 18 percent, with many dedicated to training white supremacist teenage boys and girls. Youth Clubs have seen their chapter numbers increase by 142 percent.
Since publishing Neo-Nazi Active Clubs Spreading Globally, Allying with Similar Extremists, and Taking to the Streets in October 2023 and Active Club Chapters Growing Globally in June 2025, the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) continues to monitor the Active Club (AC) movement globally. GPAHE’s most recent investigation into these white supremacist fighting groups has revealed a 18 percent increase in Active Club (AC) chapters, along with a 142 percent increase in Youth Clubs, which are Active Club chapters reserved for teenagers aged 15 to 18 years old. These chapters, which now include girls-only groups, are using mainstream social media platforms, such as Instagram and YouTube, to recruit new members.
Including Youth Clubs, there are now 220 active AC chapters in 33 countries – representing a 18 percent increase in chapters from the 187 active chapters in 27 countries recorded by GPAHE in June 2025. Likewise, Youth Clubs (included in the above count) have seen their chapter numbers grow from 19 in 2025 to 46 in 2026, a staggering 142 percent increase. The United States alone saw the creation of thirteen Youth Clubs over the past year. Since 2023, GPAHE has identified 298 Active Club chapters, of which 78 have either had their social media accounts deleted, have not posted to their accounts since January 2026, or lack other evidence showing they are still functioning. It is unclear whether any of these groups have truly disbanded, simply been deplatformed, or are operating underground.
Active Clubs are part of a transnational neo-Nazi movement that engages in physical training, such as mixed martial arts (MMA), collaborates with other extremists worldwide (such as at the annual far-right C9M march in France), and spreads hate propaganda through stickering, banner drops, and posting videos online. The movement was conceived by neo-Nazis Robert Rundo and Denis Kasputin under their “White Nationalism 3.0” model, which encourages the creation of an international, decentralized movement of groups working towards the fascist ideal of becoming physically fit “super men” which act as, according to Rundo, “minutemen in the early stages of the revolutionary war” (i.e., a race war).
In March 2026, Active Clubs and the violent ideology that drives their existence were deemed as posing a risk for “extreme violence” by Public Safety Canada (PSC). PSC’s report claimed Active Clubs are known to radicalize members towards “ideologically motivated violent extremism,” which rationalizes violence against Jews, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people. As such, Active Clubs’ continued physical combat training, including cross-state, cross-organizational, and transnational collaborations are concerning.
In early 2026, the Lone Star Active Club, based in Texas, and the Pennsylvania Active Club took part in a “Forest Fights” event alongside members of other white nationalist groups including the Wolves of Vinland, the Patriot Front, and a member of the Hammerskin Nation, a transnational racist skinhead gang with chapters in North America, South America, Europe, and Australia. The “forest fights” are a tool that brings white supremacists together from across the U.S., creates propaganda, and, more concerning, serves as a bridge between organizations and individuals already connected to violent white nationalist organizations. In a March 2026 post written by Rundo on his Substack blog, he praised the Forest Fights event, adding that “these events are a tip off point for a fascist cultural revolution,” and “the first step in building our own parallel system.”
A group photograph of the participants in the “Spring Brawl” posted to the Forest Fights USA Telegram channel. Participants are holding the flag of the Pennsylvania Active Club (bottom right) and the Hammerskin Nation (top middle right). (Source: Telegram).
Youth Clubs Growing Rapidly And Establishing Girls’ Groups
Youth Clubs, following their real-world emergence in 2024, have seen a 142 percent increase in chapters. In the United States and Canada, Youth Clubs make use of “umbrella” accounts on Telegram, which serve as aggregators to recruit new members, advertise the formation of new chapters, and spread propaganda. In the U.S., “United Youth” acts as the umbrella network for Youth Clubs, having expanded from online hate activity on the video game Roblox into the real-world (members of the Roblox Front previously collaborated with the Tennessee Active Club, before Youth Clubs were publicly established). According to one post made by the “Roblox Front Info” Telegram channel in August 2026, “Much of the original United Youth founding base came from Roblox Front.”
On May 10, 2026, the United Youth Telegram channel announced the formation of a “females-only wing,” called “Young Columbia,” described as a “fully separate organization for ladies only…with their own separate supportive roles & missions.” Reacting to the formation of Young Columbia, Robert Rundo made a post on Substack praising it as the “genuine and organic evolution within the 3.0 Youth Club network” and encouraged them to engage in stickering, poster and banner drops, and spraying graffiti to “lay claim to territory.” Many posts on the Young Columbia Telegram channel are shared from other Youth Clubs, Active Clubs, and ideologically similar movements such as the stickering activities of the white supremacist White Lives Matter (WLM) movement. Young Columbia also creates and shares propaganda with Nazi symbols such as the Black Sun, pictured below.
The United Youth Telegram channel announces the formation of a “females-only wing” called Young Columbia, meant for girls aged 15 to 18. They quote Adolf Hitler in promoting the group. (Source: Telegram).
A post shared by Young Columbia on Telegram depicts a woman with the Black Sun, a Nazi symbol, behind her head. (Source: Telegram).
United Youth’s Canadian counterpart, “True North Youth,” created their Telegram channel on March 2, 2026, with their first post made on March 6, 2026, calling themselves “a fraternal organization for young men, ages 15-18, active across all provinces of Canada.” Youth Club members in Canada engage in stickering, combat training, and protests, such as a July 2026 banner drop in Toronto, Ontario, outside the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) headquarters.
Members of Ontario Youth Club protest outside of the CBC News headquarters in Toronto, Canada. (Source: Telegram).
Following a similar structure to the United Youth, True North Youth announced the creation of “Daughters of the Dominion” on July 7, 2026, described as “the female division of True North Youth.” According to the statement, white women over the age of 15 who identify as “nationalist” are encouraged to join. In their propaganda, Daughters of the Dominion share their activities using Youth Club symbols, such as the Ontario Youth Club.
A Telegram post by Daughters of the Dominion describes themselves as “the female division of True North Youth,” and only accepts “European/white” women who identify as “nationalist.” (Source: Telegram).
A post made by Daughters of the Dominion shows one of its members. The post uses the “Ontario Youth Club” symbol in the bottom-right corner. (Source: Telegram).
Youth Clubs have also emerged in Estonia, Ireland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Estonia, France, and Belgium over the last year. European Youth Clubs engage in stickering demands for remigration, an ethnic cleansing proposal calling for the forced removal of all non-white people from western countries adopted by far-right politicians worldwide, and use world events to encourage their members to join their chapters. According to WIRED, the Ulster Youth Club, based in Northern Ireland, encouraged readers to participate in violent riots occurring in Ireland in June 2026 after a stabbing, saying “Reclaim your homeland and secure a future for white youth. These third-worldist acts of violence cannot continue to take place on our streets.” In August, Ulster Youth Club also made a post suggesting migrants who crossed into Ceuta, Spain, “will arrive upon [Ireland’s] shores,” and encouraged readers to join their chapter.
The Estonian Nationalist Youth shares a sticker calling for “remigration now.” Remigration is an ethnic cleansing proposal calling for the forced removal of all non-white people from western countries. (Source: Telegram).
Ulster Youth Club uses the Ceuta migrant crossings as justification to recruit new members to face “this barbaric hoard [that] will arrive upon our islands shores.” (Source: Telegram).
Instagram and YouTube Driving Active Club Recruitment
GPAHE has identified 27 Instagram accounts representing Active Clubs and Youth Clubs from eleven countries worldwide, including the United States, Canada, France, Netherlands, Norway, Colombia, Estonia, Belgium, Serbia, Germany, and Portugal. Having by far the largest number of followers (20,300) is Second Sons Canada (SSC), a network of Active Clubs that don’t officially go by that name, which was founded in March 2025. SSC uses their large platform on Instagram to advocate for remigration and share information about their events. An investigation by the CBC found Second Sons’ podcasts advocating for violence, including the execution of Canadian politicians. Youth Clubs such as True North Youth (208 followers), Estonian Nationalist Youth (550 followers), Flemish Nationalist Youth (720 followers), and Jeunesse Gaborit (618 followers) all have Instagram accounts.
Second Sons Canada, which mimics the Active Club network in their aesthetic and activities, has over 20,000 followers on Instagram. They use their large platform to advocate for remigration and recruit new members through advertising events. (Source: Instagram).
On August 9, a United Youth spokesperson was interviewed by a YouTube channel called “FroJax,” during which they were able to advertise Youth Clubs to the channel’s 41,700 subscribers. As of August 17, 2026, the video has over 25,000 views and is, according to YTLarge (an online YouTube monetization checker), monetized. The United Youth Telegram channel celebrated their appearance on YouTube as an “opportunity to speak publicly,” calling it “the beginning of a much larger public presence” aided by the video-hosting platform.
A United Youth spokesperson describes the movement’s recruitment policy, which only allows white people to join and explicitly excludes Jews. (Source: YouTube).
All figures provided in this report are as of August 17, 2026.
